Microsoft Windows 8 – Managing and Maintaining: Data Storage and Security

Overview/Description
Storage management has been completely overhauled in Windows 8, particularly with the addition of storage spaces, which is a way to simply create fault tolerant arrays which can be dynamically expanded and thinly provisioned. Data security options in Windows 8 include EFS for encrypting single files and folders and BitLocker full drive encryption. This course covers data storage and security management in Windows 8. This course is one of a series which cover the objectives for Microsoft Exam 70-688: Managing and Maintaining Windows 8.

Target Audience
IT professionals who configure or support Windows 8 in domain-based or peer-to-peer environments. This includes support personnel, consultants and IT generalists.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Microsoft Windows 8 – Managing and Maintaining: Data Storage and Security

recognize how to manage disk storage

recognize what type of storage space resiliency to use in a given scenario

recognize how to enable content caching in a given scenario

recognize the features of NTFS permissions

identify ways to enable symmetric encryption

recognize bitlocker requirements

manage storage in Windows 8