You thought you had mastered the current Windows technologies and then along comes Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with an exciting bundle of new features and ways to streamline your organization’s IT infrastructure. Included with Windows Server 2008 are many components that can enhance your security, rationalize your operations and maximize system availability. The caveat is that once again you are faced with a steep learning curve.

In this seminar, we will rapidly get you up to speed on the key components of Windows Server 2008. We will also use our extensive field experience to highlight potential problems, issues and weaknesses in current systems. We will then show you how Windows Server 2008 technologies will provide solutions and enhances for your existing and future deployments.

The seminar provides deep technical insights. You will not only be able to talk-the-talk but will learn how to start designing, configuring and deploying Windows Server 2008. The seminar is packed with valuable tips, tricks and insights.

Throughout the seminar, demonstrations will illustrate and augment the topics.

As with all seminars you will gain the XTSeminars 10 Core Benefits, with this seminar you will also learn how to

Enhance your infrastructure with Windows Server 2008

Optimizing Server management

Install and manage Windows Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

Cluster Hyper-V hosts

Optimize Hyper-V networking and disk subsystems

Manage snapshots and save and restore virtual machines

Perform local and remote management of Server Core

Audit Active Directory Domain Services changes

Create a database snapshot and mount it with dsamain.exe

Manage group policy delivery and enforcement

Leverage new tools and techniques

Install and configure read-only domain controllers

Optimize installation with Windows Deployment Services

Capture, customize and deploy WIM images

Create an IPv6 network

Connect remote PCs to your network with DirectAccess

Control network access with Network Access Protection (NAP)

Automate management through PowerShell

IT Pros and strategists who need detailed technical knowledge of the available Windows Server 2008 roles and features that can be used within their current and proposed IT infrastructures. The knowledge gained will help build IT systems for the future. This is a high-energy, action packed, two day event, crammed with solid information and tips.

The seminar provides real technical detail and assumes a working knowledge of Active Directory concepts such as forests, domains, sites, replication, domain controllers, organizational units and group policy. Come as a sponge and absorb the knowledge!