Updating Systems Administration Skills from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003

Introduction
This three-day, instructor-led course provides studentswith the knowledge and new skills needed to implement and manage a MicrosoftWindows Server 2003 networked environment.

Audience
This course is intended for systems engineers withexperience planning, implementing, and supporting a Microsoft Windows NT®4.0-based network. The course specifically targets students who have practical,hands-on experience using Windows NT 4.0 and who need to quickly learn how toapply those skills in a Windows Server 2003 environment.

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

Explain the features of the Windows Server 2003 family.

Implement a Domain Name System (DNS) server.

Manage and monitor Domain Name System.

Install the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory® directory service.

Create and manage Active Directory objects.

Implement Group Policy to centrally manage a Windows Server 2003 family network.

Configure and manage a user environment by using Group Policy.

Configure and support network access.

Secure network traffic and data files.

Use advanced boot options, the Recovery Console, and the Backup utility.

Restore data by using the Backup utility in Windows Server 2003.

Plan and implement secure Routing and Remote Access.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must havemet at least one of the following prerequisites:

Certified as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows NT 4.0

Attended Course 689, Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Enterprise Technologies

Possess equivalent knowledge and skills.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
This course will help the student prepare for the followingMicrosoft Certified Professional exams:

Exam 70-290 : Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Exam 70-291 : Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

Course Materials
The student kit includes a workbook and othernecessary materials for this class.
The following software is provided in the studentkit:

Evaluation copy of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (for educational use only)

Course Outline
Module1: Introduction to the Windows Server 2003 Family
This module contains information that a systemsadministrator with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 experience will benefit fromknowing when starting to work on Windows Server 2003.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Locate specific topics in the Help and Support System.

Activate Windows Server 2003.

List hardware requirements for Windows Server 2003.

Install and configure Administrative Tools.

Module2: Implementing the Domain Name System
This module contains an overview animation of therole of DNS in the network infrastructure and covers the essential concepts asystems administrator needs to know about a DNS server.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Describe the role of DNS in the network infrastructure.

Install the DNS Server service.

Configure the properties for the DNS Server service.

Configure a DNS zone.

Configure DNS zone transfers.

Configure dynamic updates.

Configure a DNS client.

Delegate authority for zones.

Describe how DNS dynamic updates work.

Explain what resource records and record types are.

Explain what dynamic updates are.

Describe how DNS clients register and update their own resource records by using dynamic update.

Describe how a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server registers and updates resource records by using dynamic update.

Configure DNS manual and dynamic updates.

Explain what an Active Directory-integrated DNS zone is.

Configure Active Directory-integrated DNS zones to use secure dynamic updates.

Module3: Managing and Monitoring the Domain Name System
This module builds on, and continues, contentcovering DNS.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Manage DNS on a system running Windows Server 2003 and monitor DNS server performance on that system.

Describe and configure the Time-to-Live value.

Describe how aging and scavenging work.

Configure aging and scavenging.

Explain the purpose of verifying that a resource record exists.

Explain what Nslookup is.

Explain what DNSCmd is.

Explain what DNSLint is.

Verify that a resource record exists by using Nslookup, DNSCmd, and DNSLint.

Describe how simple and recursive queries work.

Test the DNS server configuration.

Apply guidelines for monitoring DNS server performance by using the Performance console.

Explain DNS event logging.

Monitor DNS server performance by using logging.

Module4: Installing Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
This module gives students the opportunity toinstall Active Directory, and learn about the new functional levels of ActiveDirectory in Windows Server 2003.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Explain the basic concepts of Active Directory.

Install Active Directory.

Change the domain functional level.

Module5: Creating and Managing Active Directory Objects
This module contains the information that a systemsadministrator must know to manage Active Directory objects.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Create organizational units, user accounts, and computer accounts.

Create and modify groups.

Apply the appropriate strategies when using groups.

Use permissions to control access to Active Directory objects.

Delegate control of Active Directory objects to support secure and decentralized administration.

Move Active Directory objects.

Module6: Implementing Group Policy to Centrally Manage a Windows Server 2003 FamilyNetwork
This module covers planning and implementingmultiple forests in Active Directory by adding a new organization to anexisting company. Students will implement cross-forest trust, manage userauthentication, identify possible security concerns, and come to understand howto resolve naming conflicts between two forests.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Implement Group Policy objects on a domain.

Modify Group Policy inheritance.

Module7: Configuring and Managing User Environment by Using Group Policy
This module contains content that a Windows Server2003 systems administrator must have to manage user environments by using GroupPolicy.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Configure Group Policy settings.

Use administrative templates in Group Policy to control a user environment.

Use security templates to secure computers.

Assign scripts to control user environments by using Group Policy.

Determine applied Group Policy objects (GPOs).
SelfStudy: Configuring and Supporting Network Access
This module covers how to support network accessfor remote users. This module focuses primarily on the Windows Server 2003network access technologies and their related tasks.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Describe a network access infrastructure.

Configure a wireless connection.

Control remote user access to a network.

Centralize authentication and policy management for network access by using Internet Authentication Service (IAS).
SelfStudy: Securing Network Traffic and Data Files
This module covers how to secure network traffic,which includes Internet Protocol security (IPSec); and how to secure datafiles, which include Encrypting File System (EFS).
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will beable to:

Implement IPSec.

Implement IPSec with certificates.

Monitor IPSec

Explain how to use EFS.

Add authorized users.

Decrypt a file or folder.

Recover an encrypted file or folder.


SelfStudy: Implementing Basic Disaster Protection and Recovery Techniques in theWindows Server 2003 Family
This module covers some of the ways to implementdisaster protection and recovery techniques in Windows Server 2003. This modulefocuses on using the Recovery Console and the Backup utility.
ModuleObjectives
After completing this module, students will be ableto:

Use Safe Mode.

Use advanced boot options.

Use the Recovery Console.

Describe the Recovery Console.

Restore files and folders by using the Backup utility.

Restore Active Directory.

Describe Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Recover from a system failure by using ASR.

Restore system data.