Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-642): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Network Infrastructure

Before You Begin

To complete the lessons in this chapter, you should be familiar with Windows networking and be comfortable with the following tasks:

• Adding roles to a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2

• Configuring Active Directory directory service domain controllers and joining computers to a domain

• Basic network configuration, including configuring IP settings

You will also need the following nonproduction hardware, connected to test networks:

• A computer named Dcsrv1 that is a domain controller in the Nwtraders.msft domain. This computer must have at least one network interface. Dcsrv1 must have at least two hard disks for this chapter, because Lesson 3: Backing Up and Restoring Files, requires you to back up the system disk to a second hard ...