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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Strategy and Implementation Expert Encore

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully plan, implement, and troubleshoot a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory service infrastructure.The course is designed to instruct technical professionals who need the skills and knowledge to describe the logical and physical components of Active Director, plan and implement Active Directory user, group, and computer accounts, and the placement of domain controllers, global catalog servers, and DNS servers that are integrated with Active Directory.

Target 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.

Prerequisites
To fully benefir from this course, student should have the following:

A strong familiarity with Microsoft Windows 2000 core technologies, such as those covered in Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server Installation and Administration 3.0
Completion of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Services Planning and Maintenance course, orr have the equivalent knowledge and skills

Certification
MCSE 2003

Exams
70-294

Included Labs

Installing Windows 2003 Active Directory
Creating a Child Domain
Creating an Inter-Forest Trust
Creating an Organizational Unit Structure
Migrating Active Directory Objects
Creating a Group Policy
Using Group Policy to Manage and Deploy Software
Placing Domain Controllers in Local Sites for Replication
Seizing FSMO Roles
Active Directory Backup and Recovery

Outline
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Strategy and Implementation

Module 1: An Overview of Active Directory Infrastructure

The Architecture of Active Directory
How Active Directory Works
Examining Active Directory
The Active Directory Design, Planning, and Implementation Processes

Module 2: Active Directory Forest and Domain Implementation

Creating a Forest and Domain Structure
Examining Active Directory Integrated DNS
Raising Forest and Domain Functional Levels
Creating Trust Relationships
Installing Windows 2003 Active Directory
Creating a Child Domain
Creating an Inter-Forest Trust

Module 3: Organizational Unit Structure Implementation

Creating and Managing Organizational Units
Delegating Administrative Control of Organizational Units
Planning an Organizational Unit Strategy
Creating an Organizational Unit Structure

Module 4: User, Group, and Computer Account Implementation

Introduction to Accounts
Creating and Managing Multiple Accounts
Implementing User Principal Name Suffixes
Moving Objects in Active Directory
Planning a User, Group, and Computer Account Strategy
Planning an Active Directory Audit Strategy
Migrating Active Directory Objects

Module 5: Group Policy Implementation

Creating and Configuring 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
Creating a Group Policy

Module 6: Using Group Policy to Deploy and Manage Software

Introduction to Managing Software Deployment
Deploying Software
Configuring Software Deployment
Maintaining Deployed Software
Troubleshooting Software Deployment
Planning a Software Deployment Strategy
Using Group Policy to Manage and Deploy Software

Module 7: Managing Active Directory Replication via Sites

Introduction to Active Directory Replication
Creating and Configuring Sites
Managing Site Topology
Troubleshooting Replication Failures
Planning a Site
Placing Domain Controllers in Local Sites for Replication

Module 8: Placing Domain Controllers

Implementing the Global Catalog in Active Directory
Determining the Placement of Domain Controllers in Active Directory
Planning the Placement of Domain Controllers

Module 9: Operations Masters Management

Introduction to Operations Master Roles
Transferring and Seizing Operations Master Roles
Planning the Placement of Operations Masters
Seizing FSMO Roles

Module 10: Active Directory Maintenance

Introduction to Maintaining Active Directory
Moving and Defragmenting the Active Directory Database
Backing Up Active Directory
Restoring Active Directory
Planning for Monitoring Active Directory
Active Directory Backup and Recovery

Expected Duration (hours)
30.0

Lesson Objectives

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Strategy and Implementation Expert Encore

Forest and domain structure

Domain Name System (DNS)

Site topology and replication

Organizational unit structure

Delegation of administration

Group Policy

User, group, and computer account strategies

Course Number:
LLMS0011