MS-2275 Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
Course ID: HLT 2275
Course Length: 3 days
Course Description:
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to effectively maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data on a computer running one of the operating systems in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family.
Target Student:
This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.
Prerequisites:
To ensure your success, we recommend you first have equivalent knowledge:
- Course 2274: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, or have 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:
- Prepare to administer server resources.
- Configure a server and monitor system performance.
- Manage device drivers by configuring device driver signing and restoring a device driver.
- Manage hard disks, data storage, and disaster recovery.
- Maintain software by using Microsoft Software Update Services.
- Maintain Windows Server 2003 security.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Preparing to Administer a Server
Topic 1A: Introduction to Administering a Server
Topic 1B: Configuring Remote Desktop to Administer a Server
Topic 1C: Managing Remote Desktop Connections
Lesson 2: Preparing to Monitor Server Performance
Topic 2A: Introduction to Monitoring Server Performance
Topic 2B: Performing Real-Time and Logged Monitoring
Topic 2C: Configuring and Managing Counter Logs
Topic 2D: Configuring Alerts
Lesson 3: Monitoring Server Performance
Topic 3A: Multimedia: The Primary Server Subsystems
Topic 3B: Monitoring Server Memory
Topic 3C: Monitoring Processor Usage
Topic 3D: Monitoring Disks
Topic 3E: Monitoring Network Usage
Topic 3F: Monitoring Best Practices
Lesson 4: Maintaining Device Drivers
Topic 4A: Configuring Device Driver Signing Options
Topic 4B: Using Device Driver Rollback
Lesson 5: Managing Disks
Topic 5A: Preparing Disks
Topic 5B: Managing Disk Properties
Topic 5C: Managing Mounted Drives
Topic 5D: Converting Disks
Topic 5E: Creating Volumes
Topic 5F: Creating Fault-Tolerant Volumes
Topic 5G: Importing a Foreign Disk
Lesson 6: Managing Data Storage
Topic 6A: Managing File Compression
Topic 6B: Configuring File Encryption
Topic 6C: Configuring EFS Recovery Agents
Topic 6D: Implementing Disk Quotas
Lesson 7: Managing Disaster Recovery
Topic 7A: Preparing for Disaster Recovery
Topic 7B: Backing Up Data
Topic 7C: Scheduling Backup Jobs
Topic 7D: Restoring Data
Topic 7E: Configuring Shadow Copies
Topic 7F: Recovering from Server Failure
Lesson 8: Software Maintenance Using Windows Server Update Services
Topic 8A: Introduction to Windows Server Update Services
Topic 8B: Installing and Configuring Windows Server Update Services
Topic 8C: Managing Windows Server Update Services
Lesson 9: Securing Windows Server 2003
Topic 9A: Introduction to Securing Servers
Topic 9B: Implementing Core Server Security
Topic 9C: Hardening Servers
Topic 9D: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer