Planning, Implementing and Maintaining a Windows Server Active Directory Infrastructure
Course ID: HLT 2279
Course Length: 5 days
Course Description:
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.
Microsoft Certification Exam:
Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
Target Student:
This course is appropriate for individuals who are 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 ensure your success, we recommend you first have equivalent knowledge:
- Course HLT 2278: Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, or have the equivalent knowledge and skills.
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Performance-Based Objectives :
Upon successful completion of 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.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Introduction to Active Directory Infrastructure
Topic 1A: The Architecture of Active Directory
Topic 1B: How Active Directory Works
Topic 1C: Examining Active Directory
Topic 1D: The Active Directory Design, Planning, and Implementation Processes
Lesson 2: Implementing an Active Directory Forest and Domain Structure
Topic 2A: Creating a Forest and Domain Structure
Topic 2B: Examining and Configuring Active Directory Integrated DNS
Topic 2C: Raising Forest and Domain Functional Levels
Topic 2D: Creating Trust Relationships
Lesson 3: Implementing an Organizational Unit Structure
Topic 3A: Creating and Managing Organizational Units
Topic 3B: Delegating Administrative Control for Organizational Units
Topic 3C: Planning an Organizational Unit Strategy
Lesson 4: Implementing User, Group, and Computer Accounts
Topic 4A: Introduction to Accounts
Topic 4B: Creating and Managing Multiple Accounts
Topic 4C: Implementing User Principal Name Suffixes
Topic 4D: Moving Objects in Active Directory
Topic 4E: Planning an Account Strategy
Topic 4F: Planning an Active Directory Audit Strategy
Lesson 5: Implementing Group Policy
Topic 5A: Creating and Configuring Group Policy objects (GPOs)
Topic 5B: Configuring Group Policy Refresh Rates and Group Policy Settings
Topic 5C: Managing GPOs
Topic 5D: Verifying and Troubleshooting Group Policy
Topic 5E: Delegating Administrative Control of Group Policy
Topic 5F: Planning a Group Policy Strategy for the Enterprise
Lesson 6: Deploying and Managing Software by Using Group Policy
Topic 6A: Introduction to Managing Software Deployment
Topic 6B: Deploying Software
Topic 6C: Configuring Software Deployment
Topic 6D: Maintaining Deployed Software
Topic 6E: Troubleshooting Software Deployment
Topic 6F: Planning a Software Deployment Strategy
Lesson 7: Implementing Sites to Manage Active Directory Replication
Topic 7A: Introduction to Active Directory Replication
Topic 7B: Creating and Configuring Sites
Topic 7C: Managing Site Topology
Topic 7D: Troubleshooting Replication Failures
Topic 7E: Planning a Site
Lesson 8: Implementing the Placement of Domain Controllers
Topic 8A: Implementing the Global Catalog in Active Directory
Topic 8B: Determining the Placement of Domain Controllers in Active Directory
Topic 8C: Planning the Placement of Domain Controllers
Lesson 9: Managing Operations Masters
Topic 9A: Introduction to Operations Master Roles
Topic 9B: Transferring and Seizing Operations Master Roles
Topic 9C: Planning the Placement of Operations Masters
Lesson 10: Maintaining Active Directory Availability
Topic 10A: Introduction to Maintaining Active Directory
Topic 10B: Moving and Defragmenting an Active Directory Database
Topic 10C: Backing Up Active Directory
Topic 10D: Restoring Active Directory
Topic 10E: Planning for Monitoring Active Directory
Lesson 11: Planning and Implementing an Active Directory Infrastructure
Topic 11A: Creating an Active Directory Implementation Plan for Tailspin Toys
Topic 11B: Implementing the Active Directory Infrastructure for Tailspin Toys