Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Environment

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1 Managing and maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Environment. AIM This course provides students with knowledge and skills needed to Manage and Maintain a Windows Server 2003 Network Environment. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use Windows Server 2003 features and tools to.manage and maintain a Network. This course is intended for IT Professionals wanting to become skilled on. Managing and maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Environment COURSE DURATION COURSE FEE Five full days K (GST excluded) PRE REQUISITES SOFTWARE Before attending this course, students must have: Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality Working knowledge of Computer Networking Working knowledge of Installing and configuring windows server Some experience with server administration Microsoft Windows Server 2003 standard/enterprise editions.

2 COURSE OBJECTIVES to: After completing this course, students should be able 1. Understand the windows 2003 server and Active Directory Services Introduction to Windows Server 2003 Family Overview of Active Directory Use Administrative Tools Create Organizational Units 2. Administer Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Create and modify user accounts Troubleshoot User accounts Manage user profiles Create and Troubleshoot Computer accounts Administer Groups 3. Use File System Management and Security Use NTFS Permissions Create and manage shared folders Troubleshoot Access to Files and Shared Folders Configure Remote desktop and Terminal services 4. Monitoring and Optimization Monitor and optimization of Server disk Install and configure server hardware devices 5. Monitor Network Activity and Manage servers Monitor and analyze events Monitor system and application performance Managing servers remotely Manage software site licensing Monitor file servers Monitor print servers Manage software update infrastructure 6. Reliability and Availability Prepare for Disaster Recovery Backing up data Restoring Data Perform system recovery for a server Implementing Shadow Copy volumes Manage backup procedures

3 TOPICS COVERED The following topics are covered: Module 1: Introduction to windows 2003 server and Active Directory Services 1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Windows Server 2003 Family 1.2 Logging On 1.3 Server Roles 2.0 An Overview of Active Directory 2.1 Active Directory What it is 2.2 Active Directory Benefits 2.3 Active Directory Terms Domain, Forest, Trees, Organizational Units 2.4 Group Policy 2.5 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) 3.0 Administrative Tools 3.1 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.2 Installing Administrative Tools 3.3 Secondary logon as a security practice 4.0 Organizational Units (OU) 4.1 Creating OUs with Active Directory Users and Computers 4.2 Create OUs with scripts 4.3 Identifying via LDAP 4.4 Moving objects within OUs Module2 Administering Microsoft Windows Server Create and modify user accounts 1.1 User Account Basics 1.2 Create user accounts with Active Directory Users and Computers 1.3 Create user accounts with scripts 1.4 Importing user accounts 1.5 Modifying user account properties 2.0 Troubleshoot User accounts 2.1 Account lockout 2.2 Diagnose and resolve issues related to user account properties 2.3 Troubleshoot user authentication issues 3.0 Manage user profiles 3.1 Local profiles 3.2 Roaming profiles 3.3 Mandatory profiles 4.0 Computer accounts 4.1 Create with Active Directory Users and Computers 4.2 Create with scripts 4.3 Modifying computer account properties

4 5.0 Troubleshoot computer accounts 5.1 Diagnose and resolve problems 5.2 Enabling computer accounts 5.3 Resetting computer accounts 6.0 Groups 6.1 Identifying Built-in groups 6.2 Groups and group strategies overview 6.3 Group scope and types 6.4 Create and modify groups by using AD Users and Computers 6.5 Create and modify groups using scripts 6.6 Manage group membership 6.7 Identify user memberships 6.8 Group Strategies 7.0 Queries 7.1 Creating queries 7.2 Saving queries Module 3: File System Management and Security 1.0 NTFS 1.1 NTFS Features Overview 1.2 NTFS Permissions 1.3 Standard and Special Permissions 1.4 Combining Permissions 1.5 Change Ownership permission 1.6 Compression 1.7 Encryption 1.8 Disk Quotas 1.9 Moving or copying files 2.0 Shared Folders 2.1 Shared Folders Overview 2.2 Administrative Shares 2.3 Creating and Accessing Shares 2.4 Manage Shared Folder Permissions 3.0 Combining NTFS and Share Permissions 3.1 Combining Permissions Rules 3.2 Verifying Effective Permissions 3.3 Troubleshooting Access to Files and Shared Folders 4.0 Terminal Services 4.1 Terminal Services overview 4.2 Using Terminal Services 4.3 Remote Desktops vs Remote Desktop Connection 4.4 Configuring Terminal Services 4.5 Troubleshooting security issues 4.6 Troubleshooting client access

5 Module 4: Monitoring and Optimization. 1.0 Basic and Dynamic Disks 1.1 Comparing Basic and Dynamic disks 1.2 Disk Management 1.3 DiskPart tool 1.4 Partitioning a disk 1.5 File Systems 1.6 Converting to NTFS 1.7 Mounting a drive 2.0 Optimize server disk performance 2.1 Fault Tolerance overview 2.2 RAID choices 2.3 Implementing RAID solutions 2.4 Defragmenting volumes and partitions 3.0 Install and configure server hardware devices 3.1 Drivers overview 3.2 Driver signing 3.3 Configuring device properties and settings 3.4 Driver rollback 3.5 Configuring resource settings 4.0 Monitoring Server Hardware 4.1 Driver Tools 4.2 Control panel 4.3 Device Manager 4.4 Hardware Troubleshooting Module 5: Monitor Network Activity and Manage servers 1.0 Monitor and analyze events 1.1 Event Viewer 1.2 Auditing 1.3 Task manager 1.4 System Monitor 1.5 Configuring Logs and Alerts 2.0 Monitor system and application performance 2.1 Monitoring server hardware for bottlenecks 2.2 Memory performance objects 2.3 Processor performance objects 2.4 Disk performance objects 2.5 Network performance objects 2.6 Process performance objects 3.0 Managing servers remotely 3.1 Managing a sever using Remote Assistance 3.2 Managing a server using Terminal Services 3.3 Managing servers using support tools 4.0 Manage software site licensing 4.1 Client Access Licenses 4.2 Product licensing vs Volume licensing

6 4.3 Activation 4.4 Terminal Services Licensing 5.0 Monitor file servers 5.1 Home folders 5.2 Monitor disk quotas 6.0 Monitor print servers 6.1 Installing and Sharing Printers 6.2 Managing Permissions 6.3 Setting Priorities 6.4 Setting Availability 6.5 Configuring a Printing Pool 6.6 Monitor Print Queues 6.7 Print Spooler: Restarting, moving 7.0 Manage software update infrastructure 7.1 Software Update Services overview 7.2 Configuring the server 7.3 Configuring the clients 7.4 Synchronizing and Approving 7.5 Backing up SUS Module 6: Reliability and Availability 1.0 Disaster Recovery 1.1 Disaster Recovery Overview 1.2 Recovery Plan 1.3 Preparing for Disaster Recovery 2.0 Backing up data 2.1 Backup Types 2.2 Backup Strategies 2.3 System State Data 2.4 Using Backup 2.5 Using NTBackup 2.6 Scheduling backup jobs 2.7 Configuring security for backups 3.0 Restoring Data 3.1 Restoring backup data 3.2 Restore Strategies 3.3 Restoring System State 3.4 Non-authoritative restore 3.5 Authoritative Restore

7 4.0 Perform system recovery for a server 4.1 Recovering from server hardware failure 4.2 Advanced Options 4.3 Recovery Console 4.4 Automated System Recovery 4.5 System recovery order 5.0 Implementing Shadow Copy volumes 5.1 Shadow Copy Overview 5.2 Setting up the server 5.3 Setting up the client 5.4 Recovering Files 6.0 Manage backup procedures 6.1 Performing a Test Restore 6.2 Managing backup storage media