MCTS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Infrastructure Ancillaries Introduction

Dear Instructor, The purpose of this letter is to give you a perspective, from one trainer to another, on how to use these materials in your delivery of a course on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Infrastructure. First, let me congratulate you. Teaching is tough work, and Microsofts Windows Server 2008 R2 Infrastructure is a genuinely vast subject to teach. The following materials have been assembled to assist your course delivery: The Book Eight chapters of solid, meaningful material, including chapter review questions and in-chapter exercises. PowerPoint Slides Enough to cover the content in each chapter (from 10-40 per chapter), highlighting major points found in the book. You are welcome to modify these slides in any way that improves the delivery of your class. Review Questions with Answers You have 80 bonus review questions for further study. We have written these questions to highlight main points as well as subtler, but noteworthy points that are often the subject of certification exam questions. You may want to use these at the beginning of a days class to verify that the students understood what was covered during the previous session. Practical Examples/Labs Every chapter in the book contains several excellent examples to practically demonstrate the points made in the chapter. We have included some extra labs for your students to use for practice. Some of the labs do require the completion of certain exercises from the text, so you will want to be intimately familiar with the system changes introduced by each exercise in the book. As always, it is highly recommended that you run through the labs yourself before class to be familiar with their subtleties before the session begins. Syllabus You have also been provided a syllabus for a short course (3-6 days). This syllabus will give a structure to the flow of the course material, but Im sure you are aware that these schedules often change on the fly and there is a necessity to adapt any
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Complete Study Guide (Exams 70-640, 70-642 and 70-643)Instructor Materials, Copyright 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved

class to students needs. Good luck! Microsofts Windows Server 2008 R2 Infrastructure is a fun subject to teach. Your students are likely to be eager, attentive listeners. This technology is tremendously exciting, and your enthusiasm for your subject will rub off on your students. We wish you the best in all your teaching endeavours.

Prerequisites
Before beginning class, ensure that all your students are minimally familiar with the following computing technology: PC hardware fundamentals, basic computer networking fundamentals, and an ability to successfully use a graphical user interface to operate a computer. Lack of any of these will dramatically slow down absorption of material by that student, and will absolutely frustrate the advanced students who are attending your class.

Lab Setup Details

Hardware requirements for instructor computer: Recommended: Pentium 4 or newer, 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB HD with 25 GB free Minimum: Pentium III or newer (not Celeron), 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB HD with 25 GB free You may want to have Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 already installed, allowing for demonstrations. Hardware requirements for student computers Recommended: Pentium 4 or newer, 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB HD with 25 GB free Minimum: Pentium III or newer (not Celeron), 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB HD with 15 GB free You can start the week with any operating system installed (or no operating system installed). Make sure that each student can have his or her own copy of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for installation and later use.

MCTS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Complete Study Guide (Exams 70-640, 70-642 and 70-643)Instructor Materials, Copyright 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved