• Lesson 1: Planning Windows Server 2008 R2 Installations
• Lesson 2: Performing a Windows Server 2008 R2 Installation
• Lesson 3: Configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 Following Installation
• Lesson 4: Automating Server Activation Using Microsoft Volume Activation

• Lesson 1: Selecting a Deployment Strategy
• Lesson 2: Using the Windows Automated Installation Kit
• Lesson 3: Working with Images
• Lesson 4: Working with Unattended Answer Files

• Lesson 1: Overview of Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
• Lesson 2: Implementing Deployment with WD
• Lesson 3: Maintaining Images

• Lesson 1: Introducing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
• Lesson 2: Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
• Lesson 3: Maintaining Images with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

• Lesson 1: Overview of Upgrading Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory
• Lesson 2: Upgrading Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2008 R2

• Lesson 1: Introducing the Windows Server Migration Tools
• Lesson 2: Migrating File and Print Servers
• Lesson 3: Migrating Web and Application Servers

• Lesson 1: Implementing Read-Only Domain Controllers
• Lesson 2: Implementing Remote Infrastructure

• Lesson 1: Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
• Lesson 2: Installing Hyper-V
• Lesson 3: Migrating workloads to Hyper-V

This course is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who have experience with Windows Server® 2003 or Windows Server 2008, and who hold an Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) credentialor Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) credential (or Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) credential or Microsoft Certified  Systems Administrator (MCSA) credential) certification and/or equivalent knowledge. They also should be responsible for deploying Windows Server 2008 R2, including the R2 features that enable enhanced functionality of Windows® 7 clients, must understand how to use the latest deployment tools and solution accelerators that were updated for Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Windows 7. This course is intended for IT professionals experienced on the technologies that Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 R2 include, and who have a Windows Server 2003 or 2008 MCTS or MCITP (or MSCA/MCSE) certification or equivalent knowledge. 

This course also is targeted at IT professionals who are responsible for planning and implementing the deployment of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. This audience uses graphical administration tools, command-line tools, Windows PowerShell™, imaging tools, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and Microsoft Solution Accelerators. These IT professionals conduct most server-deployment tasks in a deployment lab, and roll out monitored pilot deployments in a controlled fashion. They use a combination of low-touch and no-touch deployment processes and tools. This audience also deploys these servers from a centralized location, and validates remote server deployments and configurations using remote management tools and scripts.

• Able to perform server and desktop installation, upgrades, and configuration
• A conceptual understanding of automated deployment
• A basic understanding of the processes in Microsoft Operations Connector Framework, Microsoft Solutions Framework, and ITIL 3.0
• Basic skills with Windows PowerShell 2.0
• Windows command line
• Understanding of, and experience with, monitoring and management tools
• Networking knowledge
• Knowledge of Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS)
• Knowledge of security
• Understanding of, and experience with, performance monitoring
• Troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity and experience with Windows PowerShell 2.0, Windows Command line, scripting of imaging and virtualization technologies, and general batch scripting.