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CIT 251 - Windows Server Operating System


Credits: 4
4 Lecture Hours

Prerequisites: CIT 120  

 
Description
This course presents lectures and hands-on labs involving Windows Server administration, as well as technical support knowledge and skills necessary to install, upgrade, and maintain a single LAN that uses Windows Server. Students learn and practice the following network administration concepts: planning for server hardware and network protocols, planning the Active Directory and Security, server installation, server configuration, configuring storage, backup options, managing accounts, managing printers, remote access and virtual private networks, managing Internet and network operability, server monitoring and optimization, network monitoring and troubleshooting.


Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

Upon completion of this course, the student will have both knowledge and hands-on experience of networking technical support as found in a Windows Server environment. The student will be capable of acting as an assistant to an administrator in a simple LAN configuration using Windows Server. The following outcomes are taken from Microsoft’s Preparation Guide for Exam 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment.


   1.  Manage basic disks and dynamic disks
   2.  Monitor server hardware using Device Manager and Control Panel
   3.  Optimize server disk performance

  • Implement a RAID solution.
  • Defragment volumes and partitions.

   4.  Install and configure server hardware devices

  • Configure driver signing options.
  • Configure resource settings for a device.
  • Configure device properties and settings.

   5.  Manage local, roaming, and mandatory user profiles
   6.  Create and manage computer accounts in an Active Directory environment.
   7.  Create and manage groups:

  •  Identify and modify the scope of a group.
  •  Find domain groups in which a user is a member.
  •  Manage group membership.
  •  Create and modify groups by using the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management     Console (MMC) snap-in.

   8.  Create and manage user accounts

  •  Create and modify user accounts by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in.

   9.  Troubleshoot computer accounts

  •   Diagnose and resolve issues related to computer accounts by using the Active Directory Users and    Computers MMC snap-in.
  •   Reset computer accounts.

  10.  Troubleshoot user accounts

  •   Diagnose and resolve account lockouts.
  •   Diagnose and resolve issues related to user account properties.

  11.  Configure access to shared folders

  •   Manage shared folder permissions.

  12.  Troubleshoot Terminal Services

  •   Diagnose and resolve issues related to Terminal Services security.
  •   Diagnose and resolve issues related to client access to Terminal Services.

  13.  Configure file system permissions.

  •   Verify effective permissions when granting permissions.
  •   Change ownership of files and folders.

  14.  Troubleshoot access to files and shared folders
  15.  Monitor and analyze events using Event Viewer and System Monitor
  16.  Manage servers remotely

  •   Manage a server by using Terminal Services remote administration mode.

  17.  Troubleshoot print queues
  18.  Monitor system performance
  19.  Monitor file and print servers using Task Manager, Event Viewer, and System Monitor

  •   Monitor disk quotas.
  •   Monitor print queues.
  •   Monitor server hardware for bottlenecks.

  20.  Monitor and optimize a server environment for application performance.

  •   Monitor memory, network, process, and disk performance objects.

  21.  Perform system recovery for a server.

  •   Back up files and System State data to media.
  •   Configure security for backup operations.

  22.  Manage backup procedures.

  •   Verify the successful completion of backup jobs.
  •   Manage backup storage media.

  23.  Restore backup data.
  24.  Schedule backup jobs.

 

 Listed Topics

  1. Managing and maintaining physical and logical devices
  2. Managing users, computers, and groups
  3. Managing and maintaining access to resources
  4. Managing and maintaining a server environment
  5. Managing and implementing disaster recovery
Reference Materials
Current and appropriate Microsoft Official Curriculum or Microsoft Approved Study Guide, class handouts and use of a Windows Server lab.
Approved By: Sutin, Stewart Date Approved: 11/08/2006


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