Course Overview:

Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training (M20416) Course Description

This five-day Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training course provides students with the skills and knowledge to be able to design, deploy and manage a physical as well as a virtual Windows Server 2012 application management infrastructure. Students will also learn to design, deploy and manage Windows 8 Enterprise applications in a physical and virtual environment as well as in the cloud. Students should have experience with course 20415: Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure, and have their Windows 2012 Server certification (MCSA) or equivalent skills. This Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training course also maps to and supports exam 70-416: Implementing Desktop Application Environments.

Customize It:

• If you are familiar with some aspects of this Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
• We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
• If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training course in manner understandable to lay audiences.

Audience / Target Group:

The target audience for this Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training course:

• This course is intended for IT Professionals who are interested in specializing in Windows 8 application deployments and managing the application environments for large organizations. People attending this training could be support technicians or currently in deployment roles and are considering taking the next step in their career or enhancing their skills in the areas of planning and deploying Windows 8 desktops.

• A secondary audience for this course is IT professionals who are looking to take one or both exams: 70-415: Implementing an Enterprise Desktop and Device Infrastructure and 70-416: Implementing Desktop Application Environments as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Desktop Infrastructurecertification.

Related Courses:

• Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure 2012 Training (M20415)
• Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure 2012 Training (M20414)

What You Will Learn:

Upon completing this Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:

• Design an application distribution strategy that is appropriate for an organizational environment.
• Diagnose and remediate application compatibility problems for desktop and presentation virtualization-based deployments.
• Use Group Policy and Windows Intune to deploy applications to client devices.
• Deploy applications centrally using Configuration Manager.
• Configure self-service application deployment using Configuration Manager, Service Manager, and Windows 8 Application Store.
• Design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support presentation virtualization.
• Prepare, deploy and manage applications for Remote Desktop, RemoteApp, and Remote Desktop Web Access.
• Design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support application virtualization.
• Virtualize and deploy applications by using App-V and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
• Plan and configure the appropriate infrastructure to streamline the deployment of software updates to applications, and plan and configure application security.
• Plan and implement application upgrades, supersedence, and application coexistence.
• Monitor the deployment, performance, and utilization of applications and determine whether current application hosting platforms are meeting business needs.

Implementing Desktop Application Environments 2012 Training – Course Syllabus:

Module 1: Designing an Application Distribution Strategy

This module explains how to design an application distribution strategy that is appropriate for an organizational environment.

Module 2: Diagnosing and Remediating Application Compatibility

This module explains how to diagnose and remediate application compatibility problems for desktop and presentation virtualization-based deployments.

Module 3: Deploying Applications by Using Group Policy and Windows Intune

This module explains how to use Group Policy and Windows Intune to deploy applications to client devices.

Module 4: Deploying Applications by Using System Center Configuration Manager

This module covers how to deploy applications centrally using Configuration Manager.

Module 5: Configuring Self-Service Application Deployment

This module explains how to configure self-service application deployment using Configuration Manager, Service Manager, and Windows 8 Application Store.

Module 6: Designing and Implementing Presentation Virtualization Infrastructure

This module describes how to design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support presentation virtualization.

Module 7: Preparing, Configuring and Deploying Presentation Virtualization Applications

This module explains how to prepare, deploy and manage applications for Remote Desktop, RemoteApp, and Remote Desktop Web Access.

Module 8: Designing and Deploying an Application Virtualization Environment

This module covers how to design and deploy Windows Server 2012 roles and features to support application virtualization.

Module 9: Preparing, Sequencing, and Deploying Virtual Applications

This module describes how to virtualize and deploy applications by using App-V and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.

Module 10: Planning and Implementing Application Updates and Security

This module covers how to plan and configure the appropriate infrastructure to streamline the deployment of software updates to applications. It also describes how to plan and configure application security.

Module 11: Planning and Implementing Application Upgrade and Supersedence

This module explains how to plan and implement application upgrades and supersedence. It also covers how to plan and implement application coexistence.

Module 12: Monitoring Application Deployment, Utilization, and Performance

This module describes how to monitor the deployment, performance, and utilization of applications and determine whether current application hosting platforms are meeting business needs.