Course 70104: Planning for Update Deployments and Network Availability

Introduction This course describes how to plan a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) topology to deploy updates to operating systems and applications. An understanding of properly placing and managing your WSUS servers helps to ensure the computers in your organization aren't vulnerable to malware or compromised by nefarious third parties. Planning the configuration and placement of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), and other servers, including those that host critical applications and resources, prepares you for managing the possible failure of network infrastructure elements. An understanding of implementing appropriate fault tolerance technologies helps you mitigate the availability risks and reduce the potential impact on your organization in case part of this infrastructure is lost. Objectives At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• In this course, you will plan and implement deployment of operating system and application updates. In addition, you will plan for high network service availability.

Modules & Lessons Planning Update Deployment Module Introduction WSUS Topologies Update Management Module Lab Module Lab Module Follow Up Planning High Availability Module Introduction Planning Network Load Balancing Planning Failover Clustering Module Lab Module Lab Module Follow Up System Requirements To view this course, you need:

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