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MCSA 2003/Security+
Dual Certification Boot Camp

MCSA 2003/Security+ Program

  • Intensive Hands-on Training by Microsoft Certified Trainers
  • Comprehensive study materials and pre-class mentoring, courseware, comprehensive lab, and Testing software
  • Roundtrip airfare
  • Hotel accommodation for (9) days
  • Lab and Instructor access day and evening
  • Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and freshly-brewed coffee
  • Transportation to/from designated local airports
  • Transportation to/from hotel from/to training site
  • All certification exams plus free re-take
  • On-site Certification testing

Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA) 2003
The Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification will advance your career by ensuring you have the skills to successfully manage and troubleshoot system environments running on the Microsoft Windows operating system.


CompTIA Security+ Certification
The CompTIA Security+ certification tests for security knowledge mastery of an individual with two years on-the-job networking experience, with emphasis on security. The exam covers industry-wide topics, including communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, access control, authentication, external attack and operational and organization security

MCSA 2003/Security+ Certification Track

 

Days Recommended training Exam
1-3 Configuring, Installing and
Administrating Widows XP
Professional
70-270
4-5 Maintaining and Managing
Windows 2003 Environment
70-290
6-7 CompTIA Security+ SY0-101
8-9 Maintaining, Managing and Implementing Windows 2003
Network Infrastructure
70-291


Configuring, Installing and Administrating
Windows XP Professional (Exam 70-270)

Introduction
This instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to manage Microsoft Windows® XP Professional computers in a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 environment. Additional information for Windows 2000 is also included explaining how it differs from Windows XP Professional.
Audience
This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Plan and perform an installation of Windows XP Professional.
  • Install and support hardware devices and drivers on computers running Windows XP Professional.
  • Identify and resolve boot process issues on computers running Windows XP Professional.
  • Configure desktop settings for computers running Windows XP.
  • Configure security settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer and application compatibility for computers running Windows XP Professional.
  • Configure computers to run Windows XP Professional in a Windows networking environment.
  • Configure and support computers running Windows XP Professional for mobile computing.

Maintaining and Managing Windows 2003
Environment (Exam 70-290)

Introduction
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills that are required to manage accounts and resources, maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data in a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 environment.
This is the first course in the Systems Administrator and Systems Engineer tracks for Windows Server 2003 and serves as the entry point for other courses in the Windows Server 2003 curriculum.
Audience
This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Create and populate organizational units with user and computer accounts.
  • Manage user and computer accounts.
  • Create and manage groups.
  • Manage access to resources.
  • Implement printing.
  • Manage printing.
  • Manage access to objects in organizational units.
  • Implement Group Policy.
  • Manage the user and computer environment by using Group Policy.
  • Audit accounts and resources.
  • Prepare to administer server resources.
  • Configure a server to monitor system performance.
  • Monitor system performance.
  • Manage device drivers by configuring device driver signing and restoring a device driver.
  • Manage hard disks.
  • Manage data storage.
  • Manage disaster recovery.

CompTIA Security+ Certification (Exam SY0-101)

The CompTIA Security+ certification tests for security knowledge mastery of an individual with two years on-the-job networking experience, with emphasis on security. The exam covers industry-wide topics, including communication security, infrastructure security, cryptography, access control, authentication, external attack and operational and organization security

Key Topics

  • Identify and help mitigate security risks—essential concepts
  • Know and apply the basic principles of cryptography, keys, and certificates
  • Monitor and help secure vulnerabilities in TCP/IP and network infrastructure
  • Help protect e-mail, RAS, VPNs, wireless services, and other online communications
  • Configure user and group privileges, access control, and authentication
  • Implement security baselines, system updates, and intrusion detection
  • Create an operational security plan—from physical security to business continuity
  • Build an organizational security program—documentation, risk assessment, user education

Maintaining, Managing and Implementing Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure (Exam 70-291)

Introduction
This instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 network infrastructure. The course is intended for systems administrator and systems engineer candidates who are responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining server networking technologies. These tasks include implementing routing; implementing, managing, and maintaining Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS); securing Internet Protocol (IP) traffic with Internet Protocol security (IPSec) and certificates; implementing a network access infrastructure by configuring the connections for remote access clients; and managing and monitoring network access.

Audience
This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Configure routing by using the Routing and Remote Access service.
  • Allocate IP addressing by using DHCP.
  • Manage and monitor DHCP.
  • Resolve names.
  • Resolve host names by using DNS.
  • Manage and monitor DNS.
  • Resolve network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) names by using WINS.
  • Secure network traffic by using IPSec and certificates.
  • Configure network access.
  • Manage and monitor network access.

Investment
$4995.00

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