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Windows 2003

Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure -
(Microsoft Training Course: 2282) - 5 days - £1750 exc VAT

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> Target Audience
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a Microsoft Active Directory directory service and network infrastructure for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. The course is intended for systems engineers who are responsible for designing directory service and/or network infrastructures.
> Course outline
  1. Introduction to Designing an Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
  2. Designing a Forest and Domain Infrastructure
  3. Designing a Site Infrastructure
  4. Designing the Administrative Structure
  5. Designing for Group Policy
  6. Designing the Physical Network
  7. Designing for Network Connectivity
  8. Designing a Name Resolution Strategy
  9. Designing the Network Access Infrastructure
Module 1: Introduction to Designing an Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
  • Introduction to general design principles
  • Designing a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory infrastructure
Skills
  • Explain basic design principles.
  • Describe the process of and the tasks involved in designing an Active Directory infrastructure.
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Module 2: Designing a Forest and Domain Infrastructure
  • Major design decisions when creating an Active Directory and network infrastructure.
  • The Active Directory logical structure
  • Design of forests and domains
  • Design a migration solution from the existing structure to the new design.
Skills
  • Gather and analyze the information that you need to design a forest and domain infrastructure.
  • Create a logical forest design.
  • Create a domain design.
  • Design a DNS namespace strategy for forests and domains.
  • Create a trust strategy for forests.
  • Determine a migration plan for the existing infrastructure.
  • Design a schema management policy.
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Module 3: Designing a Site Infrastructure
  • Design a site topology
  • Optimize the exchange of data
  • Optimize directory information.
Skills
  • Determine the information needed to design a site infrastructure.
  • Create a site design.
  • Modify the site design for replication.
  • Determine the placement of domain controllers in the site design.
  • Determine the placement of global catalog servers in the site design.
  • Determine the placement of single operations masters in the site design.
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Module 4: Designing the Administrative Structure
  • Design an administrative structure
  • Design an organizational unit structure
Skills
  • Determine the information needed to design an administrative structure.
  • Design a network administration model.
  • Design an organizational unit structure.
  • Design an account strategy.
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Module 5: Designing for Group Policy
  • Gather and analyze business requirements
  • Design a Group Policy structure
  • Integrate Group Policy structure into an organizational unit design
  • Group Policy in the Active Directory infrastructure
  • Design a change management structure
Skills
  • Determine the information needed to design for Group Policy.
  • Design a Group Policy structure.
  • Create an organization unit (OU) structure for Group Policy.
  • Create a Group Policy management design.
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Module 6: Designing the Physical Network
  • Design the physical network.
  • Design a connectivity infrastructure
  • Design a domain controller structure
  • Use the Active Directory Sizer tool.
  • Design a change management structure for networking, including monitoring.
  • Create a physical network according to a scenario.
Skills
  • Explain the preparation necessary to design a network infrastructure.
  • Create an IP addressing scheme.
  • Design a DHCP infrastructure.
  • Design a change management structure for networking.
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Module 7: Designing for Network Connectivity
  • Design networking services for connectivity and protocol requirements
  • Describe networking solutions
Skills
  • Determine the information that you need to design for network connectivity.
  • Evaluate connection types.
  • Design a connectivity infrastructure.
  • Create a design for Internet connectivity.
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Module 8: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy
  • Describe the relationship between Active Directory and DNS domain names, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), and other name-resolution strategies.
Skills
  • Determine the information needed to design a name-resolution strategy.
  • Design a strategy for interoperability with Active Directory, BIND, WINS, and DHCP.
  • Design a WINS replication strategy.
  • Design a name resolution strategy for clients.
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Module 9: Designing the Network Access Infrastructure
  • Design a network access infrastructure
  • Strategies for authentication, administration, access monitoring, interoperability, and user education.
Skills
  • Gather data for network access design.
  • Design network access security.
  • Choose remote access methods.
  • Design a remote access infrastructure.
  • Design a wireless access infrastructure.
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> Pre-Requisites
Before attending this course, students should have the following pre-requisites:
  • Completion of Course 2278, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
  • Completion of Course 2279, Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
  • OR equivalent knowledge and experience.
> Purpose
After completing this course, students will be able to describe the process of designing an Active Directory infrastructure and a network infrastructure that supports Active Directory; design a forest and domain infrastructure; design a site infrastructure; design a Group Policy structure; design an administrative structure; design a physical network structure that supports Active Directory; design a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) structure that supports Active Directory; create a design for network connectivity that supports Active Directory; design a name resolution strategy that supports Active Directory; design a network access infrastructure that supports Active Directory.
> EXAMS