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Designing a Highly Available Web Infrastructure

Posted: April 23, 2003
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Course 2088: Four days; Instructor-led

Introduction

The goal of this course is to give Web designers the knowledge and skills needed to design a highly available Web infrastructure by using Microsoft products and technologies. Students will learn how to make design decisions that will avoid single points of failure, and how to increase the availability of their Web infrastructure by adding redundancy and fault tolerance.

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Audience

This course is intended for individuals who are responsible for Web site infrastructure design.

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At Course Completion

After completing the course, students will be able to:

  • Determine the high availability needs for a Web infrastructure.
  • Select the appropriate Microsoft products and technologies for designing highly available Web infrastructure servers.
  • Select the appropriate Microsoft technologies for designing a highly available network services infrastructure.
  • Select the appropriate components for designing a highly available logical network.
  • Select the appropriate technologies, configurations, and hardware components that are required for designing a highly available physical network.
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Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course helps you prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exams:

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Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

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Course Outline


Module 1: Introduction to Designing a Highly Available Web Infrastructure

The following topics are covered in this module:

  • Identifying the Features of a Highly Available Web Infrastructure
  • Calculating System Availability
  • Supporting a Highly Available Web Infrastructure

After completing this module, you will be able to identify key concepts and strategies to make a Web infrastructure highly available. This includes:

  • Identifying the characteristics of a highly available Web infrastructure.
  • Calculating the availability of a Web infrastructure.
  • Analyzing the solution architecture.

Module 2: Designing Highly Available Web Infrastructure Servers

The following topics are covered in this module:

  • Choosing a Hardware Platform
  • Determining the Windows 2000 Operating System Configuration
  • Selecting the Appropriate Technologies Based on Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS)
  • Designing a Highly Available COM+ Environment Using Microsoft Application Center 2000.
  • Designing a Highly Available Firewall that Includes Server Publishing
  • Designing a Highly Available Database Solution Using Microsoft SQL Server 2000

After completing this module, you will be able to evaluate the considerations for Microsoft technologies and to design highly available Web infrastructure servers. This includes:

  • Choosing a hardware platform.
  • Determining the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system configuration for the Web infrastructure servers.
  • Selecting the appropriate technology for a highly available solution based on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).
  • Designing a highly available COM+ (Component Object Model) Environment by using Microsoft Application Center 2000.
  • Designing a highly available firewall solution by using Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server.
  • Designing a highly available database solution by using Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
  • Given a business scenario, selecting the appropriate Microsoft products and technologies for Web infrastructure servers by using the guidelines for designing highly available Web infrastructure servers.

Module 3: Designing a Highly Available Network Services Infrastructure

The following topics are covered in this module:

  • Designing a Highly Available Active Directory Solution
  • Designing a Highly Available DNS Solution
  • Designing a Highly Available WINS Name Resolution Solution
  • Designing a Highly Available DHCP Solution

After completing this module, you will be able to design a highly available network services infrastructure. This includes:

  • Designing a highly available directory services solution by using Active Directory.
  • Designing a highly available DNS solution.
  • Designing a highly available WINS name resolution solution.
  • Designing a highly available DHCP solution.
  • Given a business scenario that includes network services, selecting the appropriate Microsoft technologies by using the guidelines for designing a highly available network services infrastructure.

Module 4: Designing a Highly Available Logical Network

The following topics are covered in this module:

  • Selecting TCP/IP Addresses and Routing for the Public Logical Network
  • Selecting TCP/IP Addresses and Routing for the Private Logical Network
  • Positioning the Servers and Services

After completing this module, you will be able to design a logical network for a highly available Web infrastructure. This includes:

  • Selecting the public addresses and routing based on the high availability requirements for the logical network.
  • Selecting the private addresses and routing based on the high availability requirements for the logical network.
  • Determining how to position the servers and services within a highly available Web infrastructure.
  • Given a business scenario, selecting the appropriate components for the logical network by using the guidelines for designing a highly available logical network.

Module 5: Designing a Highly Available Physical Network

The following topics are covered in this module:

  • Selecting Networks Based on Bandwidth Requirements
  • Selecting Redundant Paths for Network Connectivity
  • Selecting the Appropriate Network Topology
  • Selecting a Highly Available Switch Configuration
  • Selecting a Highly Available Routing Configuration

After completing this module, you will be able to design a physical network for a highly available Web infrastructure. This includes:

  • Selecting a network based on bandwidth requirements.
  • Selecting redundant paths for network connectivity.
  • Selecting appropriate networking topology for the physical network.
  • Selecting a highly available switch configuration for the physical network.
  • Selecting a highly available routing configuration for the physical network.
  • Selecting the appropriate technologies, configurations, and hardware components required for designing a highly available physical network.
  • Given a business scenario, selecting the appropriate technologies, configurations and hardware components required for a physical network by using the guidelines for designing a highly available physical network.

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