What you'll learn?

After completing this course, students will be able to design an Active Directory infrastructure and services in Windows Server 2008.

Description

At the end of this course, students will learn how to design an Active Directory Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008. Students will learn how to design Active Directory forests, domain infrastructure, sites and replication, administrative structures, group policies, and Public Key Infrastructures. Students will also learn how to design for security, high availability, disaster recovery, and migrations.

Audience :

This course is intended for Windows Server 2008 IT professionals who want to become Windows Server 2008 enterprise administrators and move into the role of designing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments.

Topics :

Designing an Active Directory Forest Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008

o  Determining Active Directory Forest Design Requirements

o  Designing an Active Directory Forest

o  Designing Active Directory Forest Trusts

o  Managing the Active Directory Schema

o  Understanding Windows Time Service

Designing an Active Directory Domain Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008

o  Designing Active Directory Domains

o  Designing the Integration of DNS Namespaces

o  Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers

o  Designing Active Directory Domain Trusts

Designing Active Directory Sites and Replication in Windows Server 2008

o  Designing Active Directory Sites

o  Designing AD DS Replication

o  Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers in AD DS Sites

Designing Active Directory Domain Administrative Structures in Windows Server 2008

o  Planning an Active Directory Domain Administrative Structure

o  Designing Organizational Unit Structures

o  Designing an Active Directory Group Strategy

o  Planning for User and Computer Account Management

Designing Active Directory Group Policy in Windows Server 2008

o  Gathering Information for Group Policy Deployment

o  Designing Group Policy Settings

o  Designing Group Policy Processing

o  Designing Group Policy Management

Designing AD DS Security in Windows Server 2008

o  Designing Active Directory Security Policies

o  Designing Active Directory Domain Controller Security

o  Designing Administrator Security and Delegation

Designing Active Directory High Availability in Windows Server 2008

o  Understanding AD DS High Availability

o  Designing an AD DS High Availability Strategy

Designing AD DS Disaster Recovery in Windows Server 2008

o  Designing an Active Directory Database Maintenance Strategy

o  Designing an Active Directory Backup and Recovery Strategy

o  Designing an AD DS Monitoring Strategy

Designing Public Key Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008

o  Overview of PKI and Active Directory Certificate Services

o  Designing a Certification Authority Hierarchy

o  Designing Certificate Template

o  Designing Certificate Distribution and Revocation

Designing an AD RMS Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008

o  Gathering Information for an Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) Design

o  Designing AD RMS Clusters and Access

o  Designing AD RMS Backup and Recovery

Designing an Active Directory Federation Services Implementation in Windows Server 2008

o  Overview of an Active Directory Federation Services Design

o  Designing a Business-to-Business Federation

o  Designing Active Directory Federation Services Claims and Applications

Designing an AD LDS Implementation

o  AD LDS Deployment Scenarios

o  Overview of an AD LDS Implementation Design

o  Designing AD LDS Schema and Replication

o  Integrating AD LDS with AD DS

Designing Active Directory Migrations in Windows Server 2008

o  Choosing an Active Directory Migration Strategy

o  Designing a Domain Upgrade Strategy

o  Designing a Domain Restructure Strategy

Prerequisities :

Recommended Knowledge :

Before attending this course, students must have: Completion of Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) Windows Server 2008 curriculum or equivalent knowledge and skills; Knowledge of Windows Vista Terminal Services or Deployment Terminal Services.

Recommended Course(s) :

Category :

  • Networking

Training Materials :

Microsoft Official Courseware (MOC)

Labs :

This course includes several labs to ensure you will gain the targeted skills and experience.

Credential :

This course is a credit towards Microsoft Certified IT Professional MCITP: Enterprise Administrator