Course 1561: Three days; Instructor-Led or eLearning
Introduction
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design a
Microsoft Windows® 2000 directory services infrastructure in an enterprise network.
Strategies are presented to assist the student in identifying the information technology
needs of an organization, and then designing an Active Directory™ structure that meets
those needs.
At Course Completion
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe guidelines for gathering business and administrative information from an organization, and explain how an architect uses that information to design an Active Directory structure for an enterprise.
- Design an Active Directory naming strategy that accommodates the organizational structure of a business.
- Develop a plan to secure and delegate administrative authority over Active Directory objects based on the administrative model of an organization.
- Identify business needs and scenarios that may require modification of the Active Directory schema, and plan a policy to govern schema modification.
- Create an Active Directory design based on administrative Group Policy requirements defined by business needs.
- Design an Active Directory domain and the organizational unit hierarchy within the domain.
- Identify situations where a multiple-domain Active Directory structure may be necessary to meet the administrative and security needs of an organization, and then design a structure that meets those needs.
- Design a site topology for managing Active Directory replication that fulfills the administrative needs of an organization, and that optimizes the available bandwidth of the physical network.
- Plan for the design of an Active Directory structure that combines administrative, replication, and naming requirements of an organization.
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Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified
Professional exam:
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must meet the following requirements:
The course materials, lectures, and lab exercises are in English. To benefit fully
from our instruction, students need an understanding of the English language and completion
of the prerequisites.
Course Materials
All course materials will be included in a self-extracting file that students will be
able to download from the Microsoft Training and Certification Web site.
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Course Outline
Day 1
Module 1: Introduction to Designing a Directory Services Infrastructure
Topics:
Role of Active Directory in an Enterprise Network
Conducting an Organizational Analysis
Architectural Elements of Active Directory
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Describe the function and business benefits of Active Directory in an enterprise network.
- Describe the process of gathering and documenting information from an organization that will impact the design of an Active Directory structure.
- Identify the architectural elements of Active Directory and describe how these elements are used to design an Active Directory structure.
Module 2: Designing an Active Directory Naming Strategy
Topics:
Identifying Business Needs
DNS and Active Directory
Planning Active Directory Domain Names
Designing a DNS Naming Strategy for Active Directory
Lab:
Designing an Active Directory Naming Strategy
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Determine the directory naming needs of an organization.
- Plan for directory-integrated DNS to reduce overall network traffic.
- Select appropriate domain names for Active Directory.
- Design a DNS naming strategy for Active Directory.
Module 3: Designing Active Directory to Delegate Administrative Authority
Topics:
Identifying Business Needs
Characterizing the IT Organization
Developing a Strategy for Administrative Design
Developing a Strategy for Delegation
Labs:
Designing Delegated Administration
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Identify the administrative needs of an organization that impact an Active Directory design.
- Characterize the type of Information Technology (IT) organizational support as it impacts the design of an Active Directory structure.
- Plan for hierarchical design of Active Directory structure to support different IT organizational types.
- Develop a strategy for delegating administrative authority.
Day 2
Module 4: Designing a Schema Policy
Topics:
Identifying Business Needs
Schema Fundamentals
Implications of Modifying the Schema
Planning for Schema Modification
Lab:
Modifying the Schema
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Identify organizational needs that require schema modification.
- Describe schema components and fundamentals of schema modification.
- Describe how schema modification impacts Active Directory and network performance.
- Design policies for governing schema modifications.
Module 5: Designing Active Directory to Support Group Policy
Topics:
Identifying Business Needs
Applying Group Policy in Active Directory
Planning for Group Policy
Labs:
Designing Group Policy and a Supporting Active Directory Structure
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Identify administrative needs that can be addressed through Group Policy.
- Determine the appropriate site, domain, or organizational unit level at which to apply Group Policy.
- Design a Group Policy plan based on the administrative needs of an organization and design an Active Directory
Module 6: Designing an Active Directory Domain
Topics:
Identifying Business Needs
Designing the Initial Active Directory Domain
Planning for Security Groups
Planning for OUs
Labs:
Designing a Group and Organizational Unit Strategy
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Identify business needs that impact a domain design.
- Design the initial Active Directory domain, and explain the importance of the initial root domain.
- Develop a security group strategy.
- Develop a hierarchical OU structure within a domain.
Day 3
Module 7: Designing a Multiple Domain Structure
Topics:
Identifying Business Needs
Accessing Resources Between Domains
Planning for Multiple-Domain Trees
Planning for Multiple-Tree Forests
Planning for Multiple Forests
Lab:
Designing a Multiple-Domain Structure
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Identify criteria for determining whether a single or multiple domain structure is necessary to meet business needs.
- Describe the trust relationships inherent in multiple domain structures.
- Plan a multiple-domain tree.
- Plan a multiple-tree forest.
- Plan multiple forests.
Module 8: Designing an Active Directory Site Topology
Topics:
Using Sites in Active Directory
Assessing the Need for Active Directory Sites
Using Site Links in a Network
Planning the Inter-Site Replication Topology
Planning for Server Placement in Sites
Labs:
Planning Sites to Control Active Directory Replication
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Describe the purpose of sites and their role in Active Directory replication.
- Assess the need for Active Directory sites.
- Plan for the creation of site links and site link bridges.
- Plan an inter-site replication topology.
- Plan the placement of servers running Active Directory to manage replication traffic.
Module 9: Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure
Topics:
Conducting an Organizational Analysis
Designing an Active Directory Structure
Creating a Functional Specification
Labs:
Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure
Skills:
Students will be able
to:
- Form a team to conduct an organizational analysis to determine business and administrative needs that impact the design of an Active Directory structure.
- Design an Active Directory structure that satisfies the business and administrative needs of an organization.
- Complete the design process by creating a functional specification that establishes an agreement between the architect planning team and the organization.
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