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.
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.
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
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.
Introduction
This instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and
skills to successfully plan, implement, and troubleshoot a Microsoft
Windows Server™ 2003 Active 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.
Audience
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.
- Professionals who take this course should meet
the following entry criteria:
- New to implementing Windows Server 2003 Active
Directory.
At Course Completion
After completing 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.
Introduction
This instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and
skills to design a Microsoft Active Directory® service and
network infrastructure for a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003
environment. The course is intended for systems engineers who are
responsible for designing directory service and/or network infrastructures.
Audience
This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking
employment as a systems engineer in a Windows Server 2003-based environment.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the process of designing an Active Directory
infrastructure and a network infrastructure that supports Active
Directory.
- Design a forest and domain infrastructure that
meets the needs of an organization.
- Design a site infrastructure that meets the needs
of an organization.
- Design a Group Policy structure that meets the
needs of an organization.
- Design an administrative structure that meets
the needs of an organization.
- Design a physical network structure that supports
Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
- Design a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs
of an organization.
- Create a design for network connectivity that
supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
- Design a name resolution strategy that supports
Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
- Design a network access infrastructure that supports
Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
Introduction
The goal of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and
skills necessary to plan and maintain a Windows® Server 2003
network infrastructure.
Audience
This course is appropriate for individuals employed
as or seeking a position as a systems engineer. This course is
also appropriate for individuals currently supporting a competitive
platform who want to enhance their job skills on Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 networking.
The entry criteria for this course include individuals who are:
- IT professionals and new to Windows Server 2003
network implementation.
- Preparing for the Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer (MCSE) certification.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Plan a TCP/IP physical and logical network.
- Plan and troubleshoot a routing strategy.
- Plan a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
strategy.
- Optimize and troubleshoot DHCP.
- Plan a Domain Name System (DNS) strategy.
- Optimize and troubleshoot DNS.
- Plan and optimize Windows Internet Naming Service
(WINS).
- Plan, optimize, and troubleshoot IPSec network
access.
- Troubleshoot network access.
$6995.00
