Course Length: 5 days

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Introduction

This three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and new skills needed to implement and manage a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 networked environment.

This course is intended for systems engineers with experience planning, implementing, and supporting a Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0–based network. The course specifically targets students who have practical, hands-on experience using Windows NT 4.0 and who need to quickly learn how to apply those skills in a Windows Server 2003 environment.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Explain the features of the Windows Server 2003 family.
Implement a Domain Name System (DNS) server.
Manage and monitor Domain Name System.
Install the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory® directory service.
Create and manage Active Directory objects.
Implement Group Policy to centrally manage a Windows Server 2003 family network.
Configure and manage a user environment by using Group Policy.
Configure and support network access.
Secure network traffic and data files.
Use advanced boot options, the Recovery Console, and the Backup utility.
Restore data by using the Backup utility in Windows Server 2003.
Plan and implement secure Routing and Remote Access.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have met at least one of the following prerequisites:

Certification as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows NT 4.0.
Attendance in Course 689: Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0—Enterprise Technologies.
Possession of equivalent knowledge and skills.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This workshop will help students prepare for these Microsoft Certified Professional exams:

Exam 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
Exam 70-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure 

Locate specific topics in the Help and Support System.
Activate Windows Server 2003.
List hardware requirements for Windows Server 2003.
Install and configure Administrative Tools.

Describe the role of DNS in the network infrastructure.
Install the DNS Server service.
Configure the properties for the DNS Server service.
Configure a DNS zone.
Configure DNS zone transfers.
Configure dynamic updates.
Configure a DNS client.
Delegate authority for zones.
Describe how DNS dynamic updates work.
Explain what resource records and record types are.
Explain what dynamic updates are.
Describe how DNS clients register and update their own resource records by using dynamic update.
Describe how a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server registers and updates resource records by using dynamic update.
Configure DNS manual and dynamic updates.
Explain what an Active Directory-integrated DNS zone is.
Configure Active Directory-integrated DNS zones to use secure dynamic updates.

 Module 4: Installing Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

Explain the basic concepts of Active Directory.
Install Active Directory.
Change the domain functional level.

Module 5: Creating and Managing Active Directory Objects

Create organizational units, user accounts, and computer accounts.
Create and modify groups.
Apply the appropriate strategies when using groups.
Use permissions to control access to Active Directory objects.
Delegate control of Active Directory objects to support secure and decentralized administration.
Move Active Directory objects.

Module 6: Implementing Group Policy to Centrally Manage a Windows Server 2003 Family Network

Implement Group Policy objects on a domain.
Modify Group Policy inheritance.

Configure Group Policy settings.
Use administrative templates in Group Policy to control a user environment.
Use security templates to secure computers.
Assign scripts to control user environments by using Group Policy.
Determine applied Group Policy objects (GPOs).

Describe a network access infrastructure.
Configure a wireless connection.
Control remote user access to a network.
Centralize authentication and policy management for network access by using Internet Authentication Service (IAS).

Implement IPSec.
Implement IPSec with certificates.
Monitor IPSec
Explain how to use EFS.
Add authorized users.
Decrypt a file or folder.
Recover an encrypted file or folder.

Use Safe Module.
Use advanced boot options.
Use the Recovery Console.
Describe the Recovery Console.
Restore files and folders by using the Backup utility.
Restore Active Directory.
Describe Automated System Recovery (ASR).
Recover from a system failure by using ASR.
Restore system data.