Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization

• Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
• Overview of System Center 2012 R2 Components
• Evaluating Current Environment for Virtualization
• Extending Virtualization to the Cloud Environment

Lab: Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization

• Selecting the Appropriate Virtualization Method
• Assessing the Environment by Using MAP

Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role

• Installing the Hyper-V Role
• Managing Hyper-V
• Configuring Hyper-V Settings
• Hyper-V Host Storage and Networking

Lab: Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Role

• Installing the Hyper-V Server Role
• Configuring Hyper-V Settings
• Accessing and Managing Hyper-V Remotely

Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks, Virtual Machines, and Checkpoints

• Creating and Configuring Virtual Hard Disks
• Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
• Installing and Importing Virtual Machines
• Managing Virtual Machine Checkpoints
• Monitoring Hyper-V
• Designing Virtual Machines for Server Roles and Services

Lab: Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines

• Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks
• Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

Lab:Creating and Managing Checkpoints and Monitoring Hyper-V

• Importing Virtual Machines and Working with Checkpoints
• Monitoring Hyper-V

Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Networks

• Creating and Using Hyper-V Virtual Switches
• Advanced Hyper-V Networking Features
• Configuring and Using Hyper-V Network Virtualization

Lab: Creating and Using Hyper-V Virtual Switches

• Creating and Using Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Virtual Switches.

Lab: Creating and Using Advanced Virtual Switch Features

• Configuring and Using Advanced Virtual Switch Features
• Managing Networking Infrastructure
• Managing Storage Infrastructure
• Managing Infrastructure Updates

Lab: Network Infrastructure Management

• Implementing a Network Infrastructure

Lab: Managing Infrastructure Storage

• Implementing a Storage Infrastructure

Lab: Infrastructure Updates Management

• Managing Infrastructure Updates

Creating and Managing Virtual Machines by Using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

• Virtual Machine Management Tasks in VMM
• Creating, Cloning, and Converting Virtual Machines
• Overview of Virtual Machine Updating

Lab: Creating and Managing Virtual Machines by Using System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

• Creating a Virtual Machine and Modifying Its Properties
• Cloning a Virtual Machine

Configuring and Managing the Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Library and Library Objects

• Overview of the Virtual Machine Manager Library
• Working With Profiles and Templates

Lab: Configuring and Managing the Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Library and Library Objects

• Configuring and Managing the Virtual Machine Manager Library
• Creating and Managing Profiles and Templates

Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V

• Overview of Failover Clustering
• Configuring and Using Shared Storage
• Implementing and Managing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V
• Creating a Hyper-V Failover Cluster
• Managing a Hyper-V Failover Cluster

Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

• Integrating System Center and Server Virtualization
• Overview of VMM
• Installing VMM
• Adding Hosts and Managing Host Groups

Lab: Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

• Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 VMM
• Managing Hosts and Host Groups.