Module 1 - Introduction
to Active Directory Infrastructure
This module introduces students to the Active Directory
infrastructure, its logical and physical structure, and
its function as a directory service. The module also introduces
the command-line tools and snap-ins that you can use to
examine the components of Active Directory and the Active
Directory design, planning, and implementing process.
Topics to be covered are:
- Active Directory Architecture
- How Active Directory works
- Examining Active Directory Components
- The Active Directory Design, Planning and Implementation
Processes
Module 2 - Implementing an Active Directory Forest and
Domain Structure
This module discusses Active Directory installation requirements,
how to create a forest and domain structure by using the
Active Directory Installation Wizard, and the post-installation
tasks you must perform. It also explains how to configure
DNS in an Active Directory environment, raise forest and
domain functional levels, and create trust relationships.
Topics to be covered are:
- Creating a Forest and Domain Structure
- Examining and Configuring Active Directory integrated
DNS
- Creating Trust Relationships between Domains
- Secure Trusts by using SID filtering
Module 3 - Implementing an Organisational Unit Structure
This module discusses how to create organizational units,
how to delegate common administrative tasks, how to customize
the delegation of administrative tasks for an organizational
unit, and how to plan the implementation of an organizational
unit structure.
Topics to be covered are:
- Create and Manage Organisational Units
- Delegate Administrative Control for Organisational
Units
- Plan an Organisational Unit strategy
Module 4 - Implementing User, Group and Computer Accounts
This module explains how to plan and implement Active Directory
user, group, and computer accounts. It also explains how
to create multiple user and computer accounts by using command-line
tools such as CSVDE and LDIFDE, and how to manage accounts
by using Windows Script Host. The module also explains how
to implement User Principle Name (UPN) suffixes.
Topics to be covered are:
- Introduction to Active Directory Accounts and Groups
- Creating and managing multiple User and Computer Accounts
- Implement User Principal Name (UPN) Suffixes
- Move objects within a Domain and across Domains in
a Forest
- Plan a User Computer and Group Account Strategy
- Plan an Active Directory Audit Strategy
Module 5 - Implementing Group Policy
This module explains how to plan and implement a Group
Policy strategy to centrally manage users and computers
in an enterprise.
Topics to be covered are:
- Create and configure Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
- Configure Group Policy Refresh Rates and Group Policy
Settings
- Manage Group Policy Objects
- Verify and Troubleshoot Group Policy Objects
- Delegate Administrative Control of Group Policy
- Plan a Group Policy Strategy for the Enterprise
Module 6 - Deploying and Managing Software by Using Group
Policy
In this module, students learn how to deploy and manage
software by using Group Policy. The module focuses on basic
concepts of deploying, configuring, and maintaining software,
troubleshooting deployed software, and planning software
deployment.
Topics to be covered are:
- Introduction to Managing Software Deployment
- Deploy Software
- Configure Software Deployment
- Maintain Software
- Troubleshoot common problems with Software Deployment
- Plan a Software Deployment Policy
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Module 7 - Implementing Sites
to Manage Active Directory Replication
This module explains how to implement sites to manage and
monitor replication in Active Directory. The module presents
basic concepts of replication and sites in Active Directory,
specifically: creating, configuring, and managing sites;
monitoring and troubleshooting replication failures; and
planning a site strategy.
Topics to be covered are:
- Introduction to Active Directory Replication
- Create and Configure Sites
- Manage an Active Directory Topology
- Monitor and Troubleshoot Replication Failures
- Plan a Site Strategy
Module 8 - Implementing the Placement of Domain Controllers
This module introduces students to the placement of domain
controllers. It focuses on the placement and planning of
domain controllers, including global catalog servers, and
DNS servers that are integrated with Active Directory. The
module also discusses guidelines for caching universal group
membership for a site.
Topics to be covered are:
- Implement the Global Catalog in Active Directory
- Determine the Placement of Domain Controllers in Active
Directory
- Plan the placement of Domain Controllers in Active
Directory
Module 9 - Managing Operations Masters
This module introduces students to managing operations
masters in Active Directory. It explains the purpose of
each of the five types of operations masters, how to transfer
and seize operations master roles, and how to plan a strategy
for placing operations masters.
Topics to be covered are:
- Introduction to the five Operations Master Roles in
Active Directory
- Transfer and Seize Operations Master Roles
- Plan the Placement of Operations Masters
Module 10 - Maintaining Active Directory Availability
This module explains basic concepts about maintaining Active
Directory availability, including how to defragment, move,
back up, restore, and monitor an Active Directory database.
Topics to be covered are:
- Introduction to Maintaining Active Directory
- Move and Defragment an Active Directory Database
- Back up Active Directory
- Restore Active Directory by using the Authoritative
Restore and the Normal, or Non-authoritative, Restore
Methods
Module 11 - Planning and Implementing an Active Directory
Infrastructure
This module provides students with the skills to plan and
implement an Active Directory service infrastructure based
on the business requirements of a fictitious organization.
Topics to be covered are:
- Review the Active Directory Design and Create an Active
Directory Implementation Plan for Tailspin Toys
- Implement the Active Directory Infrastructure for Tailspin
Toys
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