Description: This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. The course is intended for systems administrator and systems engineer candidates who are responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining server networking technologies. These tasks include implementing routing; implementing, managing, and maintaining Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS); securing Internet Protocol (IP) traffic with Internet Protocol security (IPSec) and certificates; implementing a network access infrastructure by configuring the connections for remote access clients; and managing and monitoring network access.
This is the fourth course in the Systems Administrator and Systems Engineer track for Windows Server 2003, and it is the final course in the Systems Administrator track.
Days: 5
Prerequisites: Before attending this course, students must have completed Course 2276, Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Hosts, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.
Audience: This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.
Module 1: Allocating IP Addressing by Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to allocate IP addressing in a network environment.
Lessons
· Multimedia: The Role of DHCP in the Network Infrastructure
· Adding and Authorizing a DHCP Server Service
· Configuring a DHCP Scope
· Configuring DHCP Reservations and Options
· Configuring a DHCP Relay Agent
Lab A: Identifying and Resolving Common Issues When Allocating IP Addressing by Using DHCP
Module 2: Managing and Monitoring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to manage the DHCP service to reflect changing client IP addressing needs. It also provides you with the knowledge and skills to monitor DHCP server performance, because the DHCP environment is dynamic.
Lessons
· Managing a DHCP Database
· Monitoring DHCP
· Applying Security Guidelines for DHCP
Lab A: Managing and Monitoring DHCP
Module 3: Resolving Names
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to assign computer names to the IP addresses of the source and destination hosts, and then use the computer name to contact the hosts.
Lessons
· Multimedia: Introduction to the Name Resolution Process
· Viewing Names on a Client
· Configuring Host Name Resolution
· Configuring NetBIOS Name Resolution
Lab A: Resolving Names
Module 4: Resolving Host Names by Using Domain Name System (DNS)
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to resolve host names by using Domain Name System.
Lessons
· Multimedia: The Role of DNS in the Network Infrastructure
· Installing the DNS Server Service
· Configuring the DNS Server Service
· Configuring the DNS Zones
· Configuring DNS Zone Transfers
· Configuring a DNS Client
Lab A: Resolving Host Names by Using Domain Name System
Module 5: Integrating Domain Name System and Active Directory
This module provides you with the ability to manage integration between Active Directory directory service and Domain Name System (DNS).
Lessons
· Configuring Active Directory Integrated Zones
· Configuring DNS Dynamic Updates
· Understanding How Active Directory Uses DNS
Lab A: Integrating DNS and Active Directory
Module 6: Managing and Monitoring Domain Name System (DNS)
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to manage and monitor DNS servers to ensure that they are functioning properly and to optimize network performance.
Lessons
· Managing DNS Records
· Testing the DNS Server Configuration
· Monitoring DNS Server Performance
Lab A: Managing and Monitoring DNS
Module 7: Resolving NetBIOS Names by Using Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to use WINS to register NetBIOS names and resolve them to IP addresses.
Lessons
· Multimedia: The Role of WINS in the Network Infrastructure
· Installing and Configuring a WINS Server
· Managing Records in WINS
· Configuring WINS Replication
· Managing the WINS database
Module 8: Configuring Routing by Using Routing and Remote Access
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to configure a routing solution for your network environment.
Lessons
· Multimedia: The Role of Routing in the Network Infrastructure
· Enabling and Configuring the Routing and Remote Access Service
· Configuring Packet Filters
Lab A: Configuring Routing by Using Routing and Remote Access
Module 9: Securing Network Traffic by Using IPSec and Certificates
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to secure network traffic and to use certificates with IPSec for increased security.
Lessons
· Implementing IPSec
· Understanding IPSec Deployment Scenarios
· Monitoring IPSec
Module 10: Configuring Network Access
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to configure a server with the Routing and Remote Access service, create appropriate remote access connections on a network access server, and configure users' access rights.
Lessons
· Introduction to a Network Access Infrastructure
· Configuring VPN Access
· Configuring Dial-up Access
· Configuring Wireless Access
· Controlling User Access to a Network
· Centralizing Network Access Authentication by Using IAS
· Protecting Remote Access by Using Network Access Quarantine
Module 11: Managing and Monitoring Network Access
This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to manage and monitor network access.
Lessons
· Managing the Network Access Services
· Configuring Logging on a Network Access Server
· Collecting and Monitoring Network Access Data
Lab A: Managing and Monitoring Remote Access