2209A Expert Track: Updating Systems Administrator Skills from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003
Introduction
This two-day, instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 networked environment.
This discovery-based workshop consists primarily of labs that provide hands-on experience focused exclusively on the skills and objectives that align with Exam 70-292: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000.
Audience
This workshop is intended for expert Windows 2000 systems administrators who manage and maintain Windows 2000-based Active Directory directory service-based networks. The workshop assumes extensive, day-to-day, practical, hands-on experience using Windows 2000 and a preference for learning by doing and discovering in non-prescriptive lab environment. For a more traditional learning experience, see Course 2299: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000.
At Workshop Completion
After completing this workshop, students will be able to:
• Identify the systems administration tasks in Windows Server 2003 that are new or different from the tasks performed in Windows 2000.
• Manage user, computer, and group accounts in a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory-based environment.
• Use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to manage Group Policy.
• Manage resources and security.
• Configure and manage DNS.
• Manage servers in remote locations.
• Manage Terminal Services.
• Manage IIS 6.0 Web Services.
• Maintain computers that run Windows operating systems by implementing and managing Software Update Services.
• Prepare for and implement disaster recovery solutions.