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Overview:
This five-day instructor-led course includes self-paced and instructor-facilitated components. It will provide you with the knowledge and skills to successfully plan, implement, and troubleshoot a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active 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, organisational unit structure and delegation of administration, Group Policy, and user, group, and computer account strategies.
Learning Method:
This course uses a combination of instructor presentation and hands-on practical exercises. Each student will be provided with a comprehensive set of notes and will be given the opportunity to apply and test what they have learned in the classroom throughout the course.
Who will benefit from this course?
This course is designed for individuals who are employed or seeking a position as a systems engineer or for individuals who currently support a competitive platform who want to enhance their skills using Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.
It is appropriate for individuals who are:
- 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, which is a core requirement for the MCSE certification
Pre-requisites
Before attending this course, you must have completed Course 2278: Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, or have the equivalent knowledge and skills.
What can you expect to gain from this course?
After completing this course, you 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 organisational 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
Course Content:
Module 1:Introduction to Active Directory infrastructure
- This module introduces students to the Active Directory infrastructure, its logical and physical structure, and its function as a directory service. The module also introduces the command-line tools and snap-ins that you can use to examine the components of Active Directory and the Active Directory design, planning, and implementing process.
- The architecture of Active Directory
- How Active Directory works
- Examining Active Directory
- The Active Directory design, planning, and implementation processes
Module 2:Implementing an Active Directory forest and domain structure
- This module discusses Active Directory installation requirements, how to create a forest and domain structure by using the Active Directory Installation Wizard, and the post-installation tasks you must perform. It also explains how to configure DNS in an Active Directory environment, raise forest and domain functional levels, and create trust relationships.
- Creating a forest and domain structure
- Examining and configuring Active Directory integrated DNS
- Raising forest and domain functional levels
- Creating trust relationships
- Exercise A:Implementing Active Directory
Module 3:Implementing an organisational unit structure
- This module discusses how to create organisational units, how to delegate common administrative tasks, how to customise the delegation of administrative tasks for an organisational unit, and how to plan the implementation of an organisational unit structure.
- Creating and managing organisational units
- Delegating administrative control for organisational units
- Planning an organisational unit strategy
- Exercise A:Implementing an organisational unit structure
Module 4:Implementing user, group, and computer accounts
- This module explains how to plan and implement Active Directory user, group, and computer accounts. It also explains how to create multiple user and computer accounts by using command-line tools such as CSVDE and LDIFDE, and how to manage accounts by using Windows Script Host. The module also explains how to implement User Principle Name (UPN) suffixes.
- Introduction to accounts
- Creating and managing multiple accounts
- Implementing user principal name suffixes
- Moving objects in Active Directory
- Planning an account strategy
- Planning an Active Directory audit strategy
- Exercise A:Implementing an account and audit strategy
Module 5:Implementing group policy
- This module explains how to plan and implement a Group Policy strategy to centrally manage users and computers in an enterprise.
- Creating and configuring group policy objects (GPOs)
- Configuring group policy refresh rates and group policy settings
- Managing GPOs
- Verifying and troubleshooting group policy
- Delegating administrative control of group policy
- Planning a group policy strategy for the enterprise
- Exercise A: Implementing group policy
Module 6:Deploying and managing software by using group policy
- This module covers planning and optimisation of WINS, including information on optimising servers and detailed explanations of optimisation tasks.
- Introduction to managing software deployment
- Deploying software
- Configuring software deployment
- Maintaining deployed software
- Troubleshooting software deployment
- Planning a software deployment strategy
- Exercise A: Deploying and managing software using group policy
Module 7:Implementing sites to manage Active Directory replication
- This module explains how to implement sites to manage and monitor replication in Active Directory. The module presents basic concepts of replication and sites in Active Directory, specifically: creating, configuring, and managing sites; monitoring and troubleshooting replication failures; and planning a site strategy.
- Introduction to Active Directory replication
- Creating and configuring sites
- Managing site topology
- Troubleshooting replication failures
- Planning a site
- Exercise A: Implementing sites to manage Active Directory replication
Module 8:Implementing the placement of domain controllers
- This module introduces students to the placement of domain controllers. It focuses on the placement and planning of domain controllers, including global catalogue servers, and DNS servers that are integrated with Active Directory. The module also discusses guidelines for caching universal group membership for a site.
- Implementing the global catalogue in Active Directory
- Determining the placement of domain controllers in Active Directory
- Planning the placement of domain controllers
- Exercise A: Implementing the placement of domain controllers
Module 9:Managing operations masters
- This module introduces students to managing operations masters in Active Directory. It explains the purpose of each of the five types of operations masters, how to transfer and seize operations master roles, and how to plan a strategy for placing operations masters.
- Introduction to operations master roles
- Transferring and seizing operations master roles
- Planning the placement of operations masters
- Exercise A: Managing operations masters
Module 10:Maintaining Active Directory availability
- This module explains basic concepts about maintaining Active Directory availability, including how to defragment, move, back up, restore, and monitor an Active Directory database.
- Introduction to maintaining Active Directory
- Moving and defragmenting an Active Directory database
- Backing up Active Directory
- Restoring Active Directory
- Planning for monitoring Active Directory
- Exercise A: Maintaining Active Directory
Module 11:Planning and implementing an Active Directory infrastructure
- This module provides students with the skills to plan and implement an Active Directory service infrastructure based on the business requirements of a fictitious organisation.
- Creating an Active Directory implementation plan for Tailspin Toys
- Implementing the Active Directory infrastructure for Tailspin Toys
- Exercise A: Creating the Active Directory implementation plan for Tailspin Toys
- Exercise B: Implementing the Active Directory infrastructure for Tailspin Toys