K2 2003 Infrastructure Course (1 Day)

Course Overview
The training course will teach attendees how to Install and Configure the K2.net 2003 workflow product suite in a multi-server environment. The attendees will have the opportunity to install and configure the product during hands-on labs.

Audience
The course is designed for System Administrators who are responsible for installing and maintaining Enterprise Application Servers.

Prerequisites
Delegates should have server management and administration experience. They should have a general knowledge of:

• Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Active Directory
• Windows SharePoint Services and/or Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003
• Internet Information Services 5.0 or 6.0 (with ASP.NET)
• SQL Server 2000

Module 00: Course Introduction and Objectives
Formalities, including general introductions, course outline, course objectives, courseware and facilities, will be outlined. At the end of the module the student will have a good idea of what will be covered in the course.

Module 01: Introduction to K2.net 2003
The module will lay the foundations of electronic workflow concepts and definitions and provide basic knowledge of K2.net. The core components of K2.Net will be introduced; showing architecture and the functions of these components. Students will also be introduced to the various integration options available to other Microsoft Products and Services such as Active Directory; Microsoft SQL Server; Share Point Portal Server; BizTalk Server; and Content Management Server.

Module 02: Installation and Deployment
This module will specifically address the function, service and software prerequisites for a successful K2 deployment. The module will demonstrate the various K2.net 2003 installation and deployment options as well as post installation configuration.

Module 03: Maintenance and Monitoring
The student will learn how to use the K2.net 2003 service manager to manage K2 servers, security, users, groups, process versions, process instances and work lists. Advanced configuration options will be discussed to provide the administrator with the ability to add or change licensing; multi processor support; threading etc.

Module 04: Disaster Recovery
In this module we will be looking at methods of enhancing fault tolerance for your K2.net Server through clustering, as well as disaster recovery strategies in the event of data is loss.