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  • Earn completion certificates after passing each assessment test

1. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:1 TCP/IP Protocol

Time: 3 hours
This course provides an overview of the OSI, Microsoft, and TCP/IP Networking Models, as well as major application layer protocols.

Objectives

  • Understand the purpose and function of networking models
  • Identify the seven layers of the OSI networking model
  • Identify the Microsoft networking model
  • Identify the four layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite
  • Identify several application layer protocols of the TCP/IP protocol suite

Topics

  • OSI networking model: physical and data link layers
  • Network and transport layers
  • Session, presentation, and application layers
  • Microsoft networking model
  • Protocol suite network interface layer
  • Protocol suite internet layer
  • Protocol suite host-to-host transport layer
  • Protocol suite application layer


2. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:2 IP Addressing and Routing

Time: 3 hours
This course provides an overview of IP addressing and routing, including binary conversion, network classes, subnetting, and name resolution.

Objectives

  • Convert IP addresses to binary and to decimal
  • Identify the network and host ID portions of an IP address based on address class
  • Explain subnetting and subnet masking
  • Perform bitwise ANDing
  • Distinguish between static and dynamic routing table updates
  • Explain the use of four commonly used routing utilities

Topics

  • IP addresses and binary conversions
  • Network ID and host ID
  • Classes
  • Subnetting and subnet masking
  • Custom subnet masks
  • Public and private IP addresses
  • IP routing name resolution
  • IP routing tables
  • ARP
  • Static and dynamic IP routers
  • Routing utilities and example network


3. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:3 Classless Subnet Masking and Client Address Configuration

Time: 3 hours
This course provides an overview of subnetting, supernetting, the XP/2000 routing table, assigning IP addresses, and APIPA.

Objectives

  • Subnet Class A, B, and C networks
  • Supernet a Class C network
  • Make changes to the routing table
  • Configure a static IP address
  • Use alternate IP addressing configurations

Topics

  • Classless subnet masking
  • Subnetting Class B networks
  • Subnetting Class C networks
  • Example classless subnetting
  • Supernetting a Class C network
  • The Windows XP/2000 routing table
  • Windows XP/2000 routing table entries
  • The Windows 2003 routing table
  • Disabling automatic metric calculation
  • Adding and removing routing table entries
  • Assigning static IP addresses
  • Assigning dynamic IP addresses and APIPA


4. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:4 The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Time: 5 hours
This course provides an overview of DHCP leases, as well as installing and configuring DHCP service.

Objectives

  • Explain the DHCP lease process
  • Install DHCP service
  • Create and configure different type of DHCP scopes
  • List DHCP option types
  • Create DHCP/BOOTP reservations
  • Allocate IP addresses appropriately

Topics

  • DHCP leases
  • The DHCP lease process
  • Lease renewal
  • Installing the DHCP service
  • Configuring scopes
  • Configuring server and scope options
  • Configuring user and vendor class options
  • Configuring reservations and BOOTP tables
  • Superscopes
  • Multicast scopes
  • IP address allocation


5. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:5 Integrating and Troubleshooting DHCP

Time: 4 hours
This course provides an overview of configuring the DHCP Relay Agent, Dynamic DNS, Routing and Remote Access, and Active Directory. It also covers automatic addressing, as well as managing and monitoring DHCP.

Objectives

  • Configure the DHCP Relay Agent
  • Use DNS upgrading options
  • Configure your RRAS server to use DHCP
  • Integrate DHCP with Active Directory
  • Disable APIPA
  • Back up and restore a DHCP database

Topics

  • Configuring the DHCP relay agent
  • DHCP server and Dynamic DNS
  • DHCP and Routing and Remote Access
  • DHCP and Active Directory
  • Automatic private IP addressing
  • Managing the DHCP server database
  • Server statistics and administration
  • Monitoring DHCP
  • Data sniffing and audit log
  • Log files and client-side troubleshooting


6. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:6 Windows Internet Name Server (WINS)

Time: 4 hours
This course provides an overview of WINS, including installation, push and pull replication, records management, and database administration.

Objectives

  • Install and configure WINS
  • Manage WINS records and its database
  • Configure WINS replication
  • Reconcile WINS records
  • Backup and restore the WINS database

Topics

  • Overview of WINS
  • Installing the WINS server
  • Creating replication partners
  • Configuring pull replication
  • Configuring push replication
  • Managing WINS records
  • Creating static records
  • State and expiration fields
  • Record reconciliation and integrity
  • Database consistency
  • Database size and advanced options
  • WINS database backup
  • Ntbackup and database restores


7. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:7 WINS Client and Interoperability and NetBIOS

Time: 4 hours
This course provides an overview of configuring WINS clients, troubleshooting WINS clients and servers, and NetBIOS name resolution, registration, and node types.

Objectives

  • Configure network clients to support WINS either directly or through a WINS proxy agent
  • Describe how WINS interoperates with DNS and DHCP
  • Configure WINS with RRAS
  • Describe the WINS browser list
  • Describe the NetBIOS name registration and resolution processes
  • Define NetBIOS concepts such as node types and LMHOSTS file

Topics

  • Configuring the WINS client
  • WINS and DHCP
  • WINS and DNS
  • WINS and RRAS or Active Directory
  • WINS and Browser service or Win9x/NT clients
  • WINS System Monitor Objects
  • Troubleshooting WINS Clients
  • Troubleshooting WINS servers
  • NetBIOS name resolution
  • Name registration and resolution
  • NetBIOS terminology
  • NetBIOS node types
  • The LMHOSTS file


8. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:8 Domain Naming System Concepts

Time: 5 hours
This course provides an overview of DNS conventions, resolution, namespace, concepts, resource records, zones, and Active Directory service integration.

Objectives

  • Explain the function of DNS
  • Describe the DNS namespace
  • Create DNS zones and records
  • Outline DNS server roles
  • Manage record aging and scavenging
  • Integrate Active Directory and DNS

Topics

  • DNS overview
  • Name conventions and resolution
  • The DNS namespace
  • Basic DNS concepts
  • Zones and records
  • Adding records and zone transfers
  • Host name resolution
  • Server roles and testing
  • Adding zones
  • Dynamic DNS servers
  • Stale records and extensions
  • AD integrated DNS zones


9. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:9 The DNS Server

Time: 5 hours
This course provides an overview of installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting a DNS server.

Objectives

  • Install DNS on a server
  • Configure forward and reverse lookup zones
  • Configure and manage DNS
  • Monitor and troubleshoot DNS

Topics

  • Installing the configuring the DNS server
  • Configuring forward lookup zones
  • Adding DNS database records
  • Configuring reverse lookup zones
  • Configuring your DNS server
  • Configuring your DNS zones
  • Configuring DNS clients
  • Resolving DNS queries
  • Integrating the DNS server with DHCP
  • DNSUpdateProxy group security
  • WINS and DNS
  • Integrating the DNS server with BIND
  • Monitoring the server with DNS console
  • Monitoring the server with System Monitor
  • Monitoring the server with Network Monitor
  • Troubleshooting the DNS server


10. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:10 Routing and Remote Access Service VPN Services

Time: 5 hours
This course provides an overview of enabling remote access, configuring a VPN server, authenticating VPN clients, creating dial-up connections and gateways, and troubleshooting VPN.

Objectives

  • Enable remote access on a VPN server
  • Identify available authentication protocols
  • Describe the process of tunneling
  • Configure a VPN server for remote access
  • Configure a VPN client for remote access
  • Create a VPN Gateway

Topics

  • Remote access concepts
  • Enabling remote access
  • VPN server network structure
  • VPN server infrastructure
  • PPP authentication process, PAP and SPAP
  • Authentication protocols CHAP, MS-CHAP, and EAP
  • VPN tunneling protocols
  • Configuring the VPN server
  • Configuring the VPN server for remote access
  • Configuring the VPN remote access clients
  • VPN gateway infrastructure
  • Demand-dial connections and IP addressing support
  • Creating gateways and static packet filters
  • VPN gateway configuration
  • Troubleshooting VPN services


11. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:11 Security Templates and Software Updates

Time: 3 hours
This course provides an overview of network security settings, analyzing security, applying security templates, and installing software updates.

Objectives

  • Implement secure network administration procedures
  • Implement security baseline settings and audit security settings using security templates
  • Install and configure the Software Update Service
  • Install and configure Automatic Client Update Settings
  • Support Legacy clients
  • Install and configure WINS redundancy

Topics

  • Security templates
  • Network security settings
  • Analyzing baseline security
  • Applying baseline security
  • Installing security templates
  • Installing software updates
  • Installing automatic client update settings
  • Configuring automatic client update settings
  • Legacy clients and testing


12. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:12 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Network Activity

Time: 3 hours
This course provides an overview of installing and configuring Network Monitor, including trace interpretation, NAT logging, troubleshooting name resolution and client configuration, quarantine control, DHCP issues, and monitoring IPSec connection.

Objectives

  • Install and configure Network Monitor
  • Use Network Monitor to troubleshoot network problems
  • Identify network problems relating to Network Address Translation, name resolution, IP addressing, and IP security
  • Troubleshoot IPSec connections using the IPSec Security Monitor

Topics

  • Installing network monitor
  • Configuring network monitor
  • Interpreting a trace
  • NAT logging
  • Troubleshooting name resolution
  • IP addressing client configuration issues
  • Quarantine control and DHCP issues
  • Monitoring IPSec connections


13. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:13 LAN Routing and Dial-Up Services

Time: 3 hours
This course provides an overview of configuring LAN routing, RAS, PPP Multilink, BAP, and wireless connections.

Objectives

  • Configure LAN routing
  • Configure RRAS packet filters
  • Configure a Windows Server 2003 Routing and Remote Access Service
  • Configure a Routing and Remote RAS dial-up Gateway
  • Configure wireless networking

Topics

  • Configuring LAN routing
  • Setting up LAN routing
  • Configuring RRAS packet filters
  • Configuring dial-up RRAS server
  • Configuring dial-up RRAS gateway
  • PPP multilink and bandwidth allocation protocol
  • Configuring multilink with BAP
  • Configuring wireless connections
  • Wireless networking policies
  • Configuring wireless networking


14. Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291:14 LAN and Dial-Up Security

Time: 4 hours
This course provides an overview of remote access policies, router protocols, RIP, OSPF, IGMP, firewall support, NAT, ICMP, remote access client and server connections, and IAS.

Objectives

  • Configure remote access policies
  • Identify and describe the router protocols supported by Windows Server 2003
  • Enable and configure basic firewall support
  • Enable and configure Network Address Translation (NAT) services
  • Describe and configure ICMP router discovery
  • Troubleshoot remote access client and server connections
  • Configure Internet Authentication Services

Topics

  • Remote access policies
  • Configuring remote access policies
  • Understanding router protocols
  • RIP
  • OSPF and IGMP
  • Configuring basic firewall support
  • RRAS NAT services
  • ICMP router discovery
  • Troubleshooting remote access client connections
  • Troubleshooting remote access server connections
  • Internet Authentication Services
  • Configuring IAS



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