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Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

Course 2278—Five days—Instructor-Led
Published: April 18, 2003

Introduction

The goal of this five-day course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and maintain a Windows® Server 2003 network infrastructure.

This is the fifth course in the Windows Server 2003 Systems Engineer curriculum.

Audience

This course is appropriate for individuals employed as or seeking a position as a systems engineer. This course is also appropriate for individuals currently supporting a competitive platform who want to enhance their job skills on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 networking.

The entry criteria for this course include individuals who are:

•	IT professionals and new to Windows Server 2003 network implementation.
•	Preparing for the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

•	Plan a TCP/IP physical and logical network.
•	Plan and troubleshoot a routing strategy.
•	Plan a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) strategy.
•	Optimize and troubleshoot DHCP.
•	Plan a Domain Name System (DNS) strategy.
•	Optimize and troubleshoot DNS.
•	Plan and optimize Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
•	Plan, optimize, and troubleshoot IPSec network access.
•	Troubleshoot network access.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have completed:

•	Course 2277 : Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

•	Exam 70-293 : Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Course Outline

Module 1: Introducing Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Planning, Tools, and Documentation

This module explains the process of planning a network, and the tools and documentation you need to do so.

Lessons

•	Introducing the Network Design
•	Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Project

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Explain the concepts of a network design process.
•	Explain the components of a network planning project.

Module 2: Planning and Optimizing a TCP/IP Physical and Logical Network

This module explains how to plan a TCP/IP physical and logical network.

Lessons

•	Planning a Functional TCP/IP Solution
•	Evaluating Network Performance

Lab A: Planning and Optimizing a TCP/IP Physical and Logical Network

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Plan a TCP/IP addressing scheme.
•	Optimize network performance.

Module 3: Planning and Troubleshooting Routing and Switching

This module explains how to plan a routing and switching strategy, and how to troubleshoot routing and switching.

Lessons

•	Selecting Intermediate Devices
•	Planning an Internet Connectivity Strategy
•	Planning Routing Communications
•	Troubleshooting TCP/IP Routing

Lab A: Planning and Troubleshooting Routing

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Create a secure routing and switching plan.
•	Identify TCP/IP routing troubleshooting tools.
•	Troubleshoot TCP/IP routing and switching.

Module 4: Planning, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting DHCP

This module explains how to plan a DHCP strategy.

Lessons

•	Planning a DHCP Strategy
•	Securing a DHCP Solution
•	Optimizing DHCP
•	Troubleshooting DHCP

Lab A: Planning a DHCP Strategy

Lab B: Troubleshooting DHCP Issues

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Plan a secure DHCP strategy.
•	Optimize DHCP.
•	Troubleshoot DHCP.

Module 5: Planning a DNS Strategy

This module explains how to plan a DNS strategy for your enterprise.

Lessons

•	Planning DNS Servers
•	Planning a Namespace
•	Planning Zones
•	Planning Zone Replication and Delegation
•	Integrating DNS and WINS

Lab A: Planning a DNS Strategy

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Plan a DNS server implementation.
•	Plan a namespace strategy.
•	Plan zones.
•	Plan zone replication and deletion.
•	Integrate DNS and WINS.

Module 6: Optimizing and Troubleshooting DNS

This module provides guidelines and strategies for optimizing a DNS server, and details steps for troubleshooting a DNS server.

Lessons

•	Optimizing DNS Servers
•	Troubleshooting Host Name Resolution

Lab A: Troubleshooting DNS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Optimize a DNS server.
•	Optimize DNS server-to-server communications.
•	Optimize DNS client support traffic.
•	Troubleshoot host name resolution.

Module 7: Planning and Optimizing WINS

This module covers planning and optimization of WINS, including information on optimizing servers and detailed explanations of optimization tasks.

Lessons

•	Planning a WINS Solution
•	Identifying WINS Optimization Requirements
•	Optimizing WINS Traffic

Lab A: Planning and Optimizing WINS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Plan a WINS solution.
•	Identify WINS optimization requirements.
•	Optimize WINS traffic.

Module 8: Planning and Troubleshooting IPSec

This module explains how to plan an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) deployment, and covers the necessary tools and skills for troubleshooting IPSec.

Lessons

•	Understanding Default Policy Rules
•	Planning an IPSec Deployment
•	Troubleshooting IPSec Communications

Lab A: Troubleshooting IPSec

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Discuss IPSec.
•	Understand IPSec default policies, rules, and settings.
•	Plan IPSec deployment.
•	Troubleshoot IPSec.

Module 9: Planning Network Access

This module explains how to plan network access.

Lessons

•	Introducing Network Access
•	Selecting Network Access Connection Methods
•	Selecting a Remote Access Policy Strategy
•	Selecting a Network Access Authentication Method
•	Planning a Network Access Strategy

Lab A: Planning Network Access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Explain the requirements and authentication protocols for a network access strategy.
•	Apply the guidelines for selecting a network access connection strategy.
•	Apply the guidelines for selecting a remote access policy strategy.
•	Select a network access authentication method.
•	Plan a network access strategy.

Module 10: Troubleshooting Network Access

This module explains how to troubleshoot network access.

Lessons

•	Troubleshooting Network Access Resources
•	Troubleshooting LAN Authentication
•	Troubleshooting Remote Access

Lab A: Troubleshooting Network Access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Identify network access troubleshooting resources.
•	Explain how to troubleshoot local area network (LAN) authentication.
•	Explain how to troubleshoot remote access.

Module 11: Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure

This module explains the course capstone lab. The capstone lab provides students with the opportunity to plan, implement, and troubleshoot the network infrastructure for a branch office.

Lessons

•	Introducing Planning Documentation
•	Preparing Development and Test Environments
•	Managing and Maintaining the Environment

Lab A: Planning a Windows Server 2003 Network

Lab B: Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network

After completing this module, students will be able to:

•	Identify the components of the master project plan.
•	Explain the process for preparing development and test environments.
•	Explain how to manage and maintain the network infrastructure.