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This Server 2012 video training course with Chris Ward covers the latest version of Microsoft’s popular server on a more advanced level, including planning and implementing virtualization hosts, designing and implementing enterprise solutions, and more.

Recommended skills:

    Familiarity with Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012


Recommended equipment:

    Windows Server 2012 R2 in physical or virtualized environment as well as System Center 2012


Related certifications:

    MCSE: Server Infrastructure


Related job functions:

    IT professionals and consultants


Most of what you’ll encounter in these Nuggets will be things you’ve learned in other courses. Knowing where to click and where to configure is important. However, the 70-414 exam is more about “when” you use a particular technology rather than “how” to use it. The primary goal of this Nuggets course is to give you an overview of exam objectives and things to consider as you prepare to finish your MCSE: Server Infrastructure.

A few demos and lots of whiteboards with trainer Chris Ward will get you on the right track to prepare for the 70-414. We’ll also focus on places to get in-depth knowledge on these technologies with pointers to online resources.


1. Welcome and Introduction (11 min)
2. Enterprise Data Centers and System Center 2012 R2 (19 min)
3. Planning for Virtual Machine Manager (20 min)
4. VMM - Host Groups (14 min)
5. VMM - Libraries (14 min)
6. VMM - Storage Implementation (26 min)
7. Virtualized Network Planning (18 min)
8. Managing Virtual Networks with VMM (25 min)
9. Planning Virtual Machine Deployment (24 min)
10. VM Deployment: Profiles and Templates (25 min)
11. VM Deployment - Sources, Placements, and V2V (22 min)
12. Hyper-V Replicas (15 min)
13. Hyper-V Replicas Demo (13 min)
14. Automation and Self Service Overview (22 min)
15. VMM and Self Service Deployment (23 min)
16. Updating your Virtualized Environment (19 min)
17. System Monitoring Overview (13 min)
18. Operations Manager - Features (15 min)
19. Operations Manager - Agent Discovery (19 min)
20. Operations Manger - VMM Integration (17 min)
21. High Availability - Storage (19 min)
22. High Availability - Network Load Balancing (10 min)
23. High Availability - FailOver Clustering (22 min)
24. High Availability - Cluster Aware Updating and Hyper-V Failover (19 min)
25. Backups and Recovery - Business Continuity (21 min)
26. Backing up your Virtual Environment (13 min)
27. Active Directory Rights Management - Overview (19 min)
28. Planning for AD RMS (18 min)
29. Designing Certificate Services (19 min)
30. Certificate Distribution and Revocation (17 min)
31. AD FS Overview (21 min)
32. Workplace Join & Work Folders (15 min)

Give The Servers Some Time.