MCSE 70-296:
Planning,
Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for
an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 5
Prerequisites: Extensive
experience with Windows 2000
Unit 1: Introduction to Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Topic A: Windows Server 2003 editions
A-1: Comparing features of Windows Server 2003 editions
A-2: Comparing Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003
A-3: Comparing upgrading, migration and installing options
Topic B: Windows 2003 network architecture
B-4: Viewing available protocols
Topic C: Network services
C-1: Viewing installed services
C-2: Viewing available services
Topic D: Administrative Tools
D-1: Discussing available administration tools
D-2: Installing administrative tools
D-3: Resolving administration tool installation problems
Unit 2: Managing users, groups, computers, and resources
Topic A: User account creation and management
A-1: Creating users with Active Directory Users and Computers
A-2: Creating user accounts using DSADD
A-3: Discussing bulk import and export of
users
A-4: Modifying use accounts using DSMOD
Topic B: Group creation and management
B-1: Identifying domain functional levels
B-2: Creating a group with Active Directory Users and Computers
B-3: Creating groups with DSADD
B-4: Managing groups with command line utilities
B-5: Assigning a group manager
Topic C: Computer account creation and management
C-1: Creating a computer account with Active Directory Users and Computers
C-2: Creating a computer account with dsadd
C-3: Finding a computer account with Active Directory Users and Computers
C-4: Finding computers with dsquery
Unit 3: Managing file access
Topic A: Shared folder creation and management
A-1: Creating a shared folder using Windows Explorer
A-2: Creating and viewing shared folders using Computer Management
A-3: Publishing a shared folder
Topic B: Shared folder and NTFS permissions
B-1: Identifying changes to shared folder and NTFS permissions
B-2: Configuring shared folder and NTFS permissions
Topic C: Effective permissions
C-1: Determining effective permissions
Unit 4: Managing disks and data storage
Topic A: Prepare Disks with DiskPart
A-1: Selecting a disk with DiskPart
A-2: Partitioning a disk with DiskPart
Topic B: Create drives and volumes
B-1: Creating a simple volume
B-2: Creating a mounted drive
B-3: Extending a simple volume
B-4: Creating a striped volume
Topic C: Manage disks with DiskPart
C-1: Viewing disk properties with DiskPart
C-2: Deleting volumes and partitions with DiskPart
Unit 5: Planning a DNS strategy
Topic A: DNS functions
A-1: Discussing Application Directory partitions
A-2: Discussing conditional forwarders
A-3: Discussing DNS zone types
Topic B: DNS namespace strategies
B-1: Discussing DNS namespace guidelines
B-2: Planning zone replication
B-3: Planning conditional forwarders
B-4: Planning stub zones
B-5: Planning _msdcs subdomain availability
Topic C: DNS installation
C-1: Installing DNS
C-2: Enabling zone transfers
C-3: Creating a secondary zone
C-4: Configuring a conditional forwarder
Topic D: Integrating DNS with other protocols
D-1: Discussing BIND integration
D-2: Discussing WINS integration
Topic E: DNS problem resolution
E-1: Creating a DNSLint report
E-2: Troubleshooting dynamic updates
E-3: Troubleshooting forwarder issues with nslookup
E-4: Identifying common DNS problems
E-5: Resetting a DNS server to defaults
E-6: Discussing DNS server logging
Unit 6: Planning and managing Certificate Services
Topic A: Public key infrastructure
A-1: Identifying PKI components
A-2: Discussing certificates
A-3: Comparing commercial and private Certificate Authorities
A-4: Discussing Certificate Authority hierarchies
A-5: Discussing Certificate Authority types
Topic B: Installing and managing Certificate Services
B-1: Installing an Enterprise root CA
B-2: Installing an Enterprise subordinate CA
B-3: Backing up Certificate Services
B-4: Restoring the Certificate Services database
B-5: Requesting a certificate from the Enterprise root CA
B-6: Revoking a certificate
B-7: Deleting a certificate
Topic C: IPSec
C-1: Discussing IPSec NAT-T
C-2: Discussing IPSec rules
C-3: Discussing IPSec policies
C-4: Discussing authentication methods
C-5: Discussing IPSec deployment methods
Topic D: Managing IPSec
D-1: Assigning an IPSec policy
D-2: Examining an IPSec security association
D-3: Creating an IPSec policy
D-4: Creating a new IPSec filter rule
D-5: Creating an IPSec filter list
D-6: Creating a filter action
D-7: Adding a customized filter list and filter action
Unit 7: Configuring Group Policy
Topic A: Group Policy
A-1: Installing GPMC
A-2: Reviewing Group Policy settings
A-3: Creating a Group Policy Modeling query
Topic B: Security management with Group Policy
B-1: Identifying new Group Policy security features
B-2: Configuring user certification autoenrollment
B-3: Configuring a Group Policy for requiring 3DES encryption use
B-4: Configuring a Group Policy for wireless networking
Topic C: Troubleshooting Group Policy
C-1: Using Gpupdate and Gpresult to troubleshoot Group Policy objects
C-2: Using Group Policy Results wizard to troubleshoot Group Policy objects
C-3: Identifying solutions to common Group Policy problems
Unit 8: Planning and implementing server availability and scalability
Topic A: Availability and scalability in Windows Server 2003
A-1: Discussing availability and scalability
A-2: Discussing server clusters
A-3: Discussing Network Load Balancing
A-4: Exploring cluster concepts
Topic B: Installing and configuring server clusters
B-1: Installing a single node virtual server cluster
Topic C: Server cluster concepts
C-1: Discussing resource groups, failover, and failback
C-2: Adding a printer to a virtual server
C-3: Removing a server cluster node
Topic D: Network Load Balancing
D-1: Enabling the NLB driver
D-2: Discussing NLB concepts
D-3: Installing an NLB cluster
Topic E: Planning a secure baseline
E-1: Installing MBSA
E-2: Checking for vulnerabilities with MBSA
Unit 9: Planning network access
Topic A: Plan network access
A-1: Comparing network access connection options
Topic B: Network access authentication
B-1: Identifying LAN authentication methods
B-2: Identifying remote authentication methods
B-3: Identifying wireless authentication methods
B-4: Comparing server authentication methods
Topic C: Remote access policies
C-1: Identifying remote access policy conditions
C-2: Installing the Loopback Adapter and modem
C-3: Enabling Routing and Remote Access
C-4: Creating a Remote Access policy
C-5: Configuring dial-in profile settings
C-6: Uninstalling Routing and Remote Access
C-7: Discussing smart cards
Topic D: Troubleshooting network access
D-1: Identifying tools for troubleshooting network access
Unit 10: Managing software
Topic A: Installing and configuring Internet Information Services
A-1: Identifying changes to IIS
A-2: Installing FTP services
Topic B: Software management with Group Policy
B-1: Configuring software restrictions with Group Policy
B-2: Creating rules for software restriction policies
B-3: Creating a WMI filter and linking it to a Group Policy object
B-4: Disabling a Software Group Policy
B-5: Resolving Group Policy software deployment issues
Topic C: Installing applications on an NLB cluster
C-1: Configuring a Web application for load balancing
C-2: Removing an NLB clustered application
Unit 11: Remote Desktop Management
Topic A: Remote Desktop Configuration
A-1: Enabling Remote Desktop
A-2: Installing Terminal Services
A-3: Connecting to a remote server with a Remote Desktop connection
A-4: Connecting to a remote server with the Remote Desktops Snap-in
A-5: Connecting to a Remote Desktop using MSTSC
Topic B: Remote Desktop Connection Management
B-1: Configuring Remote Connection timeout settings
B-2: Using Terminal Services Manager
Topic C: Using Group Policies to configure Terminal Services
C-1: Creating and configuring a Terminal Services Group Policy object
Unit 12: Managing Software Update Services
Topic A: Software Update Services
A-1: Installing Software Update Services
A-2: Configuring Software Update Services
Topic B: Synchronize Software Update Services
B-1: Synchronizing Software Update Services content
B-2: Reviewing Automatic Updates Group Policy settings
Topic C: Backing up and restoring Software Update Services
C-1: Backing up Software Update Services
C-2: Uninstalling Software Update Services and Internet Information Services
C-3: Restoring Software Update Services
Unit 13: Problem recovery
Topic A: Shadow copies of Shared Folders
A-1: Configuring shadow copies of Shared Folders settings
A-2: Installing the Previous Versions Client
A-3: Scheduling shadow copies
A-4: Restoring a previous version
Topic B: Device drivers
B-1: Updating device drivers
B-2: Uninstalling device drivers
B-3: Using the Roll Back Driver feature
Topic C: Automated System Recovery
C-1: Discussing Automated System Recovery features
C-2: Backing up system state data using ASR
C-3: Recovering from a server failure using ASR
Unit 14: Planning Active Directory
Topic A: New Active Directory features
A-1: Identifying new Active Directory features
A-2: Identifying domain and forest functional levels
A-3: Identifying new replication features
Topic B: Understanding and implementing trust relationships
B-1: Identifying types of trusts
B-2: Configuring SID filtering
B-3: Creating a trust
B-4: Verifying a trust
B-5: Revoking a trust
Topic C: Active Directory installation
C-1: Backing up system state data
Topic D: Active Directory administration
D-1: Raising domain and forest functional levels
D-2: Renaming a domain controller
D-3: Configuring Active Directory quotas
D-4: Instructor demonstration: Adding UPN suffixes
D-5: Performing non-authoritative and authoritative restores
D-6: Managing schema modifications
Unit 15: Placing domain controllers
Topic A: Domain controller and global catalog server placement
A-1: Using Active Directory Sizer
A-2: Reviewing Active Directory Sizer reports
A-3: Discussing placement of domain controllers and global catalog servers
A-4: Enabling universal group member caching
Topic B: Operations Master placement
B-1: Discussing operations masters
B-2: Transferring operations master roles
B-3: Seizing operations master roles