Duration: 5 Days

Introduction
This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a Microsoft Active Directory directory service and network infrastructure for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment. The course is intended for systems engineers who are responsible for designing directory service and/or network infrastructures.

Audience
This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems engineer in a Windows Server 2003-based environment.

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
• Describe the process of designing an Active Directory infrastructure and a network infrastructure that supports Active Directory.
• Design a forest and domain infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a site infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a Group Policy structure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design an administrative structure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a physical network structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Create a design for network connectivity that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a name resolution strategy that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a network access infrastructure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.

Prerequisites
This course requires that students meet the following prerequisites:
• They have taken Course 2278, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure and Course 2279, Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
—OR—
• They have equivalent knowledge and experience
Microsoft Certification exams
This workshop will help students prepare for this Microsoft Certified Professional exam:
• Exam 70-297: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

Course Outline

• Module 1: Introduction to Designing an Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
• Module 2: Designing a Forest and Domain Infrastructure
• Module 3: Designing a Site Infrastructure
• Module 4: Designing the Administrative Structure
• Module 5: Designing for Group Policy
• Module 6: Designing the Physical Network
• Module 7: Designing for Network Connectivity
• Module 8: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy
• Module 9: Designing the Network Access Infrastructure