Updating Support Skills to Windows 2003 Server

This 5-day course provides experienced Windows NT or 2000 professionals with the necessary knowledge to upgrade their skills to Windows Server 2003. It is highly focused and hands-on with excellent opportunities to implement and learn all the vital features of Windows Server 2003.

Windows NT/2000 Administration Experience beneficial.

System Requirements
Choosing a File System
Installation Process
Graphical Portion of Setup
Using the Setup Manager
Product Activation

The Remote Installation Service
Using RISETUP
Authorising RIS
Configuring RIS
Pre-Staging Clients
Creating RipRep Images
Answer Files with RIS
Securing RIS
Creating a RIS Startup Disk
Using Third Party Cloning Software with SYSPREP

DNS Overview
Introduction to DNS
Domains and Subdomains
DNS Servers and the Internet
Host Names
Zones
Name Servers
Forwarders and Slaves
Caching Only Servers
Name Resolution
Forward Recursive and Iterative Queries
Reverse Queries
What is in a Zone?
Installing Microsoft DNS Server
Creating a Forward Look up Zone
Creating a Reverse Lookup Zone
Adding Records
Enabling Dynamic Update
Configuring the Zone
Configuring Clients for DNS
Troubleshooting DNS
DNS Delegation
Planning DNS
Integration with the Internet
Best Practice

What is a Directory?
Domains
Multiple Domains
Organisational Units (OUs)
Sites
Active Directory Standards
Active Directory Naming Conventions
Global Catalog Servers
Operations Masters
Creating Global Catalog Servers
Transferring Special Operations Roles

Creating your Tree
Testing DNS
External Trusts

Directory Replication
Conflict Resolution
Intra-Site Directory Replication
Inter-Site Replication
Sites
Site Links
Site Link Bridges
Subnets
Monitoring Replication

The Database and Shared System Volume
Active Directory Database Sizing
Database Maintenance
Backup and Restore
Renaming Domains and Domain Controllers

NT 4 Directory Services Overview
Four Domain Model
Upgrade Paths
Suitability
The Directory Services Client
Forest and Domain Functional Level
Upgrading Domain Controllers
Upgrading Domains
Upgrading from Windows 2000

Delegating Control with OUs
Management Console
Bulk Account Management in Active Directory
CSVDE Files
LDIFDE Files
Visual Basic Scripts
Publishing Printers in Active Directory
Printer Locations
Active Directory Permissions
Run As

Domain Functional Level
Understanding Groups
Scopes of Security Grouop
Local Groups
Global Groups
Universal Groups
Creating New Group Accounts
Reconfiguring Groups
Group Summary Table

Overview
What Can I Do With a Policy?
Scripts
Folder Redirection
Software Distribution
Functional Overview of Software Deployment
Maintaining Software
Software Categories
File Associations
Administrative Templates
Best Practice

Disks and Partitions
Comparing Basic and Dynamic Storage
Simple and Spanned Volumes
Striped Volumes
Disk Maintenance
Disk Fault Tolerance
Disk Mirroring
Raid 5 Volumes
Other Disk Management Issues

File System Features
Securing Files
Securing Folders
File and Folder Ownership
Auditing File Access
The EFS

Sharing and Publishing
CAching
Share Level Security
Publishing Folders
Connecting to Shared Folders
Distributed File System
DFS
Replication

Security Overview
Security Tools
Using the Security Analyser
Security Templates
Account Policies
Event Log
Making Changes

What is IPSec
Implementing IPSec in Windows Server 2003
Creating a Policy
Modifying the Rules

Configuring DHCP Servers
Creating Your Scope
Reserving Client IP Addresses
Active DHCP Client Leases
Configuring DHCP Options
Commonly Configured DHCP Options
Vendor and User Classes

Overview
Server and Client Requirements
Installing the Service
Installing Client Software
Windows Remote Desktop Client
Creating Terminal Connections
Managing Clients
Configuring the User Profile
Configuring the Service
Installing Applications
Licensing

Remote Access Overview
Installing and Configuring RRAS
Internet Connections
Remote Access Server
Virtual Private Networking
Securing RRAS
Routing with RRAS
Configuring a Multi-Homed Computer as a Router
Routing Protocols
Routing Information Protocol
Using RIP in Win2003
Network Address Translation protocol (NAT)
Using NAt with Win2003
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
Other Protocols
Port Filtering in RRAS
Demand Dial Connections

Troubleshooting the Boot Process
Advanced Startup Options
The Recovery Console
Remote Assistance