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You Will Learn How To
- Install, manage and secure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- Restructure existing domains and migrate to Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
- Troubleshoot domain creation and manage Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) failures
- Configure Active Directory replication topology with sites
- Leverage Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODC) to implement database security
- Lessen the server attack surface with Windows Server Core
Course Benefits Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services includes features that allow organizations to simplify and secure deployment, and to administer AD DS more efficiently. In this comprehensive hands-on course, you gain the essential skills required to effectively manage and secure a high-availability AD enterprise and ensure a successful migration to Windows Server 2008 Active Directory.
Who Should Attend IT professionals who want to enhance their skills to support a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. A working knowledge of Windows Server 2003 AD or Course 960, " Windows Server 2008 Comprehensive Introduction," is assumed.
Hands-On Training Practical hands-on exercises provide experience installing, troubleshooting and securing the Active Directory. Exercises include:
- Revealing the AD infrastructure with DNS
- Upgrading a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
- Troubleshooting domain controller creation
- Removing superfluous domain and DC objects
- Correcting Active Directory service failures
- Configuring a reliable replication topology
- Creating and managing an RODC
- Installing domain services on Server Core
- Recovering deleted objects from the AD Recycle Bin
Course 962 Content Windows Server 2008 AD Fundamentals
- Exploring the AD infrastructure
- The role of DNS in an AD environment
Deploying a Windows Server 2008 AD
Upgrading existing AD environments
- Planning and preparing for the upgrade
- Analyzing supported paths
- Modifying the Active Directory with ADPREP
Managing domain controllers with Server Manager
- Adding and removing server roles
- Enhancing server functionality with features
- Analyzing security logs with Event Viewer
- Monitoring current server status
Creating the Active Directory Forest
Building domain controllers and domains
- Troubleshooting domain creation
- Working with new DCPROMO features
Cleaning up metadata from the AD
- Properly retiring domains and domain controllers
- Removing unwanted objects with NTDSUTIL
Managing Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) roles
- Documenting the role holders
- Transferring roles between domain controllers
- Recovering from FSMO failures
Planning and configuring Active Directory sites
- Creating sites to delineate the replication topology
- Defining site properties to control replication traffic
- Assigning clients to sites dynamically
Enumerating domain logon service requirements
- Assessing the impact of Global Catalog availability
- Analyzing the role of DNS
- Building a Kerberos time convergence hierarchy
Managing Active Directory Replication
The fundamentals of multimaster replication
- Identifying the Update Sequence Numbers (USN)
- Monitoring replication data with administrative tools
- Resolving data collision issues
Creating and customizing replication topology
- Analyzing the role of the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC)
- Monitoring intra- and inter-site replication
- Troubleshooting replication failures
- Controlling replication with site-links and site-link bridges
- Configuring site-link transitivity
Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)
- Minimizing the impact on network traffic with Remote Differential Compression (RDC)
- Migrating SYSVOL replication to DFSR
Recovering from Active Directory disasters
- Viewing and reanimating deleted objects
- Backing up and restoring the database
- Comparing authoritative and nonauthoritative restores
Securing the Active Directory
Enforcing object security
- Configuring security settings
- Utilizing inheritance to control object access
Leveraging AD auditing
- Monitoring object access
- Minimizing the impact of auditing on domain controller performance
Troubleshooting Active Directory services
- Diagnosing AD service failures
- Identifying AD service malfunctions with operating system tools
- Recovering from AD service failures
Installing a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)
- Setting a password replication policy
- Adding DNS and the Global Catalog to an RODC
- Delegating RODC management
Windows Server Core benefits
- Adding supported roles
- Building a domain controller on Server Core
Windows Server 2008 Functionality Modes
Domain functionality levels
- Setting the domain functionality
- Analyzing features at various domain functionality modes
Forest functionality levels
- Forest functionality requirements
- Setting the functionality of the forest
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