Course suitable for: This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.
This course is also offered as eight days of instructor-led training (as two courses) for students who prefer a complete classroom training experience:
- M2274: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (5 days)
- M2275: Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (3 days)
Delegates are required to meet the following prerequisites:
- CompTIA A+ certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.
- CompTIA Network+ certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Course objectives: At the end of the course, delegates 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.
ยท 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.
- Maintain software by using Microsoft Software Update Services.
Course content:Part 1: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment Introduction to Administering Accounts and Resources:
Multimedia: Introduction to Administering Accounts and Resources; The Windows Server 2003 Family; Logging on to Windows Server 2003; Installing and Configuring Administrative Tools; Creating User Accounts; Creating Computer Accounts; Creating an Organizational Unit Managing User and Computer Accounts:
Modifying Users and Computer Account Properties; Enabling and Unlocking User and Computer Accounts; Creating a User Account Template; Locating User and Computer Accounts in Active Directory; Saving Queries; Resetting User and Computer Accounts; Moving Domain Objects Managing Groups:
Creating Groups; Managing Group Membership; Strategies for Using Groups; Modifying Groups; Using Default Groups; Best Practices for Managing Groups Managing Access to Resources:
Overview of Managing Access to Resources; Managing Access to Shared Folders; Managing Access to Files and Folders Using NTFS Permissions; Determining Effective Permissions; Managing Access to Shared Files Using Offline Caching Implementing Printing:
Multimedia: Introduction to Printing in the Windows Server 2003 Family; Installing and Sharing Printers; Managing Access to Printers Using Shared Printer Permissions; Managing Printer Drivers; Implementing Printer Locations Managing Printing:
Changing the Location of the Print Spooler; Setting Printer Priorities; Scheduling Printer Availability; Configuring a Printing Pool Managing Access to Objects in Organizational Units:
Multimedia: The Role of the Organizational Unit; Modifying Permissions for Active Directory Objects; Delegating Control of Organizational Units Implementing Group Policy:
Implementing GPOs; Implementing GPOs on a Domain; Managing the Deployment of Group Policy Managing the User Environment by Using Group Policy:
Configuring Group Policy Settings; Assigning Scripts with Group Policy; Configuring Folder Redirection; Determining Applied GPOs Introduction to Security in Windows Server 2003:
Overview of Security in Windows Server 2003; Using Security Templates to Secure Computers; Testing Computer Security Policy; Configuring Auditing; Managing Security Logs Part 2: Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment Preparing to Administer a Server:
Administering a Server; Configuring Remote Desktop to Administer a Server; Managing Remote Desktop Connections Preparing to Monitor Server Performance:
Introduction to Monitoring Server Performance; Performing Real-Time and Logged; Configuring and Managing Counter Logs; Configuring Alerts Monitoring Server Performance:
Monitoring Server Memory; Monitoring Processor Usage; Monitoring Disks; Monitoring Network Usage Maintaining Device Drivers:
Configuring Device Driver Signing Options; Using Device Driver Rollback Managing Disks:
Preparing Disks; Managing Disk Properties; Managing Mounted Drives; Converting Disks; Creating Volumes; Importing a Foreign Disk Managing Data Storage:
Managing File Compression; Configuring File Encryption; Implementing Disk Quotas Managing Disaster Recovery:
Preparing for Disaster Recovery; Backing Up Data; Scheduling Backup Jobs; Restoring Data; Recovering from Server Failure; Selecting Disaster Recovery Methods Maintaining Software by Using Software Update Services:
Introduction to Software Update Services; Installing and Configuring Software Update Services; Managing a Software Update Services Infrastructure
Further courses to consider
The following courses are recommended for further study:
- M2276 Implementing a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Hosts
- AZN135 Plan, Maintain and Troubleshoot a Windows Server 2003 Network and Active Directory Infrastructure
