MCP Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing & Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure CBT

1.0 Active Directory
1.1 Active Directory Overview
1.2 Active Directory Contents
1.3 Schema
1.4 Logical Structure
1.5 Global Catalog
1.6 Physical Structure

2.0 Domain Controllers
2.1 Overview
2.2 Requirements to promote
2.3 Promoting a server to a domain controller
2.4 Creating a forest root domain
2.5 Creating a child domain
2.6 Creating additional domain controllers
2.7 Removing Active Directory
2.8 Renaming DC
2.9 Verifying Active Directory2.10 DCPromo demo

3.0 Active Directory Tools
3.1 AD Tools Overview
3.2 Active Directory Users and Computers
3.3 Active Directory Sites and Services
3.4 Active Directory Domains and Trusts
3.5 Command line tools

4.0 Global Catalog Servers
4.1 Global Catalog Contents
4.2 Global Catalog Benefits
4.3 Universal Group Strategy
4.4 Creating a Global Catalog Server
 

5.0 Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) Roles
5.1 FSMO Roles Overview
5.2 FSMO Roles
5.3 Planning for business continuity
5.4 FSMO role dependencies
5.5 Identifying the FSMO Roles
5.6 Transferring roles
5.7 Seizing roles

6.0 Trusts
6.1 Trusts Overview
6.2 Transitive vs Non-transitive
6.3 One-way trusts
6.4 Two-way trusts
6.5 How trusts work in forest
6.6 Shortcut trusts
6.7 External trusts
6.8 Forest trusts
6.9 Creating trusts

7.0 Functional Levels
7.1 Domain Functional Levels
7.2 Features and requirements
7.3 Forest Functional Levels
7.4 Features and requirements
7.5 Raising domain functional level
7.6 Raising forest functional level

8.0 Summary of Level 1

1.0 Replication
1.1 Replication Overview
1.2 Replication process
1.3 Replication partners
1.4 Handling conflicts
1.5 Lost and Found
1.6 Directory Partitions
1.7 Replication Demo

2.0 Implement a Site Topology
2.1 What is a site
2.2 Benefits of sites
2.3 Configuring sites and site links
2.4 Calculating the cost
2.5 Configuring site link bridge
2.6 Configuring site link schedules and properties
2.7 Configuring preferred bridgehead servers

3.0 Monitoring Replication
3.1 Common Replication Problems
3.2 Event logs
3.3 Support Tools
3.4 Replication Monitor
3.5 DCDiag and Repadmin
3.6 Monitoring File Replication Service (FRS)
 

4.0 Restore Active Directory services
4.1 NTDSUtil
4.2 Backup review
4.3 Primary Restore
4.4 Normal (non-authoritative) restore
4.5 Authoritative restore
4.6 Resolving issues with Active Directory

5.0 Manage an Active Directory forest and domain structure
5.1 ADPrep
5.2 Manage schema modifications
5.3 Add UPN suffix
5.4 Remove UPN suffix

6.0 Summary of Level 2

1.0 Planning a Security Group Strategy
1.1 A review of groups
1.2 Universal groups
1.3 AGP strategy
1.4 AGDLP strategy
1.5 AGGUDLP strategy
1.6 Planning a strategy based on delegation requirements

2.0 User authentication
2.1 Password policy elements
2.2 Implementing a password policy
2.3 Smart card authentication
2.4 Smart card settings
2.5 Best practices
 

3.0 Planning an OU structure
3.1 OU review
3.2 Analyzing administrative requirements
3.3 Analyzing Group Policy requirements
3.4 Planning for delegation

4.0 Implementing an OU Structure
4.1 Creating an OU
4.2 Delegating permissions for an OU
4.3 Using the Delegation of Control Wizard
4.4 Moving objects within an OU hierarchy

5.0 Summary of Level 3

1.0 Group Policy
1.1 Group Policy Introduction
1.2 Creating and Configuring Group Policy Objects
1.3 Linking Group Policy Objects
1.4 Order of precedence of Group Policy Objects
1.5 Blocking inheritance
1.6 No override (Enforced)
1.7 Filtering Group Policy with permissions
1.8 Filtering Group Policy with WMI
1.9 Copy, Backup and Restore GPO

2.0 Managing Software Deployment with Group Policy
2.1 Software Cycle
2.2 Windows Installer
2.3 Deploying Software via GPO
2.4 Assigning software
2.5 Publishing software
2.6 Updating and removing Software
2.7 Restricting use of software

3.0 Configuring the User Environment with Group Policy
3.1 Configure user settings
3.2 Configuring User Security Settings
3.3 Redirect folders

4.0 Configuring the Computer Environment with Group Policy
4.1 Configure computer settings
4.2 Configuring Computer Security Settings
4.3 Planning and implementing an audit strategy
4.4 Loopback Processing

5.0 Certificate Enrollment
5.1 Overview
5.2 Autoenrollment Requirements
5.3 Autoenrollment Process
5.4 Creating a Smart Card template
5.5 Importing a Smart Card template
5.6 Setting autoenrollment via GPO

6.0 Summary of Level 4
 

1.0 Group Policy Troubleshooting Tools
1.1 RSoP Planning Mode
1.2 RSoP Logging Mode
1.3 GPResult
1.4 GPUpdate
1.5 NTDSUtil

2.0 Managing updates
2.1 Distribute updates
2.2 Configure automatic updates
 

3.0 Placement of Domain Controllers
3.1 DC Guidelines and Placement
3.2 Global Catalog Servers
3.3 GC Guidelines and Placement
3.4 Universal Group Caching

4.0 Summary of Level 5

Note: Course outlines are subject to change.

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