Managing and Operating a Datacenter using System Center

The training is extensive and covers almost all aspects of System Center.  Microsoft System Center is similar to Microsoft Office; it’s built of several products that are possible to connect and strengthened by using them together.  Just like you can link an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document, you can connect Virtual Machine Manager with Operations Manager, or have Orchestrator talk with the other System Center components.  To get the most out of your investment into System Center, it’s not enough to know just one component.  You need to understand them all. 

Class Overview

Learn how to manage an enterprise environment using System Center.

In this five-day training, you learn how to configure and operate the System Center suite.  The training is extensive and covers almost all aspects of System Center.  Microsoft System Center is similar to Microsoft Office; it’s built of several products that are possible to connect and strengthened by using them together.  Just like you can link an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document, you can connect Virtual Machine Manager with Operations Manager, or have Orchestrator talk with the other System Center components.  To get the most out of your investment into System Center, it’s not enough to know just one component.  You need to understand them all.  With the introduction of cloud attach functionality for several of the System Center products, it’s also possible now to utilize Microsoft Azure hybrid services.

You not only learn to use all the preceding things but also discover what’s new and updated, together with common and best practices for handling legacy components in System Center.  You learn to manage and monitor the general server, workstations, domain controllers, file servers, SQL server, remote desktop servers, Hyper-V, and storage.  You also learn to deploy applications to servers and clients.  In just five days, you will learn almost every part of System Center.

You start in the operator seat of the enterprise ViaMonstra, with everything installed but not configured. From there you configure each System Center component and connect them and Microsoft Azure.  You run through practical exercises to improve your skills in managing the entire environment.  You also have the ability to select exercises that are right for you and where you need to strengthen your knowledge.  In some cases, there are deep-dive labs that you can run.  The lab will be just the way you want it!

Mikael Nystrom has developed the lab based on real-world experience building private clouds, data center fabrics, and traditional enterprise environments.

Level

300/400 (Advanced/Expert)

Who Should Attend

IT pros and system administrators who want to deploy and manage System Center in the real world.

Prerequisites

Experience with Windows Server and Client management.

Material

Student lab manual, slide decks, and lab files

Class Outline

 

System Center Configuration Manager

–       Configuring for software distribution

–       Working with collections

–       Working with packages and applications

–       Working with task sequences

–       Interacting with the System Center suite

 

System Center Operations Manager

–       Configuring Operations Manager

–       Using agentless exception monitoring

–       Interacting with the System Center suite

 

System Center Data Protection Manager

–       Protecting and recovering data from servers

–       Protecting and recovering data from clients

–       Interacting with the System Center suite

 

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

–       Managing Hyper-V using Virtual Machine Manager

–       Creating templates

–       Deploying VMs

–       Deploying services

–       Interacting with the System Center suite

 

System Center Orchestrator

–       Interacting with the System Center suite

–       Automating daily and weekly tasks

–       Adding support for third-party add-ons

 

System Center Service Manager

–       Interacting with the System Center suite

–       Configuring Self Service

–       Configuring help-desk operations

 

Over 60 percent of the time you spend in class is dedicated to hands-on-labs and exercises, based on self-perceived real-life scenarios and methods verified to work in production environments. And the best part, you get access to all the sample files and scripts.