Planning & Designing Microsoft Virtualisation Solutions vA

This course is intended for Infrastructure Architects and Virtualization Specialists who are responsible for designing, deploying, and managing one or more data center or desktop virtualization environments.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Evaluate benefits of implementing virtualization technologies
• Understand how virtualization technology can be used to create more flexible and dynamic data center and desktop infrastructures
• Understand the selection process for local desktop or central VDI environments
• Design virtualization solutions for datacenter and desktop infrastructures
• Plan virtualization services such as Hyper-V, RDS,MED-V, and APP-V
• Integrate System Center Suite into a virtualization infrastructure to provide an end-to-end management strategy
• Understand and plan virtual machine conversion and deployment options
• Plan enterprise storage solutions to support virtualization infrastructures
• Design high-availability virtualization solutions
• Plan an enterprise backup and recovery strategy

Module 1: Planning a Virtualization Strategy
This module will review key factors that must be considered when planning a data center or desktop virtualization strategy.

• Understanding Virtualization Levels
• Defining the Case for Virtualization
• Reviewing Virtualization Technologies
• Reviewing the System Center Suite
• Understanding Licensing Options
• Reviewing Integration with Third-Party Products

Module 2: Designing a Virtualization Platform Infrastructure and High-Availability Strategy
This module will explain how to design a highly-available server virtualization infrastructure using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

• Defining Server Virtualization Scenarios
• Defining Hyper-V Base Architectures
• Performing a Pre-Design Discovery
• Designing a Server Virtualization Infrastructure
• Designing the Hyper-V Host Architecture
• Designing the Virtual Machine Architecture
• Sizing a Hyper-V Host Farm

Module 3: Designing a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure
This module will explain how to design a virtualized desktop infrastructure based on a local desktop or central VDI strategy.

• Defining Desktop Virtualization Scenarios
• Designing a Local Desktop Infrastructure
• Designing a VDI Deployment using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and RDS
• Designing an Application Strategy using RemoteApp
• Designing a VDI Deployment using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Citrix XenDesktop

Module 4: Designing an Application Virtualization Infrastructure
This module will explain how to design an application delivery infrastructure for virtualized desktops using Application Virtualization 4.6.

• Planning an Application Virtualization 4.6 Infrastructure
• Designing an Application Virtualization 4.6 Infrastructure
• Using Application Virtualization 4.6 with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2
• Using Application Virtualization 4.6 with RDS

Module 5: Designing a Virtualization Infrastructure Management Strategy
This module will explain the factors to consider and Microsoft suite of applications available to design a management infrastructure.

• Developing a Virtualization Infrastructure Management Environment with the System Center Suite
• Developing a Virtual Machine Deployment Strategy
• Developing a Virtual Machine Conversion Strategy
• Developing an Administrative Strategy
• Developing a Virtual Machine Migration Strategy
• Developing a Disaster Recovery Strategy
• Developing a Maintenance Strategy