| Detailed Course Outlines: |
Level 1 |
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| 1.0 Introduction to Active Directory 1.1 Benefits & Features of a Network Directory Service 1.2 Active Directory Standards & Naming Conventions 1.3 Logical & Physical Organization of Active Directory 1.4 AD Requirements & Pre-Installation Considerations 2.0 Active Directory Domain Controller Functions 2.1 Windows 2000 Domain Controller vs. Windows NT Domain Controllers 2.2 Global Catalog Server Role 2.3 PDC Emulator Role 2.4 Schema Master Role 2.5 Domain Naming Master Role 2.6 RID Master Role 2.7 Infrastructure Master Role 2.8 Operations Master Role 2.9 Recommended Guidelines 3.0 Installing an Active Directory Domain Controller 3.1 Review of Required Components 3.2 Active Directory Installation Wizard 3.3 Checking Up on the Installation 4.0 Users, Groups, & Organizational Units (OUs) 4.1 Working with Users & Groups 4.2 Working with OUs 4.3 Delegating Control on OUs |
5.0 Managing Physical Boundaries: Site
Management 5.1 Physical Organization 5.2 Working with Active Directory Sites & Assigning IP Subnets 5.3 Setting Up Site Links 5.4 Setting Up Site Link Bridges 5.5 Assigning Domain Controllers to Sites 6.0 Working with Active Directory Replication Settings 6.1 Intra-site:Replication within a Site's Boundaries 6.2 Inter-site:Replication Between Different Sites 6.3 How to Modify Inter-site Replication Scheduling 6.4 Assigning Inter-site Replication Connection Relationship |
Level 2 |
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| 1.0 Understanding the Domain Name System
(DNS) & Active Directory 1.1 DNS: Name Resolution under TCP/IP 1.2 DNS Naming Conventions: what are fully qualified domain names? 1.3 Name Resolution: Forward Lookups, Reverse Lookups, & Services to Host Name (or IP Address) Lookups 1.4 Understanding DNS Zones 1.5 DNS Zones under Active Directory 2.0 Implementing a DNS Strategy for Active Directory 2.1 DNS Requirements for Supporting Active Directory 2.2 Active Directory Integrated Zones 2.3 Creating New DNS Zones 2.4 Changing Existing DNS Zone Types 2.5 Zone Transfer Settings 2.6 How To Add WINS (NetBIOS) Lookups as an Option 3.0 Active Directory Groups & Other Objects 3.1 Group Types and Scopes |
3.2 Mixed mode vs. Native mode 3.3 Managing Groups 3.4 Managing Computer Accounts & Active Directory Objects 4.0 Security Permissions on Resources 4.1 Publishing Shared Folders 4.2 Publishing Printers 4.3 Searching for & Locating Resources 4.4 Managing Security Settings 4.5 Working with Advanced Permissions, Auditing, and Taking Ownership of Objects 4.6 Inherited Permissions vs. Explicit Permissions 5.0 Performance Techniques & Troubleshooting 5.1 Guidelines for Groups 5.2 Default Replication Behavior 5.3 How to Force Replication 5.4 Monitoring Directory Service Performance 5.5 Native Support Utilities and Built-in Help Documentation |
Level 3 |
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| 1.0 Working with Group Policy Objects (GPOs) 1.1 Advantages of GPOs 1.2 The Default Domain GPO & the Group Policy Console 1.3 Creating a new GPO for an Organizational Unit 1.4 Testing Group Policy Settings 2.0 Advanced Group Policy Configurations & Options 2.1 How to Exclude Specific Users & Groups from GPOs 2.2 Group Policy Object Options 2.3 How To Link One GPO to more than one Site, Domain, or Organizational Unit 2.4 Setting Up Folder Redirection 3.0 Software Deployment GPOs 3.1 Required Components and Steps 3.2 Creating a Software Deployment Group Policy 3.3 Deployment Package Options & Working with Software Categories 3.4 Testing The Deployment Process 3.5 Troubleshooting Guidelines 4.0 Managing Security Policy Settings |
4.1 GPO Security Policies Overview 4.2 Working with Password Settings 4.3 User Account Lockout Settings 4.4 Local Security Settings 5.0 Working with Security Template Files 5.1 Introduction to Security Templates 5.2 Applying Security Templates to GPOs 5.3 Customizing and Creating New Security Templates 5.4 Using the Security Configuration and Analysis Snap-in |
Level 4 |
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| 1.0 Remote Installation Services (RIS)
Server-side Setup 1.1 RIS Overview & Hardware & Software Requirements for RIS 1.2 Installing RIS on a Windows 2000 Server 1.3 Using RISETUP 1.4 Activating/Authorizing RIS on the Server 2.0 RIS Workstation Deployment & Configuration Settings 2.1 Delegating Authority for Installing Workstations under RIS 2.2 Specifying RIS Client Deployment Settings 2.3 Pre-Authorizing Workstations for RIS Installations 2.4 RIS Client Boot Disk Generator Program 2.5 Installing a Computer using RIS 2.6 Using RIPREP to Create a Customized Image for Deploying 2.7 Troubleshooting Hints for RIS 3.0 Backing Up & Restoring the Active Directory Database |
3.1 Active Directory Backup Options 3.2 Backing Up Active Directory 3.3 Active Directory Restore Options 3.4 Performing a Non-Authoritative Restore 3.5 Performing an Authoritative Restore 4.0 Group Policy Inheritance Behavior & Delegation of Control 4.1 How To Allow, Override, or Block GPO Inheritance How To Delegate Authority for Managing GPOs 5.0 System Auditing with Group Policy Objects 5.1 Setting Up and Enabling Auditing 5.2 Using The Event Viewer |