Summary
 5 days - Instructor-Led
This five day course is a mix of in-depth instructor led training and hands-on labs that
focuses on the core features and tasks in System Center Essentials 2007 to provide Essentials 2010 administrators, Microsoft partners and consultants the information they require to successfully install, configure and manage Essentials 2010. Included throughout are tips, tricks and best practices based on the extensive experience of the course authors and instructors.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students should have:
• Experience with Windows 2008 Server administration
• Familiarity with Hyper-V Server Virtualization Concepts
• MCTS certification, or equivalent knowledge
The course materials, lectures, and lab exercises are written in US English. To benefit fully from the course requires an understanding of both verbal and written English language and completion of the pre-requisites are recommended.
Course Materials and Software:
The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and with detailed hands-on labs for the course. No software is provided in the student kit but a 120-day evaluation of System Center Essentials 2010 is available on the Microsoft web site.
Our Instructors
The consultants who deliver the course are accomplished consultants, experienced instructors and Essentials 2010 experts with excellent presentation skills and deep product knowledge. The class is configured with a dedicated lab environment for each student to support lab more than 30 hands-on lab exercises during the 5 day course.
Course Description:
Installing and Configuring Essentials
• Planning and Prerequisites
• Installing and Essentials 2007
• Managing workgroup computers
Update Management
• Configuring update approval policies
• Importing a 3rd party update catalog
• Configuring 3rd party updates
• Monitoring and troubleshooting updates
Client Monitoring and Management
• Hardware and Software Inventory
Reporting
• Client Health Monitoring
• Troubleshooting client issues
Network and Non-Windows Monitoring
• Configuring Network Device Monitoring
• Configuring Monitoring for non-Windows Servers
Reporting and Operations
• Operational Reporting
• Alert Tuning and Optimization
Software Deployment
• Creating and customizing software packages
• Upgrading and Removing Applications
• Monitoring and troubleshooting software
deployment success
Virtualization Management
• Host and Guest Management
• Virtual Machine Provisioning
• Virtual Machine Migrations (V2V)
Management Pack Configuration
• Management Pack Configuration: Active Directory, SQL, Exchange, Hardware Monitoring
Creating Custom Management Packs
• How to create rules and monitors
• How to create synthetic transaction monitors
• Monitoring distributed applications
• Self tuning thresholds
Managed Services and Essentials
How Essentials 2010 can be leveraged in managed services scenarios |
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