This is the print lab manual adjacent to the 70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012 R2 textbook. 70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012 R2 covers the second of three exams required for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Windows Server 2012 certification. This course validates the skills and knowledge necessary to administer a Windows Server 2012 Infrastructure in an enterprise environment. The three MCSA exams collectively validate the skills and knowledge necessary for implementing, managing, maintaining, and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment. This Microsoft Official Academic Course is mapped to the 70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012 exam skills, including the recent R2 objectives. This textbook/lab manual focuses on real skills for real jobs and prepares students to prove mastery of core services such as user and group management, network access, and data security. In addition, this book also covers such valuable skills as:

Implementing a Group Policy Infrastructure
Managing User and Service Accounts
Maintaining Active Directory Domain Services
Configuring and Troubleshooting DNS
Configuring and Troubleshooting Remote Access
Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Network Policy Server Role
Optimizing File Services
Increasing File System Security
Implementing Update Management

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1. Deploying and Managing Server Images 1

Exercise 1.1: Installing and Configuring Windows Deployment Services 3

Exercise 1.2: Creating Windows Deployment Images 4

Exercise 1.3: Generating an Autounattend.xml file 7

Exercise 1.4: Deploying a Windows Image 13

Exercise 1.5: Updating a Windows Image 15

Lab Challenge: Adding Drivers to a Windows Image 17

2. Implementing Patch Management 19

Exercise 2.1: Installing WSUS 20

Exercise 2.2: Configuring WSUS 23

Exercise 2.3: Configuring Clients 26

Exercise 2.4: Approving Updates 28

Lab Challenge: Running WSUS Reports 30

3. Monitoring Servers 31

Exercise 3.1: Using Event Viewer 32

Exercise 3.2: Using Reliability Monitor 39

Exercise 3.3: Using Task Manager 41

Exercise 3.4: Using Resource Monitor 44

Exercise 3.5: Using Performance Monitor 45

Exercise 3.6: Monitoring VMs 48

Lab Challenge: Using Network Monitor 50

4. Configuring Distributed File System (DFS) 51

Exercise 4.1: Installing DFS 52

Exercise 4.2: Configuring DFS Namespace 53

Exercise 4.3: Configuring DFS Replication 57

Lab Challenge: Creating a Fault-Tolerant Shared Folder 60

5. Configuring File Server Resource Manager 61

Exercise 5.1: Installing File Server Resource Manager 62

Exercise 5.2: Configuring Quotas 63

Exercise 5.3: Managing Files with File Screening 65

Exercise 5.4: Using Storage Reports 69

Exercise 5.5: Configuring File Management Tasks 70

Lab Challenge: Enabling SMTP for FSRM 71

6. Configuring File Services and Disk Encryption 73

Exercise 6.1: Encrypting Files with EFS 74

Exercise 6.2: Configuring the EFS Recovery Agent 79

Exercise 6.3: Backing Up and Restoring EFS Certificates 83

Exercise 6.4: Encrypting a Volume with BitLocker 85

Lab Challenge: Deploying Network Unlock 88

7. Configuring Advanced Audit Policies 89

Exercise 7.1: Implementing Auditing 90

Exercise 7.2: Implementing Advanced Auditing 93

Exercise 7.3: Using AuditPol.exe 95

Lab Challenge: Auditing Removable Devices 97

8. Configuring DNS Zones 99

Exercise 8.1: Installing DNS 101

Exercise 8.2: Creating Primary and Secondary Zones 102

Exercise 8.3: Creating an Active Directory Integrated Zone 105

Exercise 8.4: Configuring Zone Delegation 106

Exercise 8.5: Configuring a Stub Zone 108

Exercise 8.6: Configuring Forwarding and Conditional Forwarding Zones 109

Exercise 8.7: Configuring Zone Transfers 111

Lab Challenge: Using the DNSCMD Command to Manage Zones 112

9. Configuring DNS Records 113

Exercise 9.1: Managing DNS Resource Records 114

Exercise 9.2: Configuring Round Robin 118

Exercise 9.3: Configuring Zone Scavenging 119

Exercise 9.4: Troubleshooting DNS 121

Lab Challenge: Using the DNSCMD Command to Manage Resource Records 123

10. Configuring VPN and Routing 125

Exercise 10.1: Installing and Configuring RRAs 126

Exercise 10.2: Configuring a VPN Server 128

Exercise 10.3: Configuring a VPN Client 131

Exercise 10.4: Configuring Split Tunneling 135

Exercise 10.5: Configuring Routing 136

Exercise 10.6: Resetting Servers 139

Lab Challenge: Using the Route Command 140

11. Configuring DirectAccess 141

Exercise 11.1: Implementing Client Configuration 142

Exercise 11.2: Implementing DirectAccess Server 145

Exercise 11.3: Implementing the Infrastructure Servers 145

Exercise 11.4: Implementing the Application Servers 146

Exercise 11.5: Resetting Servers 147

Lab Challenge: Configuring Certificates for DirectAccess 148

12. Configuring a Network Policy Server 149

Exercise 12.1: Installing and Configuring Network Policy Server 150

Exercise 12.2: Configuring NPS for RADIUS Server for VPN Connections 153

Exercise 12.3: Managing RADIUS Templates 154

Exercise 12.4: Configuring RADIUS Accounting 155

Lab Challenge: Add Workstation Authentication Certificates to All Workstations 157

13. Configuring NPS Policies 159

Exercise 13.1: Creating and Configuring Connection Request Policies 160

Exercise 13.2: Creating and Configuring Network Policies 163

Exercise 13.3: Exporting and Importing the NPS Configuration 165

Lab Challenge: Processing Network Policies 166

14. Configuring Network Access Protection (NAP) 167

Exercise 14.1: Installing Health Registration Authority Role on an NPS Server 168

Exercise 14.2: Configuring NAP Enforcement for DHCP 170

Exercise 14.3: Configuring SHV and Health Policies 173

Lab Challenge: Configuring Clients for NAP 175

15. Configuring Server Authentication 177

Exercise 15.1: Creating a Service Account 178

Exercise 15.2: Creating a Managed Service Account 179

Exercise 15.3: Using virtual account 182

Exercise 15.4: Configuring Kerberos and Kerberos Delegation 183

Lab Challenge: Configuring Kerberos with the Setspn Command 185

16. Configuring Domain Controllers 187

Exercise 16.1: Promoting Server01 to a Domain Controller 188

Exercise 16.2: Configuring Universal Group Membership Caching 189

Exercise 16.3: Moving Operations Masters 191

Exercise 16.4: Seizing Operations Masters 194

Exercise 16.5: Creating an RODC 195

Lab Challenge: Cloning a Domain Controller 198

17. Maintaining Active Directory 199

Exercise 17.1: Backing Up System State 200

Exercise 17.2: Restoring the System State 203

Exercise 17.3: Using an Active Directory Snapshot 205

Exercise 17.4: Restoring a Deleted Object Using the Active Directory Recycle Bin 208

Exercise 17.5: Managing the Active Directory Database 210

Lab Challenge: Removing Server02 from Active Directory 212

18. Configuring Account Policies 213

Exercise 18.1: Configuring a Domain Password Policy 214

Exercise 18.2: Configuring Account Lockout Settings 216

Exercise 18.3: Configuring a Password Settings Object 217

Exercise 18.4: Configuring Kerberos Policy Settings 220

Lab Challenge: Managing Password Settings Objects Permissions 222

19. Configuring Group Policy Processing 223

Exercise 19.1: Configuring Processing and Precedence of GPOs 224

Exercise 19.2: Configuring Blocking Inheritance and Enforced Policies 226

Exercise 19.3: Configuring Security Filtering and WMI Filtering 228

Exercise 19.4: Configuring Loopback Processing 230

Lab Challenge: Using Group Policy Results Wizard 231

20. Configuring Group Policy Settings 233

Exercise 20.1: Performing Software Installation with Group Policies 234

Exercise 20.2: Using Folder Redirection 237

Exercise 20.3: Using Scripts with Group Policies 239

Exercise 20.4: Using Administrative Templates 241

Exercise 20.5: Using Security Templates 243

Lab Challenge: Using ADM Files 245

21. Managing Group Policy Objects 247

Exercise 21.1: Backing Up and Restoring GPO 248

Exercise 21.2: Importing and Copying GPOs 250

Exercise 21.3: Resetting Default GPOs 252

Exercise 21.4: Delegating Group Policy Management 252

Lab Challenge: Using a Migration Table 254

22. Configuring Group Policy Preferences 255

Exercise 22.1: Configuring Printer Settings 256

Exercise 22.2: Configuring Network Drive Mappings 259

Exercise 22.3: Configuring Power Options 259

Exercise 22.4: Configuring Internet Explorer (IE) Settings 261

Exercise 22.5: Performing File, Folder, and Shortcut Deployment 263

Lab Challenge: Configuring Item-Level Targeting 264

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