MOC 20416, Implementing Desktop Application Environments

This 5 day instructor-led training class is presented by Microsoft training partners to their end customers. Channel Partners nationwide hire proven AMS Subject Matter Expert Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT’s) to teach on-site or on-line classes.

This class provides students with the skills and knowledge to be able to design, deploy and manage a physical as well as a virtual Windows Server 2012 application management infrastructure. Students will also learn to design, deploy and manage Windows 8 Enterprise applications in a physical and virtual environment as well as in the cloud. Students should have experience with course 20415: Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure, and have their Windows 2012 Server certification (MCSA) or equivalent skills. This course also maps to and supports exam 70-416: Implementing Desktop Application Environments.

This class is intended for IT Professionals who are interested in specializing in Windows 8 application deployments and managing the application environments for large organizations. People attending this training could be support technicians or currently in deployment roles and are considering taking the next step in their career or enhancing their skills in the areas of planning and deploying Windows 8 desktops.

A secondary audience for this class is IT professionals who are looking to take one or both exams: 70-415: Implementing an Enterprise Desktop and Device Infrastructure and 70-416: Implementing Desktop Application Environments as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure certification.

After completing this class, students will be able to:

• Design an application distribution strategy that is appropriate for an organizational environment.
• Diagnose and remediate application compatibility problems for desktop and presentation virtualization-based deployments.
• Use Group Policy and Windows Intune to deploy applications to client devices.
• Deploy applications centrally using Configuration Manager.
• Configure self-service application deployment using Configuration Manager, Service Manager, and Windows 8 Application Store.
• Design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support presentation virtualization.
• Prepare, deploy and manage applications for Remote Desktop, RemoteApp, and Remote Desktop Web Access.
• Design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support application virtualization.
• Virtualize and deploy applications by using App-V and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
• Plan and configure the appropriate infrastructure to streamline the deployment of software updates to applications, and plan and configure application security.
• Plan and implement application upgrades, supersedence, and application coexistence.
• Monitor the deployment, performance, and utilization of applications and determine whether current application hosting platforms are meeting business needs.

Required Prerequisites for this class are:

MOC 20410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
MOC 20411: Administering Windows Server 2012
MOC 20412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
MOC 20413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure
MOC 20414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure
MOC 20415: Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure

Class Outline

• Module 1: Designing an Application Distribution
  Strategy
  1. Determining Business Requirements for Application
     Distribution
  2. Overview of Application Distribution
     Strategies
• Module 2: Diagnosing and Remediating Application
  Compatibility
  1. Diagnosing Application Compatibility Issues
  2. Evaluating and Implementing Remediation Solutions
  3. Resolving Compatibility Issues with the Application
     Compatibility Toolkit
• Module 3: Deploying Applications by Using Group Policy and Windows Intune
  1. Deploying Applications by Using Group Policy
  2. Deploying Applications by Using Windows
     Intune
• Module 4: Deploying Applications by Using System
  Center Configuration Manager
  1. Understanding Application Deployment by Using
     Configuration Manager 2012
  2. Deploying Applications by Using Configuration
     Manager 2012
• Module 5: Configuring Self-Service Application
  Deployment
  1. Understanding Self-Service Application Deployment
  2. Configuring Self-Service with Windows Intune
  3. Self-Service Deployment with Configuration Manager
     2012
  4. Self-Service Deployment with Service Manager
     2012
• Module 6: Designing and Implementing Presentation
  Virtualization Infrastructure
  1. Assessing Presentation Virtualization Requirements
  2. Planning Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
  3. Deploying Presentation Virtualization
     Infrastructure
• Module 7: Preparing, Configuring and Deploying
  Presentation Virtualization Applications
  1. Determining Presentation Virtualization Application
     Strategies
  2. Deploying Remote Desktop, RemoteApp, and RD Web
     Access
• Module 8: Designing and Deploying an Application
  Virtualization Environment
  1. Overview of Application Virtualization Models
  2. Deploying Application Virtualization
     Infrastructure Components
  3. Configuring Application Virtualization Client
     Support
• Module 9: Preparing, Sequencing, and Deploying
  Virtual Applications
  1. Sequencing Applications with App-V
  2. Deploying App-V Applications
• Module 10: Planning and Implementing Application
  Updates and Security
  1. Planning Application Updates
  2. Deploying Updates With WSUS
  3. Deploying Application Updates by Using
     Configuration Manager 2012
  4. Implementing Application Security
• Module 11: Planning and Implementing Application
  Upgrade and Supersedences
  1. Planning and Implementing Application Upgrades and
     Supersedence
  2. Planning and Implementing Application
     Coexistence
• Module 12: Monitoring Application Deployment,
  Utilization, and Performance
  1. Planning and Implementing Application Monitoring
     Infrastructure
  2. Application Metering, Inventory and Asset
     Intelligence
  3. Monitoring Application Resource Utilization

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