Implementing Active Directory Domain Services with Windows 2008 Server Operating System

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Vendor: 
Microsoft
Subject: 
Networking
Overview: 

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills in configuring, managing, and supporting user and computer accounts, groups, Domain Name System zones and client settings; group policy objects; the new Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service and Active Directory Rights Management Service; backup and recovery; and communication security in Windows 2008 Server based Active Directory environments.

Course Contents: 

Module 1: Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory
Lessons

  • Configure zones: May include but is not limited to: Dynamic DNS (DDNS), Non-dynamic DNS (NDDNS), and Secure Dynamic DNS (SDDNS), Time to Live (TTL), GlobalNames, Primary, Secondary, Active Directory Integrated, Stub, SOA, zone scavenging, forward/reverse lookup
  • Configure DNS server settings: May include but is not limited to: forwarding, root hints, configure zone delegation, round robin, disable recursion, debug logging, server scavenging
  • Configure zone transfers and replication: May include but is not limited to: configure replication scope (forestDNSzone, domainDNSzone), incremental zone transfers, DNS Notify, secure zone transfers, configure name servers, application directory partitions

    Module 2: Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure
    Lessons

  • Configure a forest or a domain: May include but is not limited to: remove a domain, perform an unattended installation, Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) v3 (pruning and grafting), raise forest and domain functional levels, interoperability with previous versions of Active Directory, alternate user principal name (UPN) suffix, forestprep, domainprep
  • Configure trusts: May include but is not limited to: forest trust, selective authentication versus forest-wide authentication, transitive trust, external trust, shortcut trust, SID filtering
  • Configure sites: May include but is not limited to: create Active Directory subnets, configure site links, configure site link costing, configure sites infrastructure
  • Configure Active Directory replication: May include but is not limited to: Distributed File System, one-way replication, Bridgehead server, replication scheduling, configure replication protocols, force intersite replication
  • Configure the global catalog: May include but is not limited to: Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC), partial attribute set, promote to global catalog
  • Configure operations masters: May include but is not limited to: seize and transfer, backup operations master, operations master placement, Schema Master, extending the schema, time service

    Module 3: Configuring Additional Active Directory Server Roles
    Lessons

  • Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS): May include but is not limited to: migration to AD LDS, configure data within AD LDS, configure an authentication server, server core, Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
  • Configure Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS): May include but is not limited to: certificate request and installation, self-enrollments, delegation, Active Directory Metadirectory Services (AD MDS), Windows Server virtualization
  • Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC): May include but is not limited to: unidirectional replication, Administrator role separation, read-only DNS, BitLocker, credential caching, password replication, syskey, Windows Server virtualization
  • Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS): May include but is not limited to: install AD FS server role, exchange certificate with AD FS agents, configure trust policies, configure user and group claim mapping, Windows Server virtualization
    • Prerequisites: 
  • Have basic Windows and Active Directory knowledge. For example, domain user accounts, domain vs. local user accounts, user profiles, and group membership
  • Worked on or in Windows Server 2000/2003 Active Directory Environment or have the equivalent knowledge and skills on other NOS environments.
    • Benefits: 

    Credit towards professional certification exam MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration, MCITP: Server Administrator, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

    Audience: 

    The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 credential is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium to large companies. The MCTS candidate should have a minimum of one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system to earn one of the following certification MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration and
    MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration.

    Materials Available: 
    Yes
    Duration: 
    24 hours
    For more information on Implementing Active Directory Domain Services with Windows 2008 Server Operating System please feel free to contact us online or call us at 416-513-1535.