Overview
TCCIT Solutions provides high quality, affordably priced, training classes in Microsoft Course 2297 - Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a MS Windows Server 2003 environment. With experienced instructors and a convenient midtown NYC location, we offer MS 2297 for the corporate community. TCCIT Solutions offers group classes and private tutoring to beginner and more advanced corporate clients in Microsoft Course 2297 - Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a MS Windows Server 2003 environment. We offer onsite training or classes at our facility on 34th Street and Madison in New York City.
Description
This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and new skills that they need to plan, implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 networked environment. This course focuses on the changes from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003, and is intended for systems engineers who want to upgrade their skills from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the systems administration and systems engineer tasks in Windows Server 2003 that are new or different from the tasks performed in Windows 2000.
- Manage user, group, and computer accounts in a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory-based environment.
- Manage access to shared resources.
- Manage and maintain the server environment in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Manage the application server environment in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Manage disaster recovery in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Use Software Update Services to maintain software in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Plan, implement, optimize, and troubleshoot name resolution in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Plan a public key infrastructure (PKI) and an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) deployment in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Plan and troubleshoot local and remote network access in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Implement Active Directory in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Plan the placement of domain controllers, global catalog servers, and operations masters in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
- Plan, implement, manage, and troubleshoot Group Policy in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
Audience
This course is intended for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) certified on Windows 2000 who have experience planning, implementing, and supporting a Windows 2000–based Microsoft Active Directory directory service network, and who need to learn how to leverage those skills in a Windows Server 2003 environment.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
- An MCSE certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Course Outline
Module 1: Description to Migrating from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
This module explains how the migration process works and what components are identified and used to successfully migrate from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003.
Lessons
- Description to the Migration Process
- Overview of Migrating Domains
Lab A: Description to the Lab Browser Environment
- Description to Tailspin Toys
- Understand Working in the Lab Browser Environment
After completing this module, students will be able to describe the process of migrating from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003, and identify the three paths that can used to migrate domains from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003.
Module 2: Developing a Deployment Plan
This module explains how to create a deployment plan by documenting the current infrastructure and how to conduct a gap analysis.
Lessons
- Description to Developing a Deployment Plan
- Documenting the Current Infrastructure
- Conducting a Gap Analysis
- Creating the Deployment Plan
Lab A: Developing a Deployment Plan
- Determining Server Configuration and Roles for the Migration
- Planning for the Deployment
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the purpose and function of a deployment plan.
- Collect and analyze information about an existing Windows NT 4.0 environment.
- Conduct a gap analysis.
- Create a deployment plan.
Module 3: Designing a Migration Strategy
This module explains how to determine a migration strategy for a Windows NT 4.0 migration to Windows Server 2003, and how to determine the migration sequence that best maintains the business functionality and reduces the amount of downtime for critical services.
Lessons
- Description to Designing a Migration Strategy
- Determining a Migration Path for Each Domain
- Determining the Migration Sequence
Lab A: Designing a Migration Strategy
- Determine a Migration Strategy for Each Domain
- Creating the Forest Root Domain
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe a migration strategy at a high level.
- Determine the migration path for each domain.
- Determine the sequence for migrating domains.
Module 4: Maintaining Network Operations During a Migration
This module explains how to analyze the impact on network operations and services during a migration.
Lessons
- Overview of Maintaining Network Operations
- Maintaining Name Resolution
- Supporting Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol During a Migration
- Maintaining the Remote Access Service
- Integrating Replication Services
- Maintaining Applications
- Maintaining Network Performance
Lab A: Maintaining Network Operations During a Migration
- Maintain Reliability of Network Services During a Domain Upgrade
- Maintain Reliability of Network Applications During a Domain Upgrade
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe issues related to maintaining services on a network during and after a migration at a high level.
- Maintain name resolution in the Windows Server 2003-based environment to support applications that require name resolution during and after a migration.
- Ensure that Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) operates in the Windows Server 2003–based environment during and after a migration.
- Configure Windows Server 2003 domain controllers to support Remote Access Service (RAS) sessions in Windows NT 4.0 during and after a migration.
- Ensure Windows NT 4.0 LAN Manager replication service support in the Windows Server 2003-based environment during and after a migration.
- Examine existing application services and develop a strategy for ensuring their reliability during and after a migration.
- Determine how a domain upgrade will modify existing security and develop a strategy for maintaining the desired security levels during a migration.
Module 5: Testing a Migration and Conducting a Pilot
This module explains how to test a migration plan and how to develop a recovery plan.
Lessons
- Testing a Migration
Lab A: Testing a Migration Deployment Plan
- Create a Test Plan for a Migration
- Resolving Problems with a Migration
- Creating a Plan for a Pilot Migration
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Test a migration plan.
- Conduct a pilot migration.
Module 6: Preparing for the Migration
This module explains how to prepare for the migration from a Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows Server 2003 by cleaning up the Windows NT 4.0 Security Accounts Manager (SAM) Database, and creating the forest root domain.
Lessons
- Preparing the SAM Database
- Preparing the Windows NT 4.0 Environment for Migration
- Creating a Forest Root Domain
Lab A: Preparing for the Migration
- Clean Up the SAM Database
- Lock Down the Windows NT 4.0 Environment
- Identify Upgrade Blockers
- Create the Forest Root Domain
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Clean up the SAM database to prepare the Windows NT 4.0-based environment for migration.
- Prepare the Windows NT 4.0 environment for the migration.
- Create a forest root domain.
Module 7: Upgrading Domains
This module explains how to migrate a Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows Server 2003 by upgrading a domain, upgrading Backup Domain Controllers (BDC), and raising domain and forest functional levels.
Lessons
- Description to the Domain Upgrade Process
- Upgrade a Windows NT 4.0 Domain to Windows Server 2003
- Completing the Domain Upgrade Process
Lab A: Upgrading Domains
- Upgrading a Windows NT 4.0 PDC
- Verify Domain Controller Operations
- Develop a Recovery Plan for a Domain Upgrade
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the domain upgrade process and the implication of upgrading a domain from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003.
- Upgrade a Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows Server 2003.
- Complete the domain upgrade process by upgrading BDCs, preventing a domain controller overload, and raising the levels of domain and forest functionality to Windows Server 2003.
Module 8: Preparing to Restructure Domains
This module explains how to restructure domains from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 by using migration tools and how to create a domain restructure plan.
Lessons
- Description to Restructuring Domains
- Examining Migration Tools
- Planning a Domain Restructure
- Prepare the Source and Target Domains for Restructuring
Lab A: Preparing to Restructure Domains
- Prepare the Source and Target Domains for Restructuring
- Identify Issues that Could Cause Problems with the Restructure
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the process for restructuring domains.
- Examine migration tools.
- Plan a domain restructure.
- Prepare the source and target domains for restructuring.
- Module 9: Restructuring Domains
This module explains how to restructure account and resource domains from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003.
Lessons
- Restructuring Account Domains
- Restructuring Resource Domains
- Restructuring Active Directory Domains
Lab A: Restructuring Account and Resource Domains
- Migrate the Account Domain
- Migrate the Resource Domain
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Restructure Windows NT 4.0 account domains.
- Restructure Windows NT 4.0 resource domains.
- Restructure Active Directory domains by moving objects between domains in a Windows Server 2003 forest.
Module 10:Completing the Restructure Process
This module explains how to complete the restructure process from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003.
Lessons
- Overview of Completing the Restructure Process
- Reconfiguring Access to Shared Resources
- Decommissioning the Windows NT 4.0 Source Domains
Lab A: Completing the Restructure Process
- Reconfigure Permissions on Shared Resources
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how to complete the account and resource migration.
- Configure access to shared resources.
- Decommission the Windows NT 4.0 source domains.
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