Active Directory Services - Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Overview

Configuring Server 2008 ADS 1.0 is highly recommended for any individual responsible for Windows Server 2008 Active Directory environments. This Microsoft  training course provides learners with the knowledge and skills to configure Active Directory Domain Services in a distributed environment, implement Group Policies, perform backup and restore, and monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory related issues, as well as the ability to configure identity and access solutions.

Skills Learned

After completing this Microsoft training course, the student should be able to:

• Create a forest or domain and raise the forest and domain functional level
• Recognize the functions of the ADMT
• Configure sites and subnets
• Recognize the operations masters and their roles
• Recognize how to remove a domain
• Configure a trust
• Recognize the features of RODCs and install an RODC in a forest
• Recognize the new features of Active Directory Rights Management Services
• Recognize the features of Active Directory Certificate Services
• Recognize the features of AD RMS and configure AD RMS
• Install role services
• Configure the web server
• Configure the federation server
• Distinguish between the domain account policies
• Create and edit a GPO using the GPMC
• Recognize the features of GPO administrative and security templates
• Configure administrative templates
• Recognize the new features in the Windows Server 2008 DNS server
• Identify the advantages of integrating DNS with AD DS

Who Should Attend This Course?

This course provides training for a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 credential and as such, it is intended for Microsoft IT professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium-sized to large companies. In keeping with the requirements of the Microsoft MCTS exams, it is recommended that students have a minimum of one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics:

• 250 to 500 or more users
• Three or more physical locations
• Three or more domain controllers
• Various network services and resources such as messaging, database, file and print and client computer management
• Connectivity requirements, such as interconnecting multiple offices and individual users in remote locations

Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this Microsoft training course, students should possess a fundamental knowledge of Microsoft server technologies and the Microsoft Active Directory as used in previous versions of the operating system, as well as a general understanding of basic networking principles.

Course Outline

Module 1: The Active Directory Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008

- Plan and Create the Active Directory Infrastructure
- Install Windows Server 2008
- The Active Directory Migration Tool
- Expand Your Organization
- DNS and Active Directory
- Modify and Remove Domains
- Trusts and Trust Relationships

Module 2: Additional Active Directory Server Roles in Windows Server 2008

- Read-Only Domain Controllers
- Active Directory Service Server Roles
- Active Directory Certificate Services
- Ad Rights Management Service
- Active Directory Federation Services

Module 3: Active Directory Objects in Windows Server 2008

- Create and Maintain Active Directory Objects
- Manage Active Directory Objects
- Account Policies
- Fine-Grained Policies

Module 4: Group Policy Objects Strategy In Windows Server 2008

- Create and Apply Group Policy Objects
- Group Policy Object Templates
- Group Policy Deployment Objects
- The Group Policy Management Console
- Configure Audit Policy Using Group Policy

Module 5: Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2008

- DNS Server Features
- DNS Lookups
- Configure DNS Server Settings
- Configure Zones
- Configure Zone Transfers and Replication

Module 6: Active Directory Certificate Services in Windows Server 2008

- Install Active Directory Certificate Services
- Configure Ca Server Settings
- Manage Certificate Templates
- Manage Enrollments
- Certificate Revocation

Module 7: Communications and Security in Windows Server 2008

- Secure Active Directory
- System User Accounts
- Using IPSec
- Read-Only Domain Controllers

Module 8: Monitoring, Backups, And Recovery in Windows Server 2008

- Monitor Active Directory
- Offline Maintenance
- Configure Backups
- Configure Recovery