MCP 70-290 Training Course

MCP 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Training Package Includes

• 5 CD-ROMs featuring live instructor-led classroom sessions with full audio, video and demonstration components
• Printable courseware
• Certification Exam Simulator
• Step-by-step hands-on-labs
• Focused on practical solutions to real-world development problems

Course Introduction

Schedule our instructor led classroom training at your convenience and never miss another lecture or fall behind. You are in complete control. We have invited the Best Microsoft Trainers in the industry to help us develop the ultimate training and certification program which includes everything you will need to fully prepare for the Microsoft certification exams.

Our multimedia instructor-led CBT MCSE 70-290 course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage accounts and resources in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. The course is intended for systems administrator and systems engineer candidates who are responsible for managing accounts and resources. These tasks include managing user, computer, and group accounts; managing access to network resources; managing printers; managing an organizational unit in a network based on Active Directory service; and implementing Group Policy to manage users and computers. This is the first course in the Systems Administrator and Systems Engineer tracks for Windows Server 2003 and serves as the entry point for other courses in the Windows Server 2003 curriculum.
 

PRESENTER - Kevin Wolford Kevin started his computer career in 1983. He has been a technical writer, network administrator, and trainer. Kevin spent many years with Novell and is a CNI and Master CNE. In 1998 Kevin founded Tech Training, giving him a chance to test his training ideas. He is also an MCSE, Microsoft Certified Trainer MCT, and is certified in SMS, SQL Server, TCP/IP, NT Workstation, NT Server, Exchange Server, Windows 9x and 2000. Kevin has authored Microsoft certification books for New Riders and Sybex. He owns a consulting company dedicated to teaching complex technical topics in a simple way. He was involved in the early stages of Windows.NET Server's development and beta testing.

List of Course Features

MCP 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Course Contents
 

Level 1: Hardware Management

1.1 Device Manager
1.2 Control Panel
1.3 Driver Signing
Lab - Managing Driver Signing
Lab - Windows 2003 Server Installation
Disk Management
2.1 Disk Management Console
2.2 Disk Tools
Basic Disks
3.1 Partitions
3.2 Primary Partitions
3.3 Extended Partitions
Lab - Creating Basic Partition
Dynamic Disks
4.1 Volumes
4.2 Simple and Spanned Volumes
4.3 Stripped Volumes
4.4 Fault Tolerant Volumes
Lab - Creating Dynamic Volume
Lab - Extending Dynamic Volume
Lab - Disk Mirroring
Lab - Configuring Raid
Lab - Converting Basic Disk to Dynamic Disk

Level 2: Administrative Environment

1.1 MMC
1.2 Installing Tools
1.3 Active Directory Structure
Lab - Create MMC
User Accounts
2.1 Creating Accounts
2.2 Automated Account Creation
2.3 User Profiles
2.4 Logon Issues
Lab - User Account Setup
Lab - Organization Units
Groups
3.1 Group Scopes
3.2 Creating Groups
3.3 Automated Group Creation
3.4 Managing Groups
Lab - Add Users
Lab - Group Scopes

Level 3: Computer Accounts

1.1 Automating Account Creation
1.2 Joining Domains
1.3 Computer Account Issues
1.4 Creating Computer Accounts
Lab - Add Computer Account
Lab - Change Computer Properties
Lab - Join the Domain from Client
Lab - Move Computer Object
Using Groups
2.1 Local Groups
2.2 Permission Schemes
2.3 Permission Assignments
File Sharing
3.1 Creating Shares
3.2 Share Permissions
3.3 NTFS Permissions
3.4 Combining Permissions
Lab - Create a Shared Folder
Printer Management
4.1 Printer Sharing
4.2 Managing Printers
4.3 Special Printer Issues
Lab - Printer Setup

Level 4: System Monitoring

1.1 Task Manager
1.2 Event Viewer
1.3 Key Performance Counters
1.4 System Monitor
1.5 System Optimization
Software Management
2.1 Updates
2.2 Web Server Configuration
2.3 Disk Quotas
2.4 Software Licensing
Remote Management
3.1 Remote Tools
3.2 Terminal Services

Level 5: Automatic System Recovery

1.1 Creating an ASR Set
1.2 Using ASR
Backups
2.1 Backup Schemes
2.2 Making Backups
2.3 Managing Backups
2.4 Restoring from Backup
Recovery Tools
3.1 Boot Process
3.2 Recovery Console
3.3 Shadow Copies