MS2282 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

Those who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems engineer in a Windows Server 2003-based environment.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a Microsoft Active Directory directory service and network infrastructure for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. The course is intended for systems engineers who are responsible for designing directory service and/or network infrastructures.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the process of designing an Active Directory infrastructure and a network infrastructure that supports Active Directory.
 
• Design a forest and domain infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Design a site infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Design a Group Policy structure that meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Design an administrative structure that meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Design a physical network structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Design a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Create a design for network connectivity that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Design a name resolution strategy that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
 
• Design a network access infrastructure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.

This course requires that students have already taken both the following courses or have equivalent experience:

• MS2278, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure and:

• MS2279, Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure

Module 1: Introduction to Designing an Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

Module 2: Designing a Forest and Domain Infrastructure

Module 3: Designing a Site Infrastructure

Module 4: Designing the Administrative Structure

Module 5: Designing for Group Policy  

Module 6: Designing the Physical Network

Module 7: Designing for Network Connectivity

Module 8: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy

Module 9: Designing the Network Access Infrastructure

This workshop will help students prepare for this Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

• Exam 70-297: Designing a MicrosoftWindows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

The exam does not form part of the course.