Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Environment - MCSA 70-290

ZMSC-025 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Environment - MCSA 70-290 (36 hours)
Fee:  $1,995 includes Microsoft student materials

 Fall 2007  Call for Schedule

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Course Description

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are required to manage accounts and resources, maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data in a Microsoft Windows Server�"� 2003 environment. The course is a combination of lectures and  interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

This is the first course in the Systems Administrator and Systems Engineer tracks for Windows Server 2003 and serves as the entry point for other courses in the Windows Server 2003 curriculum.

This course covers the same material that Microsoft courses 2274 & 2275 or 2273.

Audience

This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students should  have 

  • CompTIA Network+ certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.
  • A working knowledge of PC Hardware 

Microsoft Certified Exams

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam: Exam 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Skills Covered Include

Introduction to Windows Server 2003

  • Topic A: Windows Server 2003 Editions

  • Topic B: Windows networking concepts overview

  • Topic C: Network management and maintenance overview

  • Topic D: Introduction to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

Managing hardware devices

  • Topic A: Managing hardware and device drivers

  • Topic B: Hardware resource settings

  • Topic C: Configuring device driver signing

  • Topic D: Roll Back Driver feature

  • Topic E: Configuring processor and memory settings

  • Topic F: Hardware profiles

  • Topic G: Configuring power options

Creating and managing user accounts

  • Topic A: Introduction to user accounts

  • Topic B: User authentication

  • Topic C: User profiles

  • Topic D: Managing user accounts

  • Topic E: Troubleshooting user account and authentication issues

Managing group and computer accounts

  • Topic A: Introduction to group accounts

  • Topic B: Creating group objects

  • Topic C: Managing security groups

  • Topic D: Creating and managing computer accounts

Managing file access

  • Topic A: Windows Server 2003 file systems

  • Topic B: Creating and managing shared folders

  • Topic C: NTFS permissions

  • Topic D: Combining shared folder and NTFS permissions

  • Topic E: Converting partitions to NTFS

Managing disks and data storage

  • Topic A: Disk management concepts

  • Topic B: Managing partitions and volumes

  • Topic C: Fault tolerant disk strategies

  • Topic D: Monitoring disk health and importing foreign disks

  • Topic E: Other disk maintenance and management utilities

Advanced file system management

  • Topic A: File and folder attributes

  • Topic B: Advanced attributes

  • Topic C: Disk quotas

  • Topic D: Distributed File System

Managing printers

  • Topic A: Windows Server 2003 printing concepts

  • Topic B: Installing and sharing printer resources

  • Topic C: Configuring and managing printer resources

  • Topic D: Publishing printers in Active Directory

  • Topic E: Troubleshooting printer problems

Using Group Policy

  • Topic A: Introduction to Group Policy

  • Topic B: Managing Group Policy inheritance

  • Topic C: Deploying software using Group Policy

Server administration

  • Topic A: Network administration procedures

  • Topic B: Configuring Terminal Services and Remote Desktop for Administration

  • Topic C: Delegating administrative authority

  • Topic D: Software Update Services

Monitoring server performance

  • Topic A: Introduction to server monitoring

  • Topic B: Event Viewer

  • Topic C: Performance console

  • Topic D: Configuring and managing services

Managing backups and disaster recovery

  • Topic A: Backing up and restoring data

  • Topic B: Shadow Copies of Shared Folders

  • Topic C: Automated System Recovery

  • Topic D: Advanced Startup Options

  • Topic E: The Recovery Console

Administering Web resources

  • Topic A: Installing and configuring Internet Information Services

  • Topic B: Creating and configuring Web-site virtual servers

  • Topic C: Configuring authentication for Web sites

  • Topic D: Configuring FTP virtual servers

  • Topic E: Maintaining IIS server security

  • Topic F: Using Remote Administration (HTML) tools

  • Topic G: Configuring Internet Printing

  • Topic H: Troubleshooting Web client connectivity

Windows Server 2003 security features

  • Topic A: Securing a Windows 2003 system

  • Topic B: Using Security Configuration Manager tools

  • Topic C: Auditing access to resources and analyzing security logs

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