Introduction

This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 network infrastructure. The course is intended for systems administrator and systems engineer candidates who are responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining server networking technologies. These tasks include implementing routing; implementing, managing, and maintaining Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS); securing Internet Protocol (IP) traffic with Internet Protocol security (IPSec) and certificates; implementing a network access infrastructure by configuring the connections for remote access clients; and managing and monitoring network access.

This is the fourth course in the Systems Administrator and Systems Engineer track for Windows Server 2003, and it is the final course in the Systems Administrator track.

Audience

This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.
 

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Configure routing by using the Routing and Remote Access service.
• Allocate IP addressing by using DHCP.
• Manage and monitor DHCP.
• Resolve names.
• Resolve host names by using DNS.
• Manage and monitor DNS.
• Resolve network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) names by using WINS.
• Secure network traffic by using IPSec and certificates.
• Configure network access.
• Manage and monitor network access.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have completed:

Course 2276: Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Hosts, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

Exam 70-291: Implementing, Managing, 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: Configuring Routing by Using Routing and Remote Access

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to configure a routing solution for your network environment.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the role of routing in the network infrastructure.
• Enable and configure the Routing and Remote Access service.
• Configure packet filters.

Module 2: Allocating IP Addressing by Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to allocate IP addressing in a network environment.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the role of DHCP in the network infrastructure.
• Add and authorize a DHCP Server service.
• Configure a DHCP scope.
• Configure DHCP options.
• Configure a DHCP reservation.
• Configure a DHCP relay agent.

Module 3: Managing and Monitoring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to manage the DHCP service to reflect changing client IP addressing needs. It also provides you with the knowledge and skills to monitor DHCP server performance, because the DHCP environment is dynamic.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage a DHCP database.
• Monitor DHCP.
• Apply security guidelines for DHCP.

Module 4: Resolving Names

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to assign computer names to the IP addresses of the source and destination hosts, and then use the computer name to contact the hosts.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the name resolution process.
• View names on a client.
• Configure host name resolution.
• Configure NetBIOS name resolution.

Module 5: Resolving Host Names by Using Domain Name System (DNS)

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to resolve host names by using Domain Name System.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the role of DNS in the network infrastructure.
• Install the DNS Server service.
• Configure the properties for the DNS Server service.
• Configure the DNS zones.
• Configure DNS zone transfers.
• Configure dynamic updates.
• Configure a DNS client.
• Delegate authority for zones.

Module 6: Managing and Monitoring Domain Name System (DNS)

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to manage and monitor DNS servers to ensure that they are functioning properly and to optimize network performance.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure the Time-to-Live (TTL) value.
• Configure aging and scavenging.
• Integrate DNS with WINS.
• Test the DNS server configuration.
• Verify that a resource record exists by using the Nslookup, DNSCmd, and DNSLint command-line utilities.
• Monitor DNS server performance.

Module 7: Resolving NetBIOS Names by Using Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to use WINS to register NetBIOS names and resolve them to IP addresses.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the role of WINS in the network infrastructure.
• Install and configure a WINS server.
• Configure WINS replication.
• Manage records in WINS.
• Manage a WINS database.

Module 8: Securing Network Traffic by Using IPSec and Certificates

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to secure network traffic and to use certificates with IPSec for increased security.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Implement IPSec.
• Implement IPSec with certificates.
• Monitor IPSec.

Module 9: Configuring Network Access

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to configure a server with the Routing and Remote Access service, create appropriate remote access connections on a network access server, and configure users’ access rights.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe a network access infrastructure.
• Configure a virtual private network (VPN) connection.
• Configure a dial-up connection.
• Configure a wireless connection.
• Control remote user access to a network.
• Centralize authentication and policy management for network access by using Internet Authentication Service (IAS).

Module 10: Managing and Monitoring Network Access

This module provides you with the knowledge and skills to manage and monitor network access.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage the network access services.
• Configure logging on the network access server.
• Collect and monitor network access data.