You will learn how to

• Manage and configure Windows Server 2003 for your environment
• Optimise file system resources to maximise access to data
• Organise and administer the Active Directory
• Implement security on local and network resources
• Upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2
• Manage file, network and printer resources with Windows Server 2003 R2

Course benefits
Windows Server 2003 is Microsoft's principal operating system platform. It enables organisations to build a robust and reliable enterprise infrastructure on which to manage and secure users, resources and network applications.

This course provides the essential foundation for managing your Windows Server 2003 system. Through hands-on exercises, you gain experience in the first steps towards evaluating, designing and managing a Windows Server 2003 environment.

Who should attend
This course is valuable for those new to Windows and those migrating from other operating systems. Those with strong experience in Windows 2000 should consider taking the advanced Windows Server 2003 courses.

Hands-on training
A series of hands-on exercises provides you with practical experience in administering and managing Windows Server 2003. Extensive exercises reinforce the knowledge you gain in class, including:

• Managing resource publication in the Active Directory
• Limiting user disk space with quotas
• Creating and accessing shared folders
• Securing local and network resources
• Testing data availability with DFS
• Controlling access to files and printers
• Maintaining the Active Directory with the Microsoft Management Console
• Creating OUs, users and groups
• Delegating administration within a domain
• Promoting domain controllers
• Setting up Windows Server 2003 R2 file and print managers
• Creating profiles and group policies to regulate user environments

Course content

Windows Server 2003 Overview Installing the operating system Selecting the correct hardware Upgrading from previous versions Choosing the installation options Maintaining a stable system Monitoring system resources Managing hardware devices and drivers Making Registry changes Integrating tools with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Managing Users and Groups User identity and management Authenticating local and domain users Creating and managing user accounts Viewing a user's security context Setting rights and privileges Resource and account groups Controlling access to resources using local, global and universal groups Changing the domain and forest functional levels Managing group scope and membership Controlling File System Resources Managing access to file resources Discretionary access control security Working with explicit and inherited permissions Controlling inheritance propagation Protecting file system resources Monitoring access through auditing Securing files and folders with encryption Limiting disk space usage with quotas Managing Network Resources Accessing data from shared resources Sharing folders and defining permissions Installing and sharing printers Restoring user data through shadow copies Distributed File System (DFS) Providing unified management of network resources using DFS Implementing fault-tolerant DFS roots Maintaining Directory Information Active Directory (AD) architecture Creating and managing the infrastructure Defining schema, configuration and domain naming contexts Managing replication with sites and global catalog placement Locating directory objects Automating account creation with ADSI Organising and managing the AD Designing a directory hierarchy using Organizational Units (OUs) Controlling object and attribute access Delegating administration tasks Deploying the Active Directory Building domains and forests Managing DNS requirements Promoting and demoting domains with Dcpromo Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003 R2 Controlling the Users' Desktop Incorporating start-up/shutdown and logon/logoff scripts Setting up and working with user profiles Configuring group policies for desktop control Applying policies to OUs Windows Server 2003 R2 Management File Server Resource Manager Creating quota templates Applying standard and auto quotas Reporting on disk usage Creating and managing file screens Controlling the DFS Creating a DFS namespace Configuring data replication Backing up branch office data Printer management Managing remote printers Creating print filters Consolidating print servers