Exam prep: 70-415 & 70-416 MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure

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Session Objective(s): Identify areas that may require extra studying Action plan for exam preparation and success

MCSA Windows Server 2012 Exam 70-410

EXM01

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Exam 70-411

EXM02

Administering Windows Server 2012

OR

Exam 70-412

EXM03

Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services Exam 70-417 EXM01 – EXM03 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 MCSA Windows 8 Exam 70-687 (20687) Exam 70-688 (20688) Configuring Windows 8 Managing and Maintaining Windows 8 Exam 70-689 (20689)

OR

Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows 8 MCSE Server Infrastructure Exam 70-413 EXM04 Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure Exam 70-414 EXM05 Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure MCSE Desktop Infrastructure Exam 70-415 EXM11 Exam 70-416 EXM11 Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure Implementing Desktop Application Environments

Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure

Plan images

Thick vs Thin vs Hybrid Image format Hardware Platform

Capture image

Prepare the OS Capture with WDS Capture using ConfigMgr

Maintain Images

Update VHD Images Offline Servicing (DISM) Installing application Desktops, Applications, User Data

Design a Deployment Method

Options

Deployment Types

Standard OEM Pre-install

Deployment Capabilities (User Scenarios)

New Device

Deployment Methods

Lite Touch Installation

Deployment Tools

Zero Touch Installation User Driven Install Windows to Go Installation VHD Native Boot

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager & Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013

Windows to Go

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Deployment Components

Image Answer File(s) Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE) Windows ADK Windows Reference Image(s) Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) User State Migration Tool (USMT) Deployment Imaging Servicing & Management (DISM)

Free assessment tool for planning a desktop deployment strategy

Essential free tool for Windows Deployments

Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE)

Prepare computers for operating system installation

ImageX

Capture and apply file-based operating system images

Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management tool (DISM)

Service existing operating systems and images

User State Migration Tool (USMT)

Capture and restore user state using hardlinks

Application Compatibility Kit

Fix application issues

Build an Reference Image Answer File Create Bootable Windows PE Media Build and Capture a Reference Device Build a Deployment Answer File Migrate Data and Settings Deploy the Reference Image Windows SIM Windows ADK WinPE/DISM/Imagex Windows SIM USMT WinPE/DISM/Imagex

Free solution accelerator for building & deploying operating systems

MDT Initial Setup Create and stock the Deployment Share Task Sequence Configure Master Image Settings Build Master Image and Capture Create New Deployment Share Add Operating System (for master image) Add Applications (for master image) Add Packages (for master image) Add Drivers (for master image) Add Task Sequence to Build and Capture Master Image Configure Deployment Properties in CS.ini

Build Reference Machine, Sysprep and Capture WIM

Considerations Including applications ties the lifecycle of the image to those applications Recommendations Include applications critical to maintain a security baseline for the image.

If deployment time is your objective, include large enterprise-wide applications with high deployment times.

Don’t include applications with frequent updates.

Tools

Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\install.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline /ReadOnly Sysprep.exe [/oobe | /audit] [/generalize] [/reboot | /shutdown | /quit] [/quiet] [/unattend:answerfile] Example: Sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /mode:vm Drvload.exe inf_path [,inf_path [...]] [/?] Example: Drvload.exe \\server\drivers_share\driver.inf

USMT components: Scanstate & LoadState

ScanState Collects files and settings from source computer Controlled by XML files Creates USMT.MIG file LoadState Restores saved state onto destination computer Controlled by XML files Reads USMT.MIG file

USMT components: XML Control Files

MigApp.xml

MigDocs.xml

MigUser.xml

Config.xml

Custom.xml

Key Tips to Know

Used for… Central update management Update management automation Key Tips to know Can be add\removed in Server Manager Link WSUS servers using autonomous or replica mode Allows for Offline updates Integrates with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 (Software Update Point [SUP])

What is it used for..

Updates offline virtual machines, templates and hard disks Works with SCVMM 2012 Also with WSUS 3.0 SP2 or..

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Decreases the cost of managing updates to offline disks, VHDs and WIMs.

LTI Deployment – Distribute the Master Image Import master image and create a deployment task sequence to distribute ZTI Deployment – Integrate with Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Adds zero touch capabilities with MDT 2013 and the MDT deployment database Adds User Driven Installation (UDI) with MDT 2013 UDI Wizard Designer, UDI Web Service and UDI task sequence template

User State Migration: Deployment Options

Description Deployment Capabilities identify the user scenarios available to transition the user to a new or refreshed client device.

User Scenario Description New Device

The user requires a new installation of Windows, deployed to a new client device.

Migrates User State

No

Uses Existing Target Computer

No

Preserves Selected File Content & Partition Configuration

No

Refresh Device

The user requires the operating system to be re-installed on the same device. This scenario may also be required by an administrator for image standardization or to address a problem.

Yes Yes Yes

Replace Device

The user needs to move from their current device to a new client device. User data is saved from their current device, and a new installation of Windows is deployed to a new client device. Finally, saved user data is restored to the new client device.

Yes No No

Key Tips to Know

RD Connection Broker

Brokers connection between end users and virtual resources (pooled, persistent and session host desktops ).

Web UI presenting resources (desktops and apps) that are entitled to the user.

RD Web Access

Enables authorized remote users to connect to resources on corporate network.

RD Gateway RD Licenses Server

Manages the RDS licenses that are required for each devices or user to connect to the RDS host server.

Servers that hosts pooled and personal virtual desktops.

RD Virtualization Host

Server that hosts Windows based Apps or Windows server desktops

RD Session Host

VDI Deployment in 90 Seconds...(or so)

VDI Deployment in 90 Seconds...(or so)

RD Connection Brokers SQL Click on a published app Internet Get list of published apps & collections User login RD WEB Auth user and send back routing info to the best target VDI Connection to a VM or a session RD Gateway RDP connection thru RD Gateway Corp LAN Personal Desktop Pooled Desktops User profile disks Session Hosts User profile disks

Pooled collection

Single, shared master virtual machine OS-level changes discarded at logoff (user profile changes can persist in the user VHD) One image to manage Reduced requirements Lower deployment cost Supports user profile disk to persist user changes

Personal collection

Separate virtual machine instance for each user Changes retained after logoff Coordinated with Windows Software Updates Services and Configuration Manager to avoid patch storms through excessive disk I/O Users can install applications and be administrators on their own VM

Session Shadowing is BACK!!

Options to view or take control (requires group policy to disable) Can be run as from command line (mstsc /shadow) Remote Desktop Gateway Pluggable Authentication Support for RDS now in Azure Storage Space Improvements Storage Tiering De-duplication Storage High Performance live migration Storage Enhancements Command: Get-ScheduledTask –TaskName “Tier” | Get-ScheduledTaskInfo

High availability

New in Windows Server 2012 • Active/active high availability mode for brokers • Scale-out File Server and resiliency • Requires Microsoft SQL Server • Automatic data migration from single instance to high availability Remote Desktop Web Access Web Access Web farm Remote Desktop Connection Broker Broker Remote Desktop Connection Broker SQL Server Clustering Database Remote Desktop Remote Desktop Gateway Web farm Remote Desktop Cluster Licensing Remote Desktop Licensing M I C R O S O F T C O N F I D E N T I A L – I N T E R N A L O N L Y Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Virtualization Host Hyper-V cluster Remote Desktop Remote Desktop Session Host Remote Desktop Session Host farm

Storage options

• • • • New in Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces Server Message Block 3.0 (SMB3) and Hyper-V SMB support Cluster Storage Volume Scale-out File Server Sample configuration • • • VDI storage configuration Direct-attached, central SMB, or central CSV / SAN Storage location of User Profile Disks, parent virtual hard disk, and virtual machines can be configured separately for each collection Optimum use of high I/O operations per second versus high volume storage M I C R O S O F T C O N F I D E N T I A L – I N T E R N A L O N L Y Remote Desktop Virtualization Hosts Server Message Block 3.0

File servers 4 6

Key Tips to Know

You are the Enterprise Support Technician for Wingtiptoys.com. You have deployed a Virtual Desktop infrastructure. You have deployed RemoteFX because many users view graphic intensive applications. You notice that some of the client computers are not using the capabilities of RemoteFX. What should you do to ensure they use the feature ?

a. Deploy the RemoteFX client to all machines b. Update the all clients machines to Remote Desktop 7.1

c. Enable the RemoteFX Encoder on all the clients d. Enable the RemoteFX Decoder on the Virtual host machines

Design and configure user state virtualization Configure the Remote Desktop client experience Configure Desktop Security

Implementing User State Virtualization

Roaming User Profile User Experience Virtualization Folder Redirection

Benefits • Available with pooled virtual machine collections and remote desktop session host collections • Stores all user settings and data • Contains roaming user profile, Folder Redirection cache, and user environment virtualization • Roams with user within collection • Appears as a local disk and improves application compatibility What should I deploy?

User Profile Disk with pooled virtual machine collections User Profile Disk with remote desktop session host collections

User Profile Disk

With every virtual machine pool and remote desktop session host collection

User environment virtualization

To apply roam settings across collections

Folder Redirection

To apply roaming user data across collections To centralize user data backup 5 2

Enhanced Protection

Protect against known and unknown threats with endpoint inspection at behavior, application, and network levels Common antimalware platform across Microsoft AM clients Proactive protection against known and unknown threats Integration with UEFI Trusted Boot, early-launch antimalware Reduced complexity while protecting clients

Key Tips to Know

You are the Enterprise Support Technician for Wingtiptoys.com. You have deployed a Virtual Desktop infrastructure. You have deployed RemoteFX because many users view graphic intensive applications. You notice that some of the client computers are not using the capabilities of RemoteFX. What should you do to ensure they use the feature?

a. Deploy the RemoteFX client to all machines b. Update the all clients machines to Remote Desktop 7.1

c. Enable the RemoteFX Encoder on all the clients d. Enable the RemoteFX Decoder on the Virtual host machines

Implement an updates infrastructure

System Center ConfigMgr 2012 Distribution Points are WSUS aware Use WSUS, WSUS Replicas, and WSUS Downstream Servers

Monitor the virtual desktop infrastructure

Monitor the performance of Remote Desktop Services (RDS) servers and guests Monitor the health of RDS servers and guests Perform capacity analysis

Create and configure virtual collections

Create and configure virtual desktop collections Create and configure Remote Desktop Session Host collections

Key Tips to Know

Exam Objectives

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?id=70-416&Locale=en-us#tab2 Design and prepare the application environment (20–25%) Design and implement a presentation virtualization environment (15–20%) Design and implement an application virtualization environment (15–20%) Deploy, manage, and maintain the application environment (20–25%) Design business continuity for the desktop and application environment (20–25%)

Know your Application Inventory Tools

Inventory Tools

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit MAP Configuration Manager 2012 MDOP

    Application Compatibility Toolkit :    Agent-based solution Runs a service, uploads XML results to a file share Data is processed into a SQL Server database for analysis Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit:  Agentless inventory and assessment tool   Provides readiness assessments Generates customizable proposals and reports System Center Configuration Manager 2012:  Collects hardware and software information from clients systems at a prescribed interval   Reporting component assembles appropriate pieces of the collected data into meaningful reports Metering agent will inventory the last time any executable was running Asset Inventory Service:    Small unobtrusive client Automatically collects software inventory Export reports data to XLS, XML and PDF formats

Key Tips to Know

Application Delivery via Presentation

• • Applications placed on a presentation server (RDS) Applications presented to the user through a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection

Key Tips to Know

Application Delivery via Virtualization

• • •

App-V Packages

Modify the Virtual Environment with Dynamic

Deployment

Configuration or Dynamic

User Configuration

Combine packages at runtime with Virtual

Application Connection

Expose virtual application to native using Virtual

Application Extension

• •

App-V Client

Configure with Group

Policy

Streamed applications are manage by the

Configuration Manager

client and the App-V

client

• • •

Configuration Manger 2012

Stream applications directly from a local DP • Integrated with the new Application Delivery model Requirement rules used to identify deployment type User, user group or device based deployment options

Key Tips to Know

Deploying Application using ConfigMgr

Application (e.g. Adobe Reader) • Metadata about the application, information that is used to display the application in the Portal • Deployed to machine and user collections • Contains a set of Deployment Types

Deployment Types

• • • • • • • •

Deployment Types

Windows Installer (MSI) App-V Windows Script Windows Mobile (CAB) Nokia (SISX) XenApp (to be released) Windows app packages (APPX/Windows Store Link) App-V 5.0

Adobe Reader (MSI) XenApp Adobe Reader (App-V) Adobe Reader (APPX/ Windows Store Link)

IT Admin App-V User Administrators publish software titles to catalog, complete with metadata to enable search • Deliver best user experience on each device “Available” deployments enable user invocation from the Application Web Catalog including administrator approval prior to publishing App-V and traditional applications.

• Users can browse, select and install directly from Catalog Application model determines format and policies for delivery

Key Tips to Know

Key Tips to Know

Session Objective(s): Identify areas that may require extra studying Action plan for exam preparation and success

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/course.aspx?ID=20416B

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