Windows 2000 Administration & Configuration

AUDIENCE: This course is designed for those responsible for evaluating or supporting Windows 2000, including systems and network administrators and support professionals.
PREREQUISITES: Prior experience with Windows NT 4 is not assumed, but would be useful.
DURATION: 5 days. Hands on.
OBJECTIVES: The course will provide a comprehensive introduction to Windows 2000 Professional and Server. Hands-on exercises are used to develop skills required to implement and configure Windows 2000 Professional and Server. On completion of the course delegates will be able to:
·Implement and configure Windows 2000.
·Create logical views using the Distributed File System.
·Use the Active Directory Service
·Manage the Windows 2000 enterprise.
·Organise users and groups.
·Organise administration hierarchically.
Knowledge of problem determination.
· Ability to access and use tasks.
· Work with Message and State
COURSE CONTENT:
FEATURES OF WINDOWS 2000
Windows 2000 architecture
Active Directory services
Domains, Trusts, Trees and Forests
Multimaster replication
Kerberos security
Microsoft Management Console

WINDOWS 2000 DISTRIBUTED SERVICES
Publishing in Active Directory
Browsing resources
Maximizing data availability
User authentication, access control

WINDOWS 2000 FILE SYSTEMS
FAT2 FAT32 and NTFSv5
Extending file system properties
Mounting volumes for logical
views
File system filters
Reparse points

CONTROLLING ACCESS TO RESOURCES
Discretionary Access Control
Monitoring access through auditing
Managing inheritance propagation
Implementing files and folders
Encrypting files and folders

CREATE AND ACCESS SHARED RESOURCES
Shared folders &access permissions
Maximizing data availability
Fault-tolerant Dfs roots
Installing and sharing printers

USING ACTIVE DIRECTORY
Publishing volumes and printers
Controlling visibility of objects
Searching for published data

ACTIVE DIRECTORY ARCHITECTURE
Domain names and directory objects
Implementing Trees and Forests
Organizational Units (OUs)
Securing objects and properties
Controlling directory replication

SECURITY OBJECTS ARID ACCOUNTS
User, group and computer accounts
Account properties
Administering accounts
Mixed vs. native mode grouping
Automating account creation

DOMAIN SECURITY
Domain security policy enforcement
Controlling desktops
Policies to assign user rights
Administration delegation
Using Kerberos

WINDOW 2000 CLIENT ADMINISTRATION
Startup/shutdown, logon/off scripts
Set profiles
Roaming users profiles
Group policies
Apply policies to OUs

THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS)
Dependence of DNS
Namespace requirements
Distributed authority
Zones and DSN queries

INSTALLING A DNS SERVER
Creating resource records
Identifying domain controllers
Testing configurations

WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION OPTIONS
Hardware requirements
Choose the correct file system
Install Windows 2000 as a domain controller or member server
Differences between Windows 2000 Professional and Server

INTEROPERABILITY AND MIGRATION
Migrating Windows NT4 domains
Moving and organising security
Integrating with Microsoft clients