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About This Course

About This Workshop

This three-day, instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and new skills that they need to plan, implement, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 networked environment.

This discovery-based workshop consists primarily of labs that provide hands-on experience focused exclusively on the skills and objectives that align with Exam 70-296: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE Certified on Microsoft Windows 2000.

Audience Profile

This workshop is intended for expert Windows 2000 systems engineers who plan, implement, and support Windows 2000-based Microsoft Active Directory directory service networks. The workshop assumes extensive, day-to-day, practical, hands-on experience using Windows 2000 and a preference for learning by doing and discovering in a non-prescriptive lab environment. For a more traditional learning experience, see Course 2297: Planning, Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE on Windows 2000.

Prerequites

Before attending this workshop, students must have:

• A Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows 2000 certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.
• A Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows Server 2003 certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.

Students can gain the prerequisite knowledge and skills by completing the following Microsoft Official Workshop:

• Workshop 2209: Updating Systems Administrator Skills from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003

At Course Completion

At Workshop Completion

After completing this workshop, students will be able to:

• Plan a Domain Name System (DNS) strategy for an enterprise organization.
• Plan for an implementation of Active Directory and for Active Directory replication.
• Implement Active Directory and DNS.
• Troubleshoot Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), name resolution, and Group Policy.
• Plan and implement cross-forest trusts and new security options.
• Use Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 to deploy and restrict software.
• Use Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 to set advanced security settings.
• Plan and implement secure Routing and Remote Access.