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M2279 - Planning, Implementing and Maintaining a MS Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure - 5 days

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Module 1: Introduction to Active Directory Infrastructure

This module introduces students to the Active Directory infrastructure, its logical and physical structure, and its function as a directory service. The module also introduces the command-line tools and snap-ins that you can use to examine the components of Active Directory and the Active Directory design, planning, and implementing process.

Lessons

• The Architecture of Active Directory
• How Active Directory Works
• Examining Active Directory
• The Active Directory Design, Planning, and Implementation Processes

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the architecture of Active Directory.
• Describe how Active Directory works.
• Use command-line tools, scripts, snap-ins, and other methods to examine the components of Active Directory.
• Describe the Active Directory design, planning, and implementation processes.

Module 2: Implementing an Active Directory Forest and Domain Structure

This module discusses Active Directory installation requirements, how to create a forest and domain structure by using the Active Directory Installation Wizard, and the post-installation tasks you must perform. It also explains how to configure DNS in an Active Directory environment, raise forest and domain functional levels, and create trust relationships.

Lessons

• Creating a Forest and Domain Structure
• Examining and Configuring Active Directory Integrated DNS
• Raising Forest and Domain Functional Levels
• Creating Trust Relationships

Lab A: Implementing Active Directory

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create a forest and domain structure.
• Configure DNS in an Active Directory environment.
• Raise the functional level of a forest and a domain.
• Create trust relationships between domains.
• Secure trusts by using SID filtering.

Module 3: Implementing an Organizational Unit Structure

This module discusses how to create organizational units, how to delegate common administrative tasks, how to customize the delegation of administrative tasks for an organizational unit, and how to plan the implementation of an organizational unit structure.

Lessons

• Creating and Managing Organizational Units
• Delegating Administrative Control for Organizational Units
• Planning an Organizational Unit Strategy

Lab A: Implementing an Organizational Unit Structure

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and manage organizational units.
• Delegate control of an organizational unit.
• Plan an organizational unit strategy.

Module 4: Implementing User, Group, and Computer Accounts

This module explains how to plan and implement Active Directory user, group, and computer accounts. It also explains how to create multiple user and computer accounts by using command-line tools such as CSVDE and LDIFDE, and how to manage accounts by using Windows Script Host. The module also explains how to implement User Principle Name (UPN) suffixes.

Lessons

• Introduction to Accounts
• Creating and Managing Multiple Accounts
• Implementing User Principal Name Suffixes
• Moving Objects in Active Directory
• Planning an Account Strategy
• Planning an Active Directory Audit Strategy

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