Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Part 1: Setup and Access Policies

This is the first course in a two part series that presents students with both theoretical and practical instruction on installing configuring troubleshooting and administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000. The course will focus on ISA Features Installing ISA and Installing and Configuring ISA server clients. Students will learn how to create access policies enabling secure Internet access configuring caching and configuring cache policy and settings.

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Duration: 8 hours Training Presented in: English

Audience

The audience for this course includes IT professionals operating in medium to large computing environments that use the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system. Students will be involved with Web administration network administration and security administration. Suggest students should have prerequisite knowledge of outbound access methods for typical client services and applications such as Web access e-mail Telnet FTP virtual private networking (VPN) desktop management and access control policies. This course is mapped to MCSE certification and covers exam number 70-227.

Objective

• Identify benefits of ISA Server 2000.
• Match caching methods with their functions.
• Identify characteristics of firewalls.
• Identify characteristics of an access policy.
• Create a schedule.
• Create a new bandwidth priority.

Topics Include

Unit 1: ISA Installation and Configuration

• Identify benefits of ISA Server 2000.
• Match caching methods with their functions.
• Identify characteristics of firewalls.
• Identify the functions of filters used in controlling network access.
• Identify characteristics of branch office Cache and Firewall servers.
• Identify characteristics of Enterprise Cache and Firewall servers.
• Identify system requirements for Standard and Enterprise editions of ISA Server 2000.
• Identify preinstallation tasks for ISA Server 2000.
• Select an installation mode.
• Identify guidelines for specifying the size for the cache.
• Identify characteristics of the Local Address Table (LAT).
• Configure the Local Address Table (LAT).
• Identify changes that occur when migrating from Proxy Server 2.0.
• Match common ISA Server 2000 installation problems with their solutions.
• Identify characteristics of clients supported by ISA Server 2000.
• Configure a Web Proxy client.
• Identify the guidelines for configuring a SecureNAT client.
• Install a firewall client.
• Identify client and server installation problems.
• Identify characteristics of ISA Management.
• Back up an array configuration.
• Identify characteristics of ISA Server 2000 service management.

Unit 2: Access Policy Elements and Caching

• Identify characteristics of an access policy.
• Create a schedule.
• Create a new bandwidth priority.
• Create destination sets.
• Create a client address set.
• Create a content group.
• Create a new protocol definition.
• Identify characteristics of access policy design.
• Create a protocol rule.
• Create a site and content rule.
• Create a new bandwidth rule.
• Match authentication methods with their characteristics.
• Configure an authentication method.
• Identify caching features of ISA Server 2000.
• Sequence the phases in the caching process for new objects.
• Match caching configuration options with their characteristics.
• Configure an expiration policy.
• Configure ISA Server 2000 for negative caching.
• Configure Web cache settings.
• Configure a scheduled content download.

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

• Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Part 2: Enterprise Deployment Considerations