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  • Earn completion certificates after passing each assessment test

1. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:1 Active Directory Infrastructure Overview

Time: 4 hours
This course provides an overview of the Active Directory infrastructure along with basic terms and concepts.

Objectives

  • Identify and describe basic Active Directory terms, concepts, and components
  • Install Active Directory to create a domain controller
  • Use graphical and command-line administrative tools
  • Set permissions on Active Directory objects

Topics

  • Active Directory basic concepts
  • Naming schemes
  • Installing Active Directory
  • Logical components
  • Physical components
  • Organizational components
  • Using administrative tools
  • MMC snap-ins
  • Command-line tools
  • More command-line tools
  • Access control
  • Authentication
  • New features


2. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:2 Working with User, Group, and Computer Accounts

Time: 5 hours
This course provides an introduction to the concept of security principles and Security Identifiers (SIDs). It also discusses how to work with Active Directory user accounts, group accounts, and computer accounts.

Objectives

  • Understand Active Directory security principal accounts
  • Work with Active Directory user accounts
  • Work with Active Directory group accounts
  • Work with Active Directory computer accounts
  • Manage multiple accounts

Topics

  • Security principal accounts
  • Naming conventions and limitations
  • Working with user accounts
  • Creating user accounts
  • Managing user accounts
  • Working with group accounts
  • Built-in group accounts
  • Creating group accounts
  • Managing group accounts
  • Working with computer accounts
  • Managing computer accounts
  • Managing multiple accounts
  • Moving account objects
  • Troubleshooting account problems


3. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:3 Creating User and Group Strategies

Time: 3 hours
This course provides information about planning effective strategies for managing users and groups in Active Directory. The course addresses the creation of user authentication strategies, authentication concepts, and how to plan a smart card authentication strategy. Throughout the course, new smart card authentication features for Windows Server 2003 are highlighted.

Objectives

  • Create a password policy for domain users
  • Plan a user authentication strategy
  • Plan a smart card authentication strategy
  • Plan a security group strategy

Topics

  • Planning a password policy
  • Defining a password policy
  • Authentication strategies
  • Authentication types
  • Planning for smart cards
  • Preparing enrollment stations
  • Enrolling users
  • Understanding groups
  • Security strategies for groups


4. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:4 Working with Forests and Domains

Time: 5 hours
This course provides an overview of forests and domains. The course walks the learner through the steps of creating a forest and domain structure, installing domain controllers, creating the forest root domain and a child domain, and setting the functional level of a forest and domain. It also provides information about integrating DNS zones into Active Directory and how to configure DNS servers for use with Active Directory.

Objectives

  • Implement and manage an Active Directory forest and domain structure
  • Create the forest root domain and a child domain
  • Create and configure application data partitions

Topics

  • The role of the forest
  • The role of the domain
  • Forest and domain functional levels
  • Raising the functional level
  • Creating a forest root domain
  • Creating a new domain tree and a new child domain
  • Creating a new domain controller
  • Assigning and transferring forestwide master roles
  • Assigning and transferring domainwide master roles
  • Using application directory partitions
  • Establishing trust relationships
  • Implementing DNS
  • Configuring DNS servers


5. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:5 Restructuring a Forest and Renaming Domains

Time: 3 hours
This course explains the procedures involved in restructuring an existing forest. It explains how to prepare for a domain rename, how to execute the domain rename, and how to verify that the rename was successful.

Objectives

  • Prepare for a domain rename
  • Execute a domain rename
  • Perform the appropriate steps after a domain rename

Topics

  • Domain rename issues
  • Preparing for a domain rename
  • More domain rename preparation
  • Domain rename planning and documentation
  • Creating the domain rename instructions
  • Executing the domain rename instructions
  • Repairing the domain after a rename
  • Other tasks to perform after a domain rename
  • Changing DNS host names of domain controllers


6. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:6 Working with Trusts and Organizational Units

Time: 2 hours
This course provides information on two important components of Active Directory: trust relationships and OUs.

Objectives

  • Establish and manage trust relationships
  • Create organizational units
  • Plan OU structures and strategies
  • Delegate OU permissions

Topics

  • Active Directory Trusts
  • Working with Active Directory Trusts
  • Working with organization units
  • Creating organizational units
  • Planning an OU structure and strategy


7. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:7 Working with Active Directory Sites

Time: 3 hours
This course examines the role of sites in the Active Directory infrastructure, and how replication, authentication, and distribution of services information work within and across sites.

Objectives

  • Discuss the role of sites in the Active Directory infrastructure
  • Create sites, subnets, and site links
  • Configure bridges, and bridgehead servers
  • Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot site replication

Topics

  • The role of sites
  • Relationship of sites to other components
  • Creating and renaming sites
  • Creating subnets
  • Creating site links
  • Site replication overview
  • Configuring site replication
  • Configuring bridges and bridgehead servers
  • Troubleshooting replication failure
  • Monitoring FRS replication


8. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:8 Working with Domain Controllers

Time: 2 hours
This course provides information about installing and configuring domain controllers. It also provides information on planning and diagnosing operation master roles.

Objectives

  • Install and configure an Active Directory domain controller
  • Plan flexible operations master role placement
  • Diagnose and resolve issues related to operations master role failure
  • Plan for business continuity of operations master roles
  • Identify operations master roles dependencies

Topics

  • Planning Domain Controllers
  • Using the Active Directory Installation Wizard
  • Creating additional Domain Controllers
  • Upgrading and placing Domain Controllers
  • Backing up and restoring Domain Controllers
  • Managing Operations Masters
  • Transferring Operations Master roles
  • Seizing the Master and responding to failures
  • schema naming RID PCD infrastructure promotion upgrading restoring transferring


9. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:9 Working with Global Catalog Servers and Schema

Time: 2 hours
This course examines the role of Global Catalog servers and schema in Active Directory, including how to create, manage, and place GC servers and how to troubleshoot GC and schema issues.

Objectives

  • Work with the GC and GC Servers
  • Plan a strategy for placing GC servers
  • Work with the Active Directory schema
  • Use the Schema MMC snap-in

Topics

  • Functions of the Global Catalog
  • Customizing the Global Catalog
  • Working with the Global Catalog and GC servers
  • More Global Catalog issues
  • Active Directory Schema components
  • Working with the Active Directory Schema


10. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:10 Working with Group Policy

Time: 3 hours
This course provides an overview about the basics of Group Policy terminology and concepts as well as strategies for planning and implementing Group Policy

Objectives

  • Plan a Group Policy strategy
  • Manage and maintain Group Policy
  • Configure the user environment by using Group Policy
  • Troubleshoot issues related to Group Policy application deployment

Topics

  • Understanding Group Policy
  • Planning a Group Policy strategy
  • Strategy for configuring user and computer environments
  • Creating, configuring, and managing GPOs
  • Configuring application of Group Policy
  • Delegating administrative control and verifying Group Policy
  • Automatically enrolling user and computer certificates
  • Redirecting folders and configuring security settings
  • Software restriction policies and Group Policy best practices
  • Troubleshooting Group Policy


11. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:11 Deploying Software via Group Policy

Time: 2 hours
This course introduces the learner to Group Policy's software installation feature. The course explains how to use the components of software installation: Windows installer packages, transforms, patches, and application assignment scripts. Learners will walk through the steps of preparing for Group Policy software installation, working with the GPO Editor and setting installation options. Finally, the course covers how to upgrade applications, manage applications, and troubleshoot problems that can occur with Group Policy software deployment.

Objectives

  • Describe Group Policy software installation options
  • Identify Group Policy software installation components
  • Prepare for Group Policy software installation
  • Assign and publish applications
  • Manage applications
  • Troubleshoot software deployment

Topics

  • Introduction to Group Policy software deployment
  • Group Policy software installation options
  • Group Policy software installation components
  • Preparing for Group Policy software installation
  • Working with the GPO Editor
  • Assigning and publishing applications
  • Configuring properties and upgrading applications
  • Managing applications
  • Troubleshooting software deployment


12. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory MCSE 70-294:12 Ensuring Active Directory Availability

Time: 3 hours
This course provides information to help you diagnose and resolve Active Directory database issues, restore Active Directory directory services, and perform both an authoritative and nonauthoritative restore operation to ensure that your Windows Server 2003 network directory services are highly available.

Objectives

  • Diagnose and resolve issues related to the Active Directory database
  • Restore Active Directory directory services
  • Perform an authoritative restore operation
  • Perform a nonauthoritative restore operation

Topics

  • The Active Directory database
  • Tombstone process and Garbage Collection
  • Fault tolerance and performance
  • Defragmenting the database
  • Moving the database or log file
  • Monitoring the database
  • Backing up Active Directory
  • Performing a normal restore
  • Authoritative and primary restores
  • Troubleshooting availability
  • Using Ntdsutil command options
  • More Ntdsutil command options



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