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Windows Server 2012 R2: File and Print Services

This course is the fifth in a Learning Path of seven courses that cover Microsoft's 70-411 R2 exam. It explores how to Configure Distributed File System (DFS), configure File Server Resource Manager (FSRM), configure file and disk encryption, and configure advanced audit policies.

Greg Shields - Pluralsight course - Windows Server 2012 R2: File and Print Services
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What you'll learn

This course updates Pluralsight's 70-411 Learning Path to include content relevant to Windows Server 2012 R2. In this course, you'll learn how to install and configure DFS Namespaces, configure DFS Replication targets, replication scheduling, Remote Differential Compression settings, staging, fault tolerance, clone a DFS database, recover DFS databases, optimize DFS replication, and install the FSRM role service. You will also learn to configure quotas, file screens, reports, file management tasks, and manage Encrypting File System (EFS) and BitLocker certificates, including backup and restore. Lastly you will learn to configure the EFS recovery agent, configure BitLocker encryption, configure BitLocker policies, configure the Network Unlock feature, implement auditing using Group Policy and AuditPol.exe, create expression-based audit policies, and create removable device audit policies.

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Greg Shields - Pluralsight course - Windows Server 2012 R2: File and Print Services
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Greg Shields is an Author Evangelist at Pluralsight.

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