Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory And Network Infrastructure

Overview:

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a Microsoft Active Directory directory service and network infrastructure for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment.

Who Should Attend:

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a Microsoft Active Directory directory service and network infrastructure for a Microsoft Windows Serverä 2003 environment.

At Course Completion:

After completing this course, students will be able to: - Describe the process of designing an Active Directory infrastructure and a network infrastructure that supports Active Directory. - Design a forest and domain infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization. - Design a site infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization. - Design a Group Policy structure that meets the needs of an organization. - Design an administrative structure that meets the needs of an organization. - Design a physical network structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization. - Design a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization. - Create a design for network connectivity that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization. - Design a name resolution strategy that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization. - Design a network access infrastructure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Designing an Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

• Explain basic design principles.
• Describe the process of and the tasks involved in designing an Active Directory infrastructure.

Lesson 2: Designing a Forest and Domain Infrastructure

• Gather and analyze the information that you need to design a forest and domain infrastructure.
• Create a logical forest design.
• Create a domain design.
• Design a DNS namespace strategy for forests and domains.
• Create a trust strategy for forests.
• Determine a migration plan for the existing infrastructure.
• Design a schema management policy.

Lesson 3: Designing a Site Infrastructure

• Determine the information needed to design a site infrastructure.
• Create a site design.
• Modify the site design for replication.
• Determine the placement of domain controllers in the site design.
• Determine the placement of global catalog servers in the site design.
• Determine the placement of single operations masters in the site design.

Lesson 4: Designing the Administrative Structure

• Determine the information needed to design an administrative structure.
• Design a network administration model.
• Design an organizational unit structure.
• Design an account strategy.

Lesson 5: Designing for Group Policy

• Determine the information needed to design for Group Policy.
• Design a Group Policy structure.
• Create an organization unit (OU) structure for Group Policy.
• Create a Group Policy management design.

Lesson 6: Designing the Physical Network

• Explain the preparation necessary to design a network infrastructure.
• Create an IP addressing scheme.
• Design a DHCP infrastructure.
• Design a change management structure for networking.

Lesson 7: Designing for Network Connectivity

• Determine the information that you need to design for network connectivity.
• Evaluate connection types.
• Design a connectivity infrastructure.
• Create a design for Internet connectivity.

Lesson 8: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy

• Determine the information needed to design a name-resolution strategy.
• Design a strategy for interoperability with Active Directory, BIND, WINS, and DHCP.
• Design a WINS replication strategy.
• Design a name resolution strategy for clients.

Lesson 9: Designing the Network Access Infrastructure

• Gather data for network access design.
• Design network access security.
• Design remote access methods.
• Design a remote access infrastructure.
• Design a wireless access infrastructure.