Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291

The Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSA/MCSE 70-291 series is designed to help learners prepare for Microsoft exam number 70-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure. This series covers topics such as networking models, IP addressing and routing, classless subnet masking and client address configuration, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). In addition, the informative sections detail Windows Internet Name Server (WINS), Domain Naming System (DNS), Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), and Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Services. Finally, learners are taught to understand security templates and software updates, monitoring and troubleshooting network activity, and LAN routing.

Syllabus

TCP/IP PROTOCOL

Provides an overview of the OSI, Microsoft, and TCP/IP Networking Models, as well as major application layer protocols.

• OSI networking model: physical and data link layers
• Network and transport layers
• Session, presentation, and application layers
• Microsoft networking model
• Protocol suite network interface layer
• Protocol suite internet layer
• Protocol suite host-to-host transport layer
• Protocol suite application layer

IP ADDRESSING AND ROUTING

Provides an overview of IP addressing and routing, including binary conversion, network classes, subnetting, and name resolution.

• IP addresses and binary conversions
• Network ID and host ID
• Classes
• Subnetting and subnet masking
• Custom subnet masks
• Public and private IP addresses
• IP routing name resolution
• IP routing tables
• ARP
• Static and dynamic IP routers
• Routing utilities and example network
• Malicious code

CLASSLESS SUBNET MASKING AND CLIENT ADDRESS CONFIGURATION

Provides an overview of subnetting, supernetting, the XP/2000 routing table, assigning IP addresses, and APIPA.

• Classless subnet masking
• Subnetting Class B networks
• Subnetting Class C networks
• Example classless subnetting
• Supernetting a Class C network
• The Windows XP/2000 routing table
• Windows XP/2000 routing table entries
• The Windows 2003 routing table
• Disabling automatic metric calculation
• Adding and removing routing table entries
• Assigning static IP addresses
• Assigning dynamic IP addresses and APIPA

THE DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL (DHCP)

Provides an overview of DHCP leases, as well as installing and configuring DHCP service.

• DHCP leases
• The DHCP lease process
• Lease renewal
• Installing the DHCP service
• Configuring scopes
• Configuring server and scope options
• Configuring user and vendor class options
• Configuring reservations and BOOTP tables
• Superscopes
• Multicast scopes
• IP address allocation

INTEGRATING AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Provides an overview of configuring the DHCP Relay Agent, Dynamic DNS, Routing and Remote Access, and Active Directory. It also covers automatic addressing, as well as managing and monitoring DHCP.

• Configuring the DHCP relay agent
• DHCP server and Dynamic DNS
• DHCP and Routing and Remote Access
• DHCP and Active Directory
• Automatic private IP addressing
• Managing the DHCP server database
• Server statistics and administration
• Monitoring DHCP
• Data sniffing and audit log
• Log files and client-side troubleshooting

WINDOWS INTERNET NAME SERVER (WINS)

Provides an overview of WINS, including installation, push and pull replication, records management, and database administration.

• Overview of WINS
• Installing the WINS server
• Creating replication partners
• Configuring pull replication
• Configuring push replication
• Managing WINS records
• Creating static records
• State and expiration fields
• Record reconciliation and integrity
• Database consistency
• Database size and advanced options
• WINS database backup
• Ntbackup and database restores

WINS CLIENT AND INTEROPERABILITY AND NETBIOS

Provides an overview of configuring WINS clients, troubleshooting WINS clients and servers, and NetBIOS name resolution, registration, and node types.

• Configuring the WINS client
• WINS and DHCP
• WINS and DNS
• WINS and RRAS or Active Directory
• WINS and Browser service or Win9x/NT clients
• WINS System Monitor Objects
• Troubleshooting WINS Clients
• Troubleshooting WINS servers
• NetBIOS name resolution
• Name registration and resolution
• NetBIOS terminology
• NetBIOS node types
• The LMHOSTS file

DOMAIN NAMING SYSTEM CONCEPTS

Provides an overview of DNS conventions, resolution, namespace, concepts, resource records, zones, and Active Directory service integration.

• DNS overview
• Name conventions and resolution
• The DNS namespace
• Basic DNS concepts
• Zones and records
• Adding records and zone transfers
• Host name resolution
• Server roles and testing
• Adding zones
• Dynamic DNS servers
• Stale records and extensions
• AD integrated DNS zones

THE DNS SERVER

Provides an overview of installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting a DNS server.

• Installing the configuring the DNS server
• Configuring forward lookup zones
• Adding DNS database records
• Configuring reverse lookup zones
• Configuring your DNS server
• Configuring your DNS zones
• Configuring DNS clients
• Resolving DNS queries
• Integrating the DNS server with DHCP
• DNSUpdateProxy group security
• WINS and DNS
• Integrating the DNS server with BIND
• Monitoring the server with DNS console
• Monitoring the server with System Monitor
• Monitoring the server with Network Monitor
• Troubleshooting the DNS server

ROUTING AND REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE VPN SERVICES

Provides an overview of enabling remote access, configuring a VPN server, authenticating VPN clients, creating dial-up connections and gateways, and troubleshooting VPN.

• Remote access concepts
• Enabling remote access
• VPN server network structure
• VPN server infrastructure
• PPP authentication process, PAP and SPAP
• Authentication protocols CHAP, MS-CHAP, and EAP
• VPN tunneling protocols
• Configuring the VPN server
• Configuring the VPN server for remote access
• Configuring the VPN remote access clients
• VPN gateway infrastructure
• Demand-dial connections and IP addressing support
• Creating gateways and static packet filters
• VPN gateway configuration
• Troubleshooting VPN services

SECURITY TEMPLATES AND SOFTWARE UPDATES

Provides an overview of network security settings, analyzing security, applying security templates, and installing software updates.

• Security templates
• Network security settings
• Analyzing baseline security
• Applying baseline security
• Installing security templates
• Installing software updates
• Installing automatic client update settings
• Configuring automatic client update settings
• Legacy clients and testing

MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK ACTIVITY

Provides an overview of installing and configuring Network Monitor, including trace interpretation, NAT logging, troubleshooting name resolution and client configuration, quarantine control, DHCP issues, and monitoring IPSec connection.

• Installing network monitor
• Configuring network monitor
• Interpreting a trace
• NAT logging
• Troubleshooting name resolution
• IP addressing client configuration issues
• Quarantine control and DHCP issues
• Monitoring IPSec connections

LAN ROUTING AND DIAL-UP SERVICES

Provides an overview of configuring LAN routing, RAS, PPP Multilink, BAP, and wireless connections.

• Configuring LAN routing
• Setting up LAN routing
• Configuring RRAS packet filters
• Configuring dial-up RRAS server
• Configuring dial-up RRAS gateway
• PPP multilink and bandwidth allocation protocol
• Configuring multilink with BAP
• Configuring wireless connections
• Wireless networking policies
• Configuring wireless networking

LAN AND DIAL-UP SECURITY

Provides an overview of remote access policies, router protocols, RIP, OSPF, IGMP, firewall support, NAT, ICMP, remote access client and server connections, and IAS.

• Remote access policies
• Configuring remote access policies
• Understanding router protocols
• RIP
• OSPF and IGMP
• Configuring basic firewall support
• RRAS NAT services
• ICMP router discovery
• Troubleshooting remote access client connections
• Troubleshooting remote access server connections
• Internet Authentication Services
• Configuring IAS

Qualifications

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Requirements for Entry

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

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Study Hours

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 40 hrs.