This course is intended for Infrastructure Architects and Virtualization Specialists who are responsible for designing, deploying, and managing one or more data center or desktop virtualization environments.

• Evaluate benefits of implementing virtualization technologies.
• Understand how virtualization technology can be used to create more flexible and dynamic data center and desktop infrastructures.
• Understand the selection process for local desktop or central VDI environments.
• Design virtualization solutions for datacenter and desktop infrastructures.
• Plan virtualization services such as Hyper-V, RDS,MED-V, and APP-V.
• Integrate System Center Suite into a virtualization infrastructure to provide an end-to-end management strategy.
• Understand and plan virtual machine conversion and deployment options.
• Plan enterprise storage solutions to support virtualization infrastructures.
• Design high-availability virtualization solutions.
• Plan an enterprise backup and recovery strategy.

Module 1: Planning a Virtualization Strategy

• Understanding Virtualization Levels
• Defining the Case for Virtualization
• Reviewing Virtualization Technologies
• Reviewing the System Center Suite
• Understanding Licensing Options
• Reviewing Integration with Third-Party Products

Module 2: Designing a Virtualization Platform Infrastructure and High-Availability Strategy

• Defining Server Virtualization Scenarios
• Defining Hyper-V Base Architectures
• Performing a Pre-Design Discovery
• Designing a Server Virtualization Infrastructure
• Designing the Hyper-V Host Architecture
• Designing the Virtual Machine Architecture
• Sizing a Hyper-V Host Farm

Module 3: Designing a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure

• Defining Desktop Virtualization Scenarios
• Designing a Local Desktop Infrastructure
• Designing a VDI Deployment using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and RDS
• Designing an Application Strategy using RemoteApp
• Designing a VDI Deployment using Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Citrix XenDesktop

Module 4: Designing an Application Virtualization Infrastructure

• Planning an Application Virtualization 4.6 Infrastructure
• Designing an Application Virtualization 4.6 Infrastructure
• Using Application Virtualization 4.6 with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2
• Using Application Virtualization 4.6 with RDS

Module 5: Designing a Virtualization Infrastructure Management Strategy

• Developing a Virtualization Infrastructure Management Environment with the System Center Suite
• Developing a Virtual Machine Deployment Strategy
• Developing a Virtual Machine Conversion Strategy
• Developing an Administrative Strategy
• Developing a Virtual Machine Migration Strategy
• Developing a Disaster Recovery Strategy
• Developing a Maintenance Strategy