his course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform advanced administration tasks in a Windows 2000 network. The course focuses on the administrative tasks required for centrally managing large numbers of users and computers.

The topics covered in this course include:

• Managing access to domain resources
• Implementing groups in a multi-domain environment
• Administering Active Directory
• Exploring Windows 2000 Group Policy
• Using Group Policy to manage user and computer environments
• Using software installation policy
• Implementing the distributed file system (Dfs)
• Implementing enterprise-wide security
• Implementing disaster protection

At the completion of this course, students will be able to manage user access to resources in multiple domains; implement groups in a multi-domain environment; administer Active Directory, which includes managing objects and delegating administrative control of objects; identify how Group Policy is applied to Active Directory objects; use Group Policy to configure user environments, computer configurations, log on and log off scripts, and startup and shutdown scripts; use software installation policy to manage software distribution; implement Dfs to share file resources; implement security by using account policies, local policies, and audit policies; and implement a disaster recovery strategy.

This course helps you prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exams:

• To be determined