Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Servers

Course Code: MS6432
Duration: 2 Days

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Overview

This two day instructor led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage and maintain Windows Server 2008 Active Directory servers. The course focuses on the Active Directory server lifecycle by creating baselines, monitoring the system health, and maintaining security for the Active Directory servers. The course also focuses on managing Active Directory Domain Services and Active Directory service roles.

Prerequisites

In addition to their professional experience, students who at tend this training should have technical knowledge equivalent to the following courses:

Delegates will learn how to

  • Plan and identify different approaches to Active Directory server deployment.
  • Add and remove the Active Directory Domain Services server role.
  • Identify strategies for developing, monitoring, and reviewing baselines.
  • Create baselines for different Active Directory roles with the appropriate metrics using the Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor.
  • Create and evaluate a monitoring plan based on business needs and environments.
  • Determine the health of Active Directory servers using performance monitoring and event log triggers.
  • Configure effective alerts and responses as well as evaluate alternative recommendations for Active Directory Domain Services servers to meet a business goal.
  • Describe and implement the methodology of maintaining Windows Server Active Directory Domain Services.
  • Perform Active Directory Domain Services maintenance and administrative tasks.
  • Explain and deploy proven methods to harden the Active Directory servers.
  • Decide which Server 2008 security features can address a given business situation.
  • Add server roles to a Windows 2008 network.
  • Deploy and operate an Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services server role.

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

Module 2: Creating Baselines for Active Directory Servers

This module explains how to create baselines using the Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor and through analysis, make decisions to improve server performance

Module 3: Monitoring the System Health of the 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.

Module 4: Managing Active Directory Domain Services

This module explains how to implement the methodology of maintaining Windows Server AD DS.

Module 5: Maintaining Security for Active Directory Servers

This module explains how to deploy proven methods to harden the Active Directory Servers.

Module 6: Managing Active Directory Service Roles

This module explains how to add the Service Roles to a Windows 2008 network.