2274 – Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Course Specifications

Course Length: 5 Days

Location: Entre Technology Services, LLC  1501 N. 14th St. West, Suite 1511

Registration: Call your Account Manager at 406.256.5700 or use our Registration Forms

Introduction

This five-day instructor-led course includes self-paced and instructor-facilitated components. It provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully plan, implement, and troubleshoot a Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 Active Directory® directory service infrastructure. The course focuses on a Windows Server 2003 directory service environment, including forest and domain structure, Domain Name System (DNS), site topology and replication, organizational unit structure and delegation of administration, Group Policy, and user, group, and computer account strategies.

This is the sixth course in the Windows Server 2003 Systems Engineer curriculum.

Audience

This course is appropriate for individuals employed or seeking a position as a systems engineer. This course is also appropriate for individuals who currently support a competitive platform who want to enhance their skills using Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.

Professionals who take this course should meet the following entry criteria:

New to implementing Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.
Preparing for MCP exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure, a core requirement for the MCSE certification.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe the logical and physical components of Active Directory.
Create and configure a forest and domain structure by using an Active Directory infrastructure design.
Plan and implement an organizational unit structure.
Plan and implement Active Directory user, group, and computer accounts.
Plan and implement a Group Policy strategy to centrally manage users and computers in an enterprise.
Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot software that is deployed using Group Policy.
Implement sites to manage and monitor Active Directory replication.
Plan and implement the placement of domain controllers, global catalog servers, and DNS servers that are integrated with Active Directory.
Plan and manage operations masters.
Back up, restore, and maintain Active Directory.
Plan and implement an Active Directory infrastructure that is based on a directory service design that an enterprise architect provides.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have completed:

Course 2278: Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, or have the equivalent knowledge and skills.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Active Directory Infrastructure

Describe the architecture of Active Directory.
Describe the working of Active Directory.
Use administrative tools to examine the components of Active Directory.
Describe the Active Directory design, planning, and implementation processes.

Module 2: Implementing an Active Directory Forest and Domain Structure

Create a forest and domain structure.
Configure DNS in an Active Directory environment.
Raise the functional level of a forest and a domain.
Create trust relationships between domains.
Secure trusts by using SID filtering.

Module 3: Implementing an Organizational Unit Structure

Create an organizational unit.
Delegate control for an organizational unit.
Plan an organizational unit strategy.

Module 4: Implementing User, Group, and Computer Accounts

Describe the types of Active Directory accounts and groups.
Create multiple user and computer accounts.
Implement UPN suffixes.
Move objects within a domain and across domains in a forest.
Plan a strategy for user computer and group accounts.
Plan an Active Directory audit strategy.

Module 5: Implementing Group Policy

Create and configure GPOs.
Configure when Group Policy is applied.
Manage GPOs.
Verify and troubleshoot Group Policy.
Delegate administrative control of Group Policy.
Plan a Group Policy strategy for the enterprise.

Module 6: Deploying and Managing Software by Using Group Policy

Explain the basic concepts of software deployment by using Group Policy.
Deploy software by using Group Policy.
Configure software deployment by using Group Policy.
Maintain deployed software by using Group Policy.
Troubleshoot some common problems with software deployment.
Plan a software deployment strategy.

Module 7: Implementing Sites to Manage Active Directory Replication

Explain the components and the process of replication.
Create and configure sites.
Manage an Active Directory site topology.
Monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory replication failures.
Plan a site strategy.

Module 8: Implementing Placement of Domain Controllers

Implement the global catalog in Active Directory.
Determine the placement of domain controllers in Active Directory.
Plan for placing domain controllers in Active Directory.

Module 9: Managing Operations Masters

Explain the purpose of each of the five operations master roles in Active Directory.
Transfer and seize operations master roles in Active Directory.
Plan for placing operations masters in Active Directory.

Module 10: Maintaining Active Directory Availability

Describe the relationship between data modification and maintenance of the Active Directory database.
Move and defragment the Active Directory database.
Back up Active Directory.
Restore Active Directory by using the authoritative restore and the normal, or nonauthoritative, restore methods.
Apply guidelines for monitoring Active Directory.

Module 11: Planning and Implementing an Active Directory Infrastructure

Review the Active Directory design and create an Active Directory implementation plan for Tailspin Toys.
Implement the Active Directory infrastructure for Tailspin Toys.