Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000Directory Services Infrastructure

Cource Outline #70-217 (12 - 18 HRS)

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Install, configure and troubleshoot the components of Active Directory:

Active Directory Overview:

Active Directory Structure:

Site Replication:

Active Directory Concepts:

Schema:

Active Directory Naming Conventions:

Trust Relationships:

Planning an Active Directory Implementation:

Logical environment:

Physical environment:

Administrative requirements:

Domain requirements:

Domain organization needs:

Planning a domain namespace:

Planning an Organizational Unit (OU) structure:

Planning a site structure:

Install Active Directory:

AD Installation Wizard Options:

Domain Controller Type:

Create Tree or Child Domain:

Create or Join Forest:

Domain Modes:

Active Directory Support Tools:

Description of AD support tools:

Create Sites:

Create Subnets:

Create site links:

Create site link bridges:

Create connection objects:

Create global catalog servers:

Moving Objects & Tranaferring Roles in AD:

Move server objects between sites:

Transfer Flexible Single Operations Master (FSMO) roles:

Forest-Wide Operations Master Roles

Domain-Wide Operations Master Roles

Operations Master Placement:

Seizing FSMO Roles:

Verify Active Directory installation:

Implement an organizational unit (OU) structure:

Back up and restore Active Directory:

Steps for performing a non-authoritative restore are:

Perform an authoritative restore of Active Directory:

Steps for performing an authoritative restore:

Recover from a system failure:

Safe Mode:

Booting in Safe Mode:

Windows 2000 Control Sets:

Recovery Console:

Startup and Recovery Settings:

Recover from disk failures:

Installing, Configuring, Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting DNS for Active Directory:

Install, configure, and troubleshoot DNS for Active Directory:

Integrate Active Directory DNS zones with non-Active Directory DNS zones:

Configure zones for Dynamic DNS (DDNS) updates:

The Domain Name Service Overview (DNS):

Manage replication of DNS data:

Troubleshooting DNS:

Installing, Configuring, Managing, Monitoring, Optimizing, and

Troubleshooting Change and Configuration Management (Security Bypass Considerations in deployment):

Implement and troubleshoot Group Policy:

Templates:

Create a Group Policy Object (GPO):

Link an existing GPO:

Delegate administrative control of Group Policy:

Steps to follow:

Modify Group Policy inheritance:

Exceptions to processing (inheritance) order:

Filter Group Policy settings by associating security groups to GPOs:

Manage and troubleshoot user environments by using Group Policy:

System Policy Editor (poledit.exe)

Group Policy snap-ins - Exclusive to Windows 2000 and supercedes the System

Policy Editor.

Incremental Security Templates for Windows 2000:

Deploy software by using Group Policy:

Maintain software by using Group Policy:

Configure deployment options:

Manage network configuration by using Group Policy:

Advantages are:

Deploy Windows 2000 by using Remote Installation Services (RIS):

Overview:

Steps for setting up RIS Server:

Creating a RIPrep Image:

RIS Client requirements:

Comparing RIPrep images with CD-based images:

Troubleshooting Remote Installations:

Other considerations:

Managing, Monitoring, and Optimizing the Components of Active Directory:

Manage Active Directory objects:

Moving Active Directory objects within a domain:

Moving Active Directory objects between domains:

Publish resources in Active Directory:

Locate objects in Active Directory:

Common Active Directory Objects:

Using the Find tool:

Create and manage accounts manually or by scripting:

Create and manage groups:

Control access to Active Directory objects:

Delegate administrative control of objects in Active Directory:

Manage Active Directory performance:

Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot domain controller performance:

Performance Console:

Performance Alerts and Logs:

Cannot create objects in AD:

Cannot modify the schema:

Manage intersite replication:

Manage intrasite replication:

Urgent replication triggers:

Monitor replication traffic with Replication Monitor:

Monitor replication traffic with Performance Console:

Configuring, Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Active Directory Security

Solutions:

Configure and troubleshoot security in a directory services infrastructure:

Apply security policies by using Group Policy:

Create, analyze, and modify security configurations by using Security

Configuration and Analysis and Security Templates:

Implement an audit policy:

Monitor and analyze security events:

Requirements :

Familiarity with Windows 2000 Server Features, Understanding of DNS.