There are three subject areas within the Windows MCSA training programme:
Windows Server 2012 – Installation and Configuration Course
Module 1: Plan Windows Server Installation, Installing Windows Server 2012, Upgrading from previous versions, PowerShell, other tasks and features and server installation conversion.
Module 2: Active Directory, organise and manage Active Directory, Active Directory groups and OUs.
Module 3: Netting Windows Server, IPv4 and IPv6, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, DNS, file and Share Access Protocol, Print and Document Servers.
Module 4: Configure Local Storage, Virtual Machine Settings, Create/Configure Virtual Machine Storage, Virtual Networks.
Module 5: Group Policy Objects, Security Policies, Application Restriction Policy, Windows Firewall.
Windows Server 2012 – Administrator
Module 1: Server Images, Patch Management, File Server Resource Manager.
Module 2: Distributed File System, DNS Zones, DNS Records, VPN and Routing, Direct Access.
Module 3: Network Policy Server, NPS Policy, Network Access Protection, Monitor Servers.
Module 4: Service Authentication, Domain Controllers, Active Directory, Account Policies.
Module 5: Group Policy Processing, Group Policy Settings, Group Policy Objects, Advanced Audit Policies.
Windows Server 2012 – Configuring Advanced Services
Module 1: Windows Server 412, Failover Clustering, Failover Clustering Roles, Virtual Machine Movement.
Module 2: Advanced File Services, Dynamic Access Control, Optimise Storage and Site Level Fault Tolerance.
Module 3: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Advanced DNS Solution, Deploy and Manage IPAM.
Module 4: Forest or Domain, Trusts, Sites, Active Recovery.
Module 5: AD FS, AD CS, Certificates, Rights Management Services.
