Course Outline
Module 1: Managing an Active Directory Server
Lifecycle
This module explains how to support and maintain Active
Directory servers to meet changing business requirements in an enterprise
environment.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Plan
an Active Directory server deployment.
Identify different approaches to
Active Directory server deployment.
Add an AD DS server role.
Remove an AD
DS server role.
Module 2: Creating Baselines for Active Directory
Servers
This module explains how to create baselines using the WRPM
and through analysis, make decisions to improve server performance.
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
Define strategies for
developing baselines.
Explain the use of the WRPM as a baseline creation and
revision tool.
Describe some of the specific metrics that may be relevant for
the different Active Directory roles.
Module 3: Monitoring the System
Health of Active Directory Servers
This module explains how to
create and evaluate a monitoring plan based on business needs and environments.
It also explains how to determine the health of Active Directory servers using
performance monitoring and even log triggers.
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
Define system health, server health, and Active
Directory health.
Define the best procedures to ensure system health and
optimal performance for Active Directory servers.
Set thresholds and alerts
that are used for short-term monitoring.
Describe the Windows Server 2008
monitoring tools and how to decide when the different tools are appropriate in
different business situations.
Module 4: Managing Active Directory
Domain Services
This module explains how to implement the
methodology of maintaining Windows Server 2008 AD DS.
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
Describe the impact of Windows Server 2008
methods for restarting Active Directory without rebooting.
Define the FSMO
roles and the Global Catalog pseudo-role.
Explain the importance of site
definitions and how to optimize the AD DS replication activity.
Explain the
functionality of RODCs and the key benefits with RODCs deployed.
Explain the
methods of managing Windows Server Core.
Identify the best practices for
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and links.
State the pros and cons of delegating
administration of Active Directory.
Module 5: Maintaining Security
for Active Directory Servers
This module explains how to deploy
proven methods to harden the Active Directory servers.
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
Describe the techniques used for manual
server hardening.
Use the MBSA to discover and remove security
holes.
Explain why you would use fine-grained password policies and how to
maintain them.
Explain when to perform security auditing and how to define a
proper security baseline.
Explain how to solve physical security problems and
the ramifications of lax security policies.
Module 6: Managing Active
Directory Service Roles
This module explains how to add non-AD-DS
service roles to a Windows Server 2008 network and manage those roles with
supplied tools.
After completing this module, students will be able
to:
Use the Windows Server 2008 tools to operate Certificate
Services.
Explain when to use AD LDS.
Identify management concerns with
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).
Identify management concerns
with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS).