New book: Training Guide: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

Note: This Training Guide has been updated to cover R2. The new ISBN is 978-0-7356-8471-3.

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Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

Designed to help enterprise administrators develop real-world, job-role-specific skills—this Training Guide focuses on advanced configuration of services necessary to deploy, manage and maintain a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure. Build hands-on expertise through a series of lessons, exercises, and suggested practices—and help maximize your performance on the job.

This Microsoft Training Guide:

• Provides in-depth, hands-on training you take at your own pace

• Focuses on job-role-specific expertise for deploying and managing advanced infrastructure services in Windows Server 2012

• Creates a foundation of skills which, along with on-the-job experience, can be measured by Microsoft Certification exams such as 70-412

Sharpen your skills. Increase your expertise.

• Configure full forest and domain trust relationships

• Configure Active Directory (AD) sites and manage AD replication

• Implement advanced DNS and DHCP solutions

• Install, configure, and manage AD Certificate Services

• Manage backups and recover servers

• Optimize storage and configure advanced file services

• Manage failover clustering and Network Load Balancing

• Move virtual machines from one Hyper-V server to another

• Implement Dynamic Access Control and Active Directory RMS

• Implement Active Directory Federation Services

About the Author

Orin Thomas is a consultant, writer, and Microsoft MVP whose books include the Microsoft Press Training Kits for Exams 70-646, 70-647, 70-662, and 70-680. He is also a contributing editor for Windows IT Pro magazine.