Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

Module 2: Designing a Forest and Domain Infrastructure

This module covers the first major design decisions when creating an Active Directory and network infrastructure. The Active Directory logical structure and the design of forests and domains. Key elements of the forest and domain design are naming and in the case of a multiple-forest design trusts. These decisions must take into account any existing structure and provide a migration solution from the existing structure to the new design.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Module 3: Designing a Site Infrastructure

This module explains how to design a site topology to organize the Windows Server 2003 network in your organization and optimize the exchange of data and directory information.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Module 4: Designing the Administrative Structure

This module explains how to design your administrative structure to delegate authority and simplify administrative overhead and design an organizational unit structure in a Windows Server 2003 environment.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Module 5: Designing for Group Policy

This module describes how to gather and analyze business requirements and other data and then use that data to design a Group Policy structure and integrate the structure into an organizational unit design. It describes the role of Group Policy in the Active Directory infrastructure and factors in choosing particular implementations such as security software deployment and administrative requirements. The module also covers why and how to design a change management structure.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Module 6: Designing the Physical Network

This module describes how to gather business requirements and other data and then analyze and use that data to design the physical network. It explains how to design a connectivity infrastructure with considerations for intrasite and intersite connectivity router placement connection types and virtual private networks (VPNs). It also describes how to design a domain controller structure and how to use the Active Directory Sizer tool.

The module also covers why and how to design a change management structure for networking including monitoring. Finally the students will create a physical network according to a scenario.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Module 7: Designing for Network Connectivity

This module describes how to design networking services for connectivity and protocol requirements for organizations. Also this module describes networking solutions that establish a network foundation provide access to public networks and support network-based applications and authentication methods.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Module 8: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy

This module describes the relationship between Active Directory and DNS domain names Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) and other name-resolution strategies.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Module 9: Designing the Network Access Infrastructure

This module describes how to design a network access infrastructure by gathering relevant data and then analyzing and using that data to design for network access security remote access and wireless access. The module includes strategies for authentication administration access monitoring interoperability and user education.

Module Objectives

After completing this module students will be able to:

Related Exams

This workshop will help students prepare for this Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

Student Pre-Requisites

This course requires that students meet the following prerequisites:

—OR—

Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Program Goals

After completing this course students will be able to: