COURSE NAME: 2273-Managing & Maintaining 2003 Environment (2274/2275) (4050)

Course length: 5 days

Overview:

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are required to manage accounts and resources, maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment.

This is the first course in the Systems Administrator and Systems Engineer tracks for Windows Server 2003 and serves as the entry point for other courses in the Windows Server 2003 curriculum.

Prerequesite Courses:

• A+ Operating Systems (4010) or equivalent knowledge
• Network+ (4011) or equivalent knowledge

Performance-based Objectives:

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Create and populate organizational units with user and computer accounts.
• Manage user and computer accounts.
• Create and manage groups.
• Manage access to resources.
• Implement printing.
• Manage printing.
• Manage access to objects in organizational units.
• Implement Group Policy.
• Manage the user and computer environment by using Group Policy.
• Audit accounts and resources.
• Prepare to administer server resources.
• Configure a server to monitor system performance.
• Monitor system performance.
• Manage device drivers by configuring device driver signing and restoring a device driver.
• Manage hard disks.
• Manage data storage.
• Manage disaster recovery.
• Maintain software by using Microsoft Software Update Services.

Course content:

Part 1: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Unit 1: Introduction to Administering Accounts and Resources

• Multimedia: Introduction to Administering Accounts and Resources
• The Windows Server 2003 Family
• Logging on to Windows Server 2003
• Installing and Configuring Administrative Tools
• Creating User Accounts
• Creating Computer Accounts
• Creating an Organizational Unit

Unit 2: Managing User and Computer Accounts

• Modifying Users and Computer Account Properties
• Enabling and Unlocking User and Computer Accounts
• Creating a User Account Template
• Locating User and Computer Accounts in Active Directory
• Saving Queries
• Resetting User and Computer Accounts
• Moving Domain Objects

Unit 3: Managing Groups

• Creating Groups
• Managing Group Membership
• Strategies for Using Groups
• Modifying Groups
• Using Default Groups
• Best Practices for Managing Groups

Unit 4: Managing Access to Resources

• Overview of Managing Access to Resources
• Managing Access to Shared Folders
• Managing Access to Files and Folders Using NTFS Permissions
• Determining Effective Permissions
• Managing Access to Shared Files Using Offline Caching

Unit 5: Implementing Printing

• Multimedia: Introduction to Printing in the Windows Server 2003 Family
• Installing and Sharing Printers
• Managing Access to Printers Using Shared Printer Permissions
• Managing Printer Drivers
• Implementing Printer Locations

Unit 6: Managing Printing

• Changing the Location of the Print Spooler
• Setting Printer Priorities
• Scheduling Printer Availability
• Configuring a Printing Pool

Unit 7: Managing Access to Objects in Organizational Units

• Multimedia: The Role of the Organizational Unit
• Modifying Permissions for Active Directory Objects
• Delegating Control of Organizational Units

Unit 8: Implementing Group Policy

• Implementing GPOs
• Implementing GPOs on a Domain
• Managing the Deployment of Group Policy

Unit 9: Managing the User Environment by Using Group Policy

• Configuring Group Policy Settings
• Assigning Scripts with Group Policy
• Configuring Folder Redirection
• Determining Applied GPOs

Unit 10: Introduction to Security in Windows Server 2003

• Overview of Security in Windows Server 2003
• Using Security Templates to Secure Computers
• Testing Computer Security Policy
• Configuring Auditing
• Managing Security Logs

Part 2: Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Unit 1: Preparing to Administer a Server

• Administering a Server
• Configuring Remote Desktop to Administer a Server
• Managing Remote Desktop Connections

Unit 2: Preparing to Monitor Server Performance

• Introduction to Monitoring Server Performance
• Performing Real-Time and Logged Monitoring
• Configuring and Managing Counter Logs
• Configuring Alerts

Unit 3: Monitoring Server Performance

• Monitoring Server Memory
• Monitoring Processor Usage
• Monitoring Disks
• Monitoring Network Usage

Unit 4: Maintaining Device Drivers

• Configuring Device Driver Signing Options
• Using Device Driver Rollback

Unit 5: Managing Disks

• Preparing Disks
• Managing Disk Properties
• Managing Mounted Drives
• Converting Disks
• Creating Volumes
• Importing a Foreign Disk

Unit 6: Managing Data Storage

• Managing File Compression
• Configuring File Encryption
• Implementing Disk Quotas

Unit 7: Managing Disaster Recovery

• Preparing for Disaster Recovery
• Backing Up Data
• Scheduling Backup Jobs
• Restoring Data
• Recovering from Server Failure
• Selecting Disaster Recovery Methods

Unit 8: Maintaining Software by Using Software Update Services

• Introduction to Software Update Services
• Installing and Configuring Software Update Services
• Managing a Software Update Services Infrastructure