Course Content:

Unit 1: Introduction to Microsoft Windows Server 2003

• Windows Server 2003 editions
• Windows 2003 network architecture
• Network services
• Administrative Tools

Unit 2: Managing users, groups, computers, and resources

• User account creation and management
• Group creation and management
• Computer account creation and management

Unit 3: Managing file access

• Shared folder creation and management
• Shared folder and NTFS permissions
• Effective permissions

Unit 4: Managing disks and data storage

• Prepare Disks with DiskPart
• Create drives and volumes
• Manage disks with DiskPart

Unit 5: Planning a DNS strategy

• DNS functions
• DNS namespace strategies
• DNS installation
• Integrating DNS with other protocols
• DNS problem resolution

Unit 6: Planning and managing Certificate Services

• Public key infrastructures
• Installing and managing Certificate Services
• IPSec
• Managing IPSec

Unit 7: Configuring Group Policy

• Group Policy
• Security management with Group Policy
• Troubleshooting Group Policy

Unit 8: Planning and implementing server availability and scalability

• Availability and scalability in Windows Server 2003
• Installing and configuring server clusters
• Server cluster concepts
• Network Load Balancing
• Planning a secure baseline

Unit 9: Planning network access

• Plan network access
• Network access authentications
• Remote access policies
• Troubleshooting network access

Unit 10: Managing software

• Installing and configuring Internet Information Services
• Software management with Group Policy
• Installing applications on an NLB cluster

Unit 11: Remote Desktop Management

• Remote Desktop Configuration
• Remote Desktop Connection Management
• Using Group Policies to configure Terminal Services

Unit 12: Managing Software Update Services

• Software Update Services
• Synchronize Software Update Services
• Backing up and restoring Software Update Services

Unit 13: Problem recovery

• Shadow copies of Shared Folders
• Device drivers
• Automated System Recovery

Unit 14: Planning Active Directory

• New Active Directory features
• Understanding and implementing trust relationships
• Active Directory installation
• Active Directory administration

Unit 15: Placing domain controllers

• Domain controller and global catalog server placement
• Operations Master placement

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