Table of Contents

Introduction
At Course Completion
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
Prerequisites
Course Materials and Software
Course Outline

Introduction

At Course Completion

• Explain how Windows 2000 Directory Services works in an enterprise environment.
• Explain and demonstrate how to use network clients to access Active Directory.
• Plan and implement an Active Directory namespace for an enterprise.
• Delegate and manage administrative authority of accounts, resources, and group policies in a domain.
• Plan ways to organize objects in a domain.
• Plan and implement a directory with multiple domains.
• Manage Active Directory replication in single and multiple domain environments.
• Use sites to manage network traffic.
• Maintain and optimize Active Directory.
• Plan a Windows 2000 Directory Services deployment.
• Control modifications to the Active Directory schema.
• Plan directory synchronization between Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and Active Directory.
• Plan an upgrade of directory services from the Microsoft Windows NT® operating system 4.0 to Windows 2000.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

• To be determined

Prerequisites

• Course 578, Networking Essentials, or equivalent knowledge
• Course 1265, Installing and Administering Microsoft Windows NT 5.0, or equivalent knowledge
• Course 1266, Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 5.0, or equivalent knowledge
• Course 1267, Planning and Implementing Active Directory, or equivalent knowledge
• Working knowledge of Internet protocol (IP) routing and IP routing protocols including Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  -or-
  
• Course 1560, Upgrading Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000, or equivalent knowledge

Course Materials and Software

You will be provided with the following software for use in the classroom:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Beta 3

Course Outline

Day 1

Module 1: An Overview of Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services

Topics

Skills

• Define a directory service.
• Describe the full capabilities of Windows 2000 Directory Services.
• Describe how Windows 2000 Directory Services work in an enterprise network environment.
• Describe Active Directory in the Windows 2000 Server architecture.

Module 2: Using Network Clients to Access Active Directory

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Use client applications to access information in Active Directory.
• Configure Windows 2000 computers to use Active Directory as a security provider.
• Use Active Directory to authenticate users and computers in a networked environment.
• Use Active Directory to locate shared network resources and to connect to servers.
• Explain how applications can store their data in Active Directory.

Module 3: Planning the Active Directory Namespace

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Describe the Active Directory namespace.
• Plan the naming of objects in Active Directory.
• Plan a namespace in a hierarchy of domains.
• Plan the integration of a namespace with the Internet.
• Plan DNS support for Active Directory.
• Plan a namespace for international deployment.
• Apply guidelines when planning an Active Directory namespace.

Day 2

Module 4: Delegating and Managing Administrative Authority

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Describe how Windows 2000 ensures secure access to Active Directory.
• Delegate and manage administrative control using permissions and auditing.
• Enforce security policies by using Group Policies.
• Develop a plan to delegate administrative authority.
• Describe best practices for assigning permissions on directory objects.

Module 5: Planning the Organization of a Domain

Topics

Lab

Skills

• Describe how the organization of objects in a domain affects network administration.
• Describe the role of a company's administrative model in domain planning.
• Plan the organization and administration of objects in a domain.
• Analyze various domain organizational models.
• Describe best practices for organizing objects in a domain.

Module 6: Implementing a Domain

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Create a new domain.
• Create organizational units within a domain.
• Create objects in a domain.
• Manage objects within a domain.

Day 3

Module 7: Planning and Implementing a Multiple Domain Directory

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Determine the need for multiple domains.
• Implement a tree of domains.
• Implement a forest from multiple domain trees.
• Query Active Directory in a multiple domain environment.
• Plan a multiple domain directory.
• Develop a plan to delegate administration in a multiple domain environment.
• Describe best practices for managing a multiple domain directory.

Module 8: Managing Active Directory Replication

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Describe the Windows 2000 Active Directory replication model.
• Explain how data integrity is maintained through replication.
• Decide when to modify a network replication model.
• Create connection objects to reduce the time it takes to update the directory.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory replication.
• Synchronize information between forests.

Module 9: Using Active Directory Sites to Manage Network Traffic

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Define how Active Directory sites can be used to manage network traffic.
• Explain the differences between inter-site and intra-site replication.
• Create sites and configure inter-site replication.
• Describe how external networks can be used for inter-site replication.
• Plan the Active Directory site topology for an enterprise network environment.

Day 4

Module 10: Maintaining and Optimizing Active Directory

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Perform periodic database maintenance tasks.
• Reorganize objects in Active Directory.
• Develop a plan to back up and restore Active Directory in a multimaster environment.
• Optimize Active Directory performance.

Module 11: Deploying Windows 2000 Directory Services

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Describe the steps required to deploy Windows 2000 Directory Services in an enterprise.
• Plan the logical design of the Active Directory namespace for an enterprise.
• Plan the implementation of Active Directory considering the physical network environment.
• Develop and test a prototype of the new Windows 2000 Directory Services environment.
• Implement the new Windows 2000 Directory Services in an enterprise.
• Evaluate the Windows 2000 Directory Services implementation.

Module 12: Controlling Schema Modifications

Topics

Labs

Skills

• Describe the Active Directory schema and its structure.
• Explain how and when schema modifications are made.
• Make schema modifications.
• Develop a plan for controlling schema modification.

Day 5

Module 13: Synchronizing Directories in Microsoft Exchange Version 5.5 and Windows 2000

Topics

Lab

Skills

• Install and configure the Active Directory Connector.
• Manage and synchronize data between Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and Active Directory.
• Optimize the synchronization of data between Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and Active Directory.

Module 14: Upgrading Directory Services from Windows NT 4.0

Topics

Lab

Skills

• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of a mixed Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 environment.
• Plan an upgrade of servers and clients from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000.
• Implement an upgrade of servers and clients from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000.