Eine tolle Möglichkeit sich aktuellen Microsoft Server Technologien auseinanderzusetzen sind die sogenannten Technet Test Lab Guides (TLG). Dabei liegt der Fokus auf dem Schritt für Schritt einrichten der jeweiligen Funktion, weniger auf dem Hintergrund zur jeweiligen Technologie. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/test-lab-guides.aspx
Benötigt dazu wird ein Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Image: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx
Hier ein Abriss der aktuellen Guides:
- Test Lab Guide: Fabrikam Base Configuration
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP)
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG DirectAccess
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG DirectAccess Remote Management
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG DirectAccess Network Load Balancing and Array Configuration
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG DirectAccess and Network Access Protection (NAP)
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess Remote Management
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess with NAP
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess Force Tunneling
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess with Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess with Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) and Remote Desktop Gateway (RDG)
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate FIM CM 2010
- Test Lab Guide: Exchange Server 2010 with Service Pack 1
- Test Lab Guide: SQL Server 2008 with Service Pack 2
- Test Lab Guide: SQL Server 2008 R2
- Test Lab Guide: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate IPv6
- Test Lab Guide: Deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to Protect Network Communication to a Domain Controller
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Access VPNs (community authored)
- Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate NAP for Remote Access VPN (community authored)
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Windows Server 2008 R2 VPN Reconnect (community authored)
- Test Lab Guide: Installing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (community authored)
- Test Lab Guide: TMG Core Test Lab (community authored)
- Test Lab Guide: Installing Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management with Constrained Delegation, Update 1, and FIM 2010 Integration
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management User Certificate Self-Service
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management User Smart Card Self-Service
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management Delegated Smart Card Registration
- Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management Smart Card Centralized Registration
- Test Lab Guide: Managing User Identities with Forefront Identity Manager 2010