This course provides students with the skills needed to design, deploy, and manage a physical and virtual Windows Server 2012 application management infrastructure, and focus on using Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

The correspondent training has been retired.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Design an application distribution strategy that is appropriate for an organizational environment.
• Diagnose and remediate application compatibility problems for desktop and presentation virtualization-based deployments.
• Use Group Policy and Windows Intune to deploy applications to client devices.
• Deploy applications centrally using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1.
• Configure self-service application deployment using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 Service Manager SP1, and Windows Store apps.
• Design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support presentation virtualization.
• Prepare, deploy and manage applications for Remote Desktop, RemoteApp, and Remote Desktop Web Access.
• Design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support application virtualization.
• Virtualize and deploy applications by using App-V and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1.
• Plan and configure the appropriate infrastructure to streamline the deployment of software updates to applications, and plan and configure application security.
• Plan and implement application upgrades, supersedence, and application coexistence.
• Monitor the deployment, performance, and utilization of applications and determine whether current application hosting platforms are meeting business needs.

LESSON 1 – DESIGNING AN APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY

• Developing an Application Lifecycle Strategy
• Determining Business Requirements for Application Distribution
• Overview of Application Distribution Strategies
• Lab : Designing an Application Distribution Strategy

LESSON 2 – DIAGNOSING AND REMEDIATING APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY

• Diagnosing Application Compatibility Issues
• Evaluating and Implementing Remediation Solutions
• Resolving Compatibility Issues by Using ACT
• Lab : Diagnosing and Remediating Application Compatibility

LESSON 3 – DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS BY USING GROUP POLICY AND WINDOWS INTUNE

• Deploying Software by Using Group Policy
• Sideloading Windows Store Apps
• Deploying Software by Using Windows Intune
• Lab : Centralizing Software Deployment by Using Group Policy and Windows Intune

LESSON 4 – DEPLOYING APPLICATIONS BY USING MICROSOFT SYSTEM CENTER 2012 CONFIGURATION MANAGER SP1

• Understanding Software Deployment by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
• Deploying Software by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
• Lab : Deploying Applications by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1

LESSON 5 – CONFIGURING SELF-SERVICE APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT

• Understanding Self-Service Application Deployment
• Configuring Self-Service with Windows Intune
• Self-Service Deployment by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
• Self-Service Deployment with Service Manager and Orchestrator
• Lab : Configuring Self-Service Application Deployment

LESSON 6 – DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING PRESENTATION VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• Assessing Presentation Virtualization Requirements
• Planning Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
• Deploying Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
• Extending the Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure
• Lab : Deploying and Implementing Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure

LESSON 7 – PREPARING, CONFIGURING AND DEPLOYING PRESENTATION VIRTUALIZATION APPLICATIONS

• Determining Presentation Virtualization Application Strategies
• Planning and Deploying Remote Desktop, RemoteApp, and Remote Desktop Web Access
• Lab : Configuring Applications for Presentation Virtualization

LESSON 8 – DESIGNING AND DEPLOYING AN APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT

• Sequencing Applications with App-V
• Deploying App-V Applications
• Lab : Preparing, Sequencing, and Deploying Virtual Applications

LESSON 9 – PREPARING, SEQUENCING, AND DEPLOYING VIRTUAL APPLICATIONS

• Sequencing Applications with App-V
• Deploying App-V Applications
• Lab : Virtualizing Applications by Using App-V Sequencer and Deploy Sequenced Applications

LESSON 10 – PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING APPLICATION UPDATES AND SECURITY

• Planning Application Updates
• Deploying Updates by Using WSUS
• Deploying Application Updates by Using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
• Implementing Application Security
• Lab : Preparing and Deploying Application Updates

LESSON 11 – PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING APPLICATION UPGRADES

• Overview of Application Upgrades
• Overview of Application Concurrency
• Lab : Upgrading Applications

LESSON 12 – MONITORING APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT, USE, AND PERFORMANCE

• Planning Application Monitoring
• Planning Software Inventory and Metering
• Monitoring Application Resource Utilization
• Lab : Monitoring Application Deployment, Utilization, and Performance

This course is intended for Information Technology professionals who are interested in specializing in Windows 8 application deployments and managing the application environments for large organizations. People attending this training could be support technicians or currently in deployment roles and are considering taking the next step in their career or enhancing their skills in the areas of planning and deploying Windows 8 desktops.

• 70410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
• 70411 Administering Windows Server 2012
• 70412 Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
• 70415 Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure