Course Content:

Unit 1: Introduction to Windows Server 2003

• Windows Server 2003 Editions
• Windows networking concepts overview
• Network management and maintenance overview
• Introduction to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

Unit 2: Managing hardware devices

• Managing hardware and device drivers
• Hardware resource settings
• Configuring device driver signing
• Roll Back Driver feature
• Configuring processor and memory settings
• Hardware profiles
• Configuring power options

Unit 3: Creating and managing user accounts

• Introduction to user accounts
• User authentication
• User profiles
• Managing user accounts
• Troubleshooting user account and authentication issues

Unit 4: Managing group and computer accounts

• Introduction to group accounts
• Creating group objects
• Managing security groups
• Creating and managing computer accounts

Unit 5: Managing file access

• Windows Server 2003 file systems
• Creating and managing shared folders
• NTFS permissions
• Combining shared folder and NTFS permissions
• Converting partitions to NTFS

Unit 6: Managing disks and data storage

• Disk management concepts
• Managing partitions and volumes
• Fault tolerant disk strategies
• Monitoring disk health and importing foreign disks
• Other disk maintenance and management utilities

Unit 7: Advanced file system management

• File and folder attributes
• Advanced attributes
• Disk quotas
• Distributed File System

Unit 8: Managing printers

• Windows Server 2003 printing concepts
• Installing and sharing printer resources
• Configuring and managing printer resources
• Publishing printers in Active Directory
• Troubleshooting printer problems

Unit 9: Using Group Policy

• Introduction to Group Policy
• Managing Group Policy inheritance
• Deploying software using Group Policy

Unit 10: Server administration

• Network administration procedures
• Terminal Services and Remote Desktop for Administration
• Delegating administrative authority
• Software Update Services

Unit 11: Monitoring server performance

• Introduction to server monitoring
• Event Viewer
• Performance console
• Configuring and managing services

Unit 12: Managing backups and disaster recovery

• Backing up and restoring data
• Shadow Copies of Shared Folders
• Automated System Recovery
• Advanced Startup Options
• The Recovery Console

Unit 13: Administering Web resources

• Installing and configuring Internet Information Services
• Creating and configuring Web-site virtual servers
• Configuring authentication for Web sites
• Configuring FTP virtual servers
• Maintaining IIS server security
• Using Remote Administration (HTML) tools
• Configuring Internet Printing
• Troubleshooting Web client connectivity

Unit 14: Windows Server 2003 security features

• Securing a Windows 2003 system
• Using Security Configuration Manager Tools
• Auditing access to resources and analyzing security logs

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