West Los Angeles College

MCSE Detailed Course Descriptions

Introduction to Windows Active Directory Services

Course Number: CS984

This course introduces you to Windows 2003 Active Directory and prepares you to plan, configure, and administer your Active Directory infrastructure. You will learn to configure Domain Name System (DNS) to manage name resolution, schema, and replication. You will also learn to use Active Directory to centrally manage users, groups, shared folders, and network resources, and to administer the user environment and software with group policy. This course shows you how to implement and troubleshoot security in a directory services infrastructure and monitor and optimize Acitive Directory performance. You also learn to deploy Windows 2003 remotely using Remote Installation Services (RIS).

At course completion, students will be able to:

  • Describe the logical and physical components of Active Directory.
  • Create and configure a forest and domain structure by using an Active
  • Directory infrastructure design.
  • Plan and implement an organizational unit structure.
  • Plan and implement Active Directory user, group, and computer accounts.
  • Plan and implement a Group Policy strategy to centrally manage users and computers in an enterprise.
  • Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot software that is deployed using Group Policy.
  • Implement sites to manage and monitor Active Directory replication.
  • Plan and implement the placement of domain controllers, global catalog servers, and DNS servers that are integrated with Active Directory.
  • Plan and manage operations masters.
  • Back up, restore, and maintain Active Directory.
  • Plan and implement an Active Directory infrastructure that is based on a directory service design that an enterprise architect provides.

    Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

    This course helps you prepare for the following certified professional exams:

    Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
    Exam 70-297: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

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