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Windows 2003
Active Directory Design and Implementation
3 Days
Design an Active Directory environment
Implement domains, trees and forests effectively
Create effective Active Directory organisational units
Secure Active Directory
Implement policies using Group Policy
Manage Active Directory replication
Backup and recover Active Directory
Delegates should be familiar with day to day administration of windows 2003 servers as can be gained from our Windows 2003 Server Administration course.
Introducing Directory Services
What is a Directory Service
Benefits of Active Directory
Active Directory Structure: Hierarchical Structure
Object-Orient Design Benefits
Multimaster Domain Replication
Directory Service Anatomy
Understanding DNS, WINS & NDS Directories
Domain Naming Service
Windows Internet Naming Service
Novell Directory Services
Examining X.500 Directory Services
What is X.500
The X.500 Specification
Designing Active Directory
The Schema
Creating a Directory
Accessing the Directory
Making Information Accessible to People
Directory Access Protocol
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Microsoft Domain Environments
What is a Domain
Authenticating Users
Establishing Domain Trusts
The 4 Domain Models
Active Directory Benefits
The Goals of Active Directory
Enterprise Wide Management
Uniform Naming Conventions
Active Directory in the Windows 2003 Architecture
Designing the Active Directory
Active Directory Domains
Active Directory Trees
Active Directory Forests
Active Directory Server Functions
Implementing Active Directory
Installing Active Directory
Creating Organisational Units
Creating Users and Group Scopes: Local, Global & Universal Groups
Creating Other Objects: Printers, Contacts and Shares
Securing the Environment
Overview of Kerberos
Kerberos Authentication
Installing Certificate Services
Object Security in Active Directory
Designing an Administrative Control Strategy
Delegating Administrative Control
Implementing Group Policies
What are Group Policies?
Policy Objects within Active Directory
Configuring Group Policy Settings
Group Policy Inheritance
Using the RSOP Management Tool
Software Management with Group Policy
Introduction to Software Deployment
Understanding Windows Installer
Deploying Software with Group Policy
Maintaining Deployed Software
Troubleshooting Software Deployment
Modifying the Active Directory Schema
What is the Schema?
Setting Schema Security Settings
Modifying the Schema
Adding/Removing Attributes
Troubleshooting the Schema
Managing Active Directory Replication
Introduction to Active Directory Replication
Controlling Active Directory Replication
Active Directory Sites
The Replication Processes
Examining Replication Topology
Monitoring Replication Traffic
Configuring Replication Times
Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication
Active Directory Operations Masters
Introduction to the Roles of Operations Masters
Determine the Holder of an Operations Master Role
Managing Operations Master Failures
Backup and Recovery of Active Directory
Which files should be backed up?
Using the Windows Backup Utility
Non-Authoritative Restore
Authoritative Restore
Migrating to Active Directory
Options for Migration
Windows NT4 to Windows 2003 Migration
Using the ADMT v2 Tool