NET 263: Windows Directory Services Administration

Course Description

Provides students the knowledge and skills to administer, upgrade, and maintain the Directory Services in a Microsoft-based network. Recommended preparation: NET 122 or equivalent experience.

Course Outline70-640: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration

  1. Overview of Active Directory Domain Services
  2. Implementing Active Directory
  3. Working with Active Directory Sites
  4. Global Catalog and Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) Roles
  5. Active Directory Administration
  6. Security Planning and Administrative Delegation
  7. Introduction to Group Policy
  8. Configuring the User and Computer Environment Using Group Policy
  9. Performing Software Installation with Group Policy
  10. Planning a Group Policy Management and Implementation Strategy
  11. Active Directory Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Disaster Recovery
  12. Configuring Name Resolution and Additional Services
  13. Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services

Required Materials

  • 70-640: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration – Wiley –
    Electronic ISBN: 978-0-470-47048-0
    Print ISBN: 978-0-470-13330-9
  • Internet access and a Harper Blackboard account.
  • A pair of computers that can be partitioned, reformatted, etc.  As an alternative, you can use a PC with VMWare to create virtual machines for many of the lab exercises.  Harper lab I 205 has computers and software that may be configured as necessary for this course.

Faculty Contact

For questions about this course contact the department coordinator:

Dave Braunschweig
dbraunsc@harpercollege.edu
847.925.6817