Microsoft Windows 2000: Planning and Implementing Active Directory - Part 1

This is the first course in a four part series that will provide IT professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and implement Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory in an enterprise environment. At the completion of this course students will learn to identify the key features and components of Active Directory; identify the physical structure and security features of Active Directory; locate the information you need to document an existing DNS structure; design the first Active Directory domain; and locate and move objects in Active Directory.

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Duration: 8 hours Training Presented in: English

Audience

This course series is designed for IS Managers MIS Directors Technical Managers System Administrators Database Administrators and System Analysts. It is recommenced that participants have completed NETg course 72400 Microsoft Windows 2000: Technical Overview and 72401 Microsoft Windows 2000: New Features or have equivalent knowledge.

Objective

• Identify the key features and components of Active Directory.
• Identify the physical structure and security features of Active Directory.
• Locate the information you need to document an existing DNS structure.
• Design the first Active Directory domain.
• Locate and move objects in Active Directory.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Active Directory Basics

• Identify the seven key features of Active Directory.
• Identify the features of the components of Active Directory.
• Identify the naming and name resolution features of Active Directory components.
• Identify the logical structure of Active Directory.
• Identify the physical structure of Active Directory.
• Identify the security features of Active Directory.
• Identify the internal architecture of Active Directory.
• Identify the functions of the Directory Service module components.
• Identify the internal logical architecture of Active Directory.

Unit 2: Active Directory Naming

• Identify the features of the object naming and name resolution options in Active Directory.
• Identify the characteristics of the integration that occurs between DNS and Active Directory.
• Sequence the steps in the DNS resolution process of Active Directory.
• Identify the characteristics of the integration that occurs between DHCP and DNS.
• Identify the guidelines for determining the DNS scope of Active Directory.
• Identify the guidelines for the design of the naming hierarchy to be used in Active Directory.
• Identify the requirements for selecting a compatible DNS service.
• Identify the guidelines for choosing DNS names.
• Locate the information you need to document an existing DNS structure.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using a currently registered DNS domain name.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using a child domain name of a currently registered domain.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using a reserved private DNS domain name.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using the same domain name internally and externally.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using a different domain name internally and externally.

Unit 3: Planning a Domain Structure

• Identify the guidelines for selecting either OUs or domains.
• Design the first Active Directory domain.
• Identify the guidelines for designing an OU structure.
• Identify the guidelines for determining the number of OU levels.
• Identify the features of security groups in Active Directory.
• Identify the guidelines for using security groups in Active Directory.
• Identify the guidelines for delegating administration within Active Directory.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of centralized or distributed administration of Active Directory.

Unit 4: Implementing a First Domain

• Identify the process for promoting the first server.
• Identify the steps involved in verifying server promotion.
• Identify the changes made to DNS by the Active Directory installation process.
• Identify the post-installation tasks that may be required following the installation of a domain.
• Locate objects in Active Directory.
• Move objects in Active Directory.
• Publish objects in Active Directory.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

Web Based Training

• Microsoft Windows 2000: Planning and Implementing Active Directory - Part 2
• Microsoft Windows 2000: Planning and Implementing Active Directory - Part 3
• Microsoft Windows 2000: Planning and Implementing Active Directory - Part 4