Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

Target Audience
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and maintain a Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. It 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.

Pre-Requisites
Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:Completion of Course2277: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Purpose
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.

Course outline

1. Introducing Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Planning, Tools, and Documentation
2. Planning and Optimizing a TCP/IP Physical and Logical Network
3. Planning and Troubleshooting Routing and Switching
4. Planning, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting DHCP
5. Planning a DNS Strategy
6. Optimizing and Troubleshooting DNS
7. Planning and Optimizing WINS
8. Planning and Troubleshooting IPSec
9. Planning Network Access
10. Troubleshooting Network Access
11. Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

Module 1:Introducing Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Planning, Tools, and Documentation

• Introducing the Network Design
• Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Project

• Explain the concepts of a network design process.
  
• Explain the components of a network planning project.
  

Module 2:Planning and Optimizing a TCP/IP Physical and Logical Network

• Planning a Functional TCP/IP Solution
• Evaluating Network Performance
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• Planning and Optimizing a TCP/IP Physical and Logical Network
  
• Plan a TCP/IP addressing scheme
  
• Optimize network performance.
  

Module 3:Planning and Troubleshooting Routing and Switching

• Selecting Intermediate Devices
• Planning an Internet Connectivity Strategy
• Planning Routing Communications
• Troubleshooting TCP/IP Routing
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• Planning and Troubleshooting Routing
  
• Create a secure routing and switching plan.
  
• Identify TCP/IP routing troubleshooting tools
  
• Troubleshoot TCP/IP routing and switching.
  

Module 4:Planning, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting DHCP

• Planning a DHCP Strategy
• Securing a DHCP Solution
• Optimizing DHCP
• Troubleshooting DHCP
• Lab: Planning a DHCP Strategy
• Lab: Troubleshooting DHCP Issues

• Plan a secure DHCP strategy
  
• Optimize DHCP
  
• Troubleshoot DHCP.
  

Module 5:Planning a DNS Strategy

• Planning DNS Servers
• Planning a Namespace
• Planning Zones
• Planning Zone Replication and Delegation
• Integrating DNS and WINS
• Lab: Planning a DNS Strategy

• Plan a DNS server implementation
  
• Plan a namespace strategy
  
• Plan zones
  
• Plan zone replication and deletion
  
• Integrate DNS and WINS.
  

Module 6:Optimizing and Troubleshooting DNS

• Optimizing DNS Servers
• Troubleshooting Host Name Resolution
• Lab: Troubleshooting DNS

• Troubleshooting DNS
  
• Optimize a DNS server
  
• Optimize DNS server-to-server communications
  
• Optimize DNS client support traffic
  
• Troubleshoot host name resolution.
  

Module 7:Planning and Optimizing WINS

• Planning a WINS Solution
• Identifying WINS Optimization Requirements
• Optimizing WINS Traffic
• Lab A: Planning and Optimizing WINS

• Plan a WINS solution
  
• Identify WINS optimization requirements
  
• Optimize WINS traffic.
  

Module 8:Planning and Troubleshooting IPSec

• Understanding Default Policy Rules
• Planning an IPSec Deployment
• Troubleshooting IPSec Communications
• Lab: Troubleshooting IPSec

• Discuss IPSec
  
• Understand IPSec default policies, rules, and settings
  
• Plan IPSec deployment
  
• Troubleshoot IPSec.
  

Module 9:Planning Network Access

• Introducing Network Access
• Selecting Network Access Connection Methods
• Selecting a Remote Access Policy Strategy
• Selecting a Network Access Authentication Method
• Planning a Network Access Strategy
• Lab: Planning Network Access

• Explain the requirements and authentication protocols for a network access strategy
  
• Apply the guidelines for selecting a network access connection strategy
  
• Apply the guidelines for selecting a remote access policy strategy
  
• Select a network access authentication method
  
• Plan a network access strategy.
  

Module 10:Troubleshooting Network Access

• Troubleshooting Network Access Resources
• Troubleshooting LAN Authentication
• Troubleshooting Remote Access
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• Identify network access troubleshooting resources
  
• Explain how to troubleshoot local area network (LAN) authentication
  
• Explain how to troubleshoot remote access.
  

Module 11:Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

• Introducing Planning Documentation
• Preparing Development and Test Environments
• Managing and Maintaining the Environment
• Lab: Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network
• Lab: Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network

• Identify the components of the master project plan
  
• Explain the process for preparing development and test environments
  
• Explain how to manage and maintain the network infrastructure.