Windows 2003 Boot Camp
Duration
Fourteen Days
Overview
Provided below is a general outline of the class structure as well as pre-study assignments that MUST be completed prior to class. This will enable you to have the appropriate skills necessary to complete the class at the accelerated pace. All of the Boot Camp objectives are intentionally not listed and serve to indicate the required prerequisites of the pre-study assignments only.
Objectives
The objective of this intense 14-day MCSE 2003 Boot Camp is to prepare you for the MCSE Certification exams using the Exchange elective. It is recommended that the first 10 days in this course is completed prior to taking an exam. Please note: This boot camp does not cover the client OS exam requirement for MCSE attainment (Exam 70-290).
Instructors
You will learn from highly competent Microsoft Certified Trainers who all have more than 5 years of teaching technical courses and assisting students such as yourself prepare for certifications.
Prerequisites for this Boot Camp
Complete the pre-study assignment
- OR -
Have equivalent experience
Boot Camp Preparation
Start the pre-study assignment at least 1 week prior to class. Each student should have one book for each exam (70-290, 70-291, 70-293, 70-294, 70-298, 70-284) totaling 6 books per student.
Pre-Study Assignment
Ideally, each book should be read in their entirety before attending class. If this cannot be accomplished, then reading should at a minimum include those topics from each book that most closely match the exam objectives or Microsoft Official Course topics listed on the following pages.
Exam preparation
At the conclusion of the instructor led portion, use study and exam preparation tools such as Transcender exam simulation software and other Windows 2003 resources included in the provided curriculum packages to prepare for the exams. To review Microsoft requirements visit: http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/mcse/requirements.asp
Microsoft Official Courses and Objectives Covered
2274 - Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
- Topic 1: Introduction to Administering Accounts and Resources
- Topic 2: Managing User and Computer Accounts
- Topic 3: Managing Groups
- Topic 4: Managing Access to Resources
- Topic 5: Implementing Printing
- Topic 6: Managing Printing
- Topic 7: Managing Access to Objects in Organizational Units
- Topic 8: Implementing Group Policy
- Topic 9: Managing the User Environment by Using Group Policy
- Topic 10: Introduction to Security in Windows Server 2003
2275 - Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
- Topic 1: Preparing to Administer a Server
- Topic 2: Preparing to Monitor Server Performance
- Topic 3: Monitoring Server Performance
- Topic 4: Maintaining Device Drivers
- Topic 5: Managing Disks
- Topic 6: Managing Data Storage
- Topic 7: Managing Disaster Recovery
- Topic 8: Maintaining Software by Using Microsoft Software Update Services
2276 - Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
- Topic 1: Reviewing the Suite of TCP/IP Protocols
- Topic 2: Assigning IP Addresses in a Multiple Subnet Network
- Topic 3: Configuring a Client IP Address
- Topic 4: Configuring a Client for Name Resolution
- Topic 5: Isolating Common Connectivity Issues
2277 - Implementing Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
- Topic 1: Configuring Routing by Using Routing and Remote Access
- Topic 2: Allocating IP Addressing by Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- Topic 3: Managing and Monitoring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Topic 4: Resolving Names
- Topic 5: Resolving Host Names by Using Domain Name System (DNS)
- Topic 6: Managing and Monitoring Domain Name System
- Topic 7: Resolving NetBIOS Names by Using Windows Internet Naming Service
- Topic 8: Securing Network Traffic by Using IPSec and Certificates
- Topic 9: Configuring Network Access
- Topic 10: Managing and Monitoring Network Access
2278 Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
- Topic 1: Introducing Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Planning, Tools, and Documentation
- Topic 2: Planning and Optimizing a TCP/IP Physical and Logical Network
- Topic 3: Planning and Troubleshooting Routing
- Topic 4: Planning a DHCP Strategy
- Topic 5: Optimizing and Troubleshooting DHCP
- Topic 6: Planning a DNS Strategy
- Topic 7: Optimizing and Troubleshooting DNS
- Topic 8: Planning and Optimizing WINS
- Topic 9: Planning and Troubleshooting IPSec
- Topic 10: Planning Network Access
- Topic 11: Troubleshooting Network Access
- Topic 12: Preparing for the Course Lab
2279 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
- Topic 1: Introduction to Active Directory Infrastructure
- Topic 2: Implementing an Active Directory Forest and Domain Structure
- Topic 3: Implementing an Organizational Unit Structure
- Topic 4: Implementing User, Group, and Computer Accounts
- Topic 5: Implementing Group Policy
- Topic 6: Deploying and Managing Software by Using Group Policy
- Topic 7: Implementing Sites to Manage Active Directory Replication
- Topic 8: Implementing Placement of Domain Controllers
- Topic 9: Managing Operations Masters
- Topic 10: Maintaining Active Directory Availability
- Topic 11: Planning and Implementing an Active Directory Infrastructure
2830 Designing Security for Microsoft Networks
- Topic 1: Introduction to Designing Security
- Topic 2: Creating a Plan for Network Security
- Topic 3: Identifying Threats to Network Security
- Topic 4: Analyzing Security Risks
- Topic 5: Creating a Security Design for Physical Resources
- Topic 6: Creating a Security Design for Computers
- Topic 7: Creating a Security Design for Accounts
- Topic 8: Creating a Security Design for Authentication
- Topic 9: Creating a Security Design for Data
- Topic 10: Creating a Security Design for Data Transmission
- Topic 11: Creating a Security Design for Network Perimeters
- Topic 12: Designing Responses to Security Incidents
2400 Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
- Topic 1: Installing and Upgrading to Exchange Server 2003
- Topic 2: Configuring and Managing Exchange Server 2003
- Topic 3: Securing Exchange Server 2003
- Topic 4: Managing Recipients
- Topic 5: Managing Public Folders
- Topic 6: Managing Address Lists
- Topic 7: Implementing and Managing Client Access With Internet Protocols
- Topic 8: Managing Client Configuration and Connectivity
- Topic 9: Managing Routing
- Topic 10: Managing Mobile Devices with Exchange Server 2003
- Topic 11: Managing Data Storage and Hardware Resources
- Topic 12: Disaster Recovery
- Topic 13: Performing Preventive Maintenance
- Topic 14: Migrating Users from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003
Exams Covered
Core Exams
- 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
- 70-291 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
- 70-293 Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
- 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
Design Exam
- 70-298 Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network
Elective Exam
- 70-284 Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
