Windows Server 2012: Preparing for the Datacenter Evolution

Here's a good chance for some Group B CPE's!

Microsoft Jump Start Series
Windows Server 2012:
Preparing for the Datacenter Evolution
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start Details
Course: “Windows Server 2012: Preparing for the Datacenter Evolution”
Date/Time: June 20-21, 2012 from 9:00am – 4:00pm PST
Where: Live virtual classroom (online from wherever you are)
Cost: FREE!
Target audience: IT Professionals and IT Decision Makers

Here's the link:
http://mctreadiness.com/MicrosoftCareerConferenceRegistration.aspx?pid=323&WT.mc_id=Cloud_MSL_MCPFlash_May

COURSE OUTLINE
Day 1 Morning: Beyond Virtualization
• Learn about the game changers in the next release of the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2012
     - Scale, CPU, RAM, Cores, etc.
     - Networking Switch (recorded demo hopefully)
     - NUMA and performance
     - Hyper-V over SMB and Hyper-V over RDMA
     - Replication
     - Shared Nothing Live Migration
     - Live Storage Migration
     - Moving VM from test to a production cluster without downtime
• Massive scale increases, networking improvements, replication and disaster recovery is all in the box
     - IP Address Virtualization
     - IP Address Virtualization with SCVMM 2012 SP1
Day 1 Afternoon: Manageability
• Learn about how you can manage a few systems up to a hundred systems – all from one console
     - Server Manager
     - DAC… and related topics
     - Installing roles in offline VHDs
• Server Core installs scaring you off? Learn about all your installation and management options
     - Moving from Core-MiniShell-Full UI and back again
• Windows PowerShell automation and management at scale – all with built in tools
     - PowerShell ISE and command simplification
     - PowerShell new features and new PowerShell replacements for common commands
     - Automating OS level tasks, IP addresses, etc.
• Clustering—Cluster-aware updating
• Networking
     - Network Teaming and network configuration
     - SMB MultiChannel and RDMA
Day 2 Morning: Storage
• Learn how Continuous Availability of File Services improves workload reliability and performance
     - Setup HA File Server; SMB Failover
     - Running SQL over SMB; Running Hyper-V over SMB
• Storage groups, disk provisioning, iSCSI and SAN integration
     - Storage Spaces
     - Built-in ISCSI; Boot from ISCSI
     - DeDup
     - Windows Online Backup
Day 2 Afternoon: Remote Users
• Remote connectivity options for your workforce
     - DA; Offline Domain Join and DA
     - DA simplified Setup; Possible DA Multi-Site
• VDI and Remote Desktop Services deployment and changes
      - User level disks
     - Pooled / Private VDI Setup
     - VDI Quick Setup
     - Multi-Touch RDP

Microsoft Virtual Academy: System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Overview and Infrastructure (Module 1) : Technical Overview

I am doing some looking into SCCM 2012 (Nice!). I thought I'd grab a few Type B CPEs with some webcasts. Here's a short series that fits both my needs.

The Link is here:
Unfortunately, the link won't take you straight to the video, so you'll have to search (and their search sucks...). Here's the link to the main page: http://events.microsoft.com/
I filtered (Meaning check only these boxes) Your Role: "IT Professionals" ; Event Type: "Webcasts", "Podcasts", "Videos" ; Level: All ; Time Length: "60 minutes". You can most likely filter a little better, just saying this is what I did to find it.

Here's what I did:
Domain: CISSP - General Education (Group B)
CPE Type: CBT
Course Name: SANS: Microsoft Virtual Academy: System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Overview and Infrastructure (Module 1) : Technical Overview
Number of hours: 1

Microsoft Events/Virtual Labs

Just wanted to give away another source of bunches of CPEs! The description straight from their page: "The Microsoft Events contains technical Webcasts, Podcasts, Virtual Labs for a range of professionals using Microsoft products, tools and technologies. Choose a topic and refine your search with our Filter Tools."

So many free opportunities here!

Here's the link:
http://events.microsoft.com/

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Unfortunately, The ISC2 site is under maintenance until 4Sept11. But I wanted to let you know about a lot of CPE potential here. I signed into this and browsed the courses, and found quite a number of them that I'll take over time. I may link back to this later, as I take them, or I may just lump them up into my one post a week. We'll see!

I highly suggest checking this out if you want some free training!

Here's the link:
https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/


Just remember, when you use webcasts and such to screenshot as you go through it for proof in case you get audited!

TechNet Webcast: Lync Server 2010 Architecture Topologies (Level 200)

One of my friends mentioned setting up a lync server at work, so I thought I'd learn a little more about it. This is a pretty good architecture overview.

Here's the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/unifiedcommunications.aspx?tab=webcasts&seriesid=104&webcastid=17884

Here's what I did:
Domain for CPE Credit: CISSP - Other - General Education (Group B)
CPE Type: Self-Study, CBT
Course Name: TechNet Webcast: Lync Server 2010 Architecture Topologies (Level 200)
Number of Hours: 1

TechNet Webcast: Security Best Practices for Hyper-V and Server Virtualization (Level 300)

Came across this the other day. Pretty good tips here, for those of you running Hyper-V.

Here's the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=101&webcastid=13136

Here's what I did:
Domain for CPE Credit: CISSP - Multiple Domains (Group A)
CPE Type: Self-Study, CBT
Course Name: TechNet Webcast: Security Best Practices for Hyper-V and Server Virtualization (Level 300)
Number of Hours: 1

Give a security briefing

There are loads of CPE's fresh for the harvesting. Help yourself by helping others.

I've got a few links to help you out with this:
Microsoft's (Free) Security, privacy, and online safety brochures and fact sheets
http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/brochures.aspx
Microsoft also has some free studies available for facts in your briefing:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/research.aspx
National Cyber Security Alliance:
http://www.staysafeonline.org/
SANS Ouch! Newsletters can be of some help also:
http://www.securingthehuman.org/resources/newsletters/ouch

These are just four of many free resources available to you. Remember, for every briefing hour you give, it's a free hour. Try to set up a monthly briefing, and remember, food always attracts people! =)

Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 5

And the final part, finally!

Here's the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=101&webcastid=17432

Here's what I did:
Domain for CPE Credit: Group B (General Education)
CPE Type: Self-Study, CBT
Course Name: Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 5
Number of Hours: 1

Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 4

Sorry for the delay in posting, been terribly busy. Here's part 4!

Here's the link for part 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=101&webcastid=17431

Here's what I did:
Domain for CPE Credit: Group B (General Education)
CPE Type: Self-Study, CBT
Course Name: Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 4
Number of Hours: 1

Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 3

Next part! Nothing new to report, just some different command learning!

Here's the link for part 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=101&webcastid=17430

Here's what I did:
Domain for CPE Credit: Group B (General Education)
CPE Type: Self-Study, CBT
Course Name: Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 3
Number of Hours: 1

Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 2

Part 2 was pretty informative. I actually tweaked one of my junky scripts with some of the tips from this webcast. Now it works better than before!

Here's the link for part 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/windowsserver2008.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=101&webcastid=17429

Here's what I did:
Domain for CPE Credit: Group B (General Education)
CPE Type: Self-Study, CBT
Course Name: Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 2
Number of Hours: 1

Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 1

So I've been trying to learn some Powershell, and I decided to take some free tutorials online. Microsoft Scripting Guy has a 5 part series that pretty good, even though I've only been through the first part. It's a free CPE, if you want to learn some powershell!

Here's the link for part 1:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd742419

Here's what I did:
Domain for CPE Credit: Group B (General Education)
CPE Type: Self-Study, CBT
Course Name: Scripting with Windows PowerShell - Part 1
Number of Hours: 1