Consulting & Traning Group

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Branch Office Infrastructure

Lesson 1: Branch Office Infrastructure Solutions Overview

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the benefits and challenges of the common design strategies for branch office instrastructures?
• What some of the significant improvements provided by previous versions of Windows that help organizations in optimizing a branch office infrastructure?

Lesson 2: File Sharing and Offline File Improvements

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What is background synchronization of offline files?
• What benefits does background synchronization of offline files provide for end-users and administrators?
• What settings can be configured to enable background synchronization of offline files?
• What is transparent caching and how does it benefit users in low bandwidth scenarios?
• What are the requirements for background synchronization of offline files and transparent caching?

Lesson 3: BranchCacke

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What is the difference between the distributed cache and hosted cache modes of BranchCache?
• What are the security features of BranchCache?
• How is BranchCache implemented?

Lesson 4: Security Improvements for Branch Offices

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• How do read-only DFS replicas improve the security of data published to branch offices?
• What improvements have been made to BitLocker that make is easier to deploy and manage?
• How can BitLocker be used to secure data on removable storage devices?

Lesson 5: DirectAccess

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the challenges and limitations associated with traditional VPNs?
• What benefits does DirectAccess provide?
• How do DirectAccess clients authenticate and establish a connection with the DirectAccess server?
• What are the requirements to implement DirectAccess?

Prerequisites

• Experience with Microsoft® Windows Server and client operating systems
• Familiarity with Active Directory
• Familiarity with Windows Server 2008