RODC & Physical Structure of AD-DS

• Introduction & Configuration of Read-Only Domain Controller

• SITES and Global Catalog

• Backup Strategies

• Replication between the Domain Controllers

• AD-DS Partitions

Active Directory - Domain Services

• IP Addressing

• Logical Topologies - Peer-Peer & Domain Models

• Introduction to Directory Services

• Evolution of Active Directory Services - LDAP Protocol

• Features of Active Directory

• Installing Active Directory – Domain Controller

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

• Introduction and Configuration of DHCP Server

• DHCP Client Configuration

• Reservations

• BOOTP Server

• DHCP Backup

Member Servers, Clients, User Configuration

• Configuring Member Servers and Clients.

• Creating Users in AD-DS

• User Logon policies

• Password policies

• Account Lockout policies

• User properties

Domain Name System (DNS)

• Internet Basics, Host & LM Host Files

• DNS Naming Hierarchy

• Lookup Zones - Forward and Reverse lookup Zones

• Types of Zones – Primary, Secondary & Stub Zone

• Resource Records, Integration with ADS, SRV Records

Terminal Services

• Terminal Server Configuration

• Terminal Server Licensing Mode

• Remote Desktop

• T.S Web access administration and T.S Remote Apps.

• Overview of T.S Gateway service

Internet Information Services

• IIS 7.0 Configuration

• Hosting Websites, Virtual Directories

• Backup & Restoring Sites

• FTP Server Configuration

User Profile

• Types of Profiles

• Local, Roaming and Mandatory Profiles

• Home Folder

• Disk Quotas

Permissions/Access Control Lists

• File Systems

• Security and Sharing Permissions - Folders & Files

• Offline Folder

Logical Structure of AD - DS

• Configuring ADC

• Tree Structure - Child Domain

• FOREST Structure

Routing & Remote Access

• Routing Configuration - Static Routes

• ICS, NAT, DHCP Relay Agent

• Remote Access Server Configuration

• Dial-in & Dial-out

• VPN - PPTP, L2TP

FSMO Roles of AD - DS

• Roles of AD - DS

• Transferring of Roles

• Seizing of Roles

Windows Deployment Services

• Introduction & Configuration of WDS Server

• Attended & Unattended Installation

Distributed File System, Backup & Recovery, Printers

• Introduction to DFS & File server

• Configuring Namespace, Folders etc

• Introduction to Backup & Backup media

• Types of Backups & Strategies

• Recovery of Data from any backup media

• Introduction to printers

• Types of printers & configuration

Disk Management

• Basic & Dynamic Disks

• Types of Volumes

• RAID 0, 1, 5 Levels

• Remote Hard disk Partitioning

• Mounting Concepts

Active Directory Trusts

• Introduction to Trust Relationship

• Categories, Directions & Types of Trusts

• Functional Levels

• Authentication Protocols

• Configuring Forest Trusts between 2008 Forests

Advanced Topics

• Windows Server Core

• Upgrading windows server 2003 to 2008

• Groups, VSS, Paging File

• System state backup & restoration

• Domain Renaming, Auditing policies

• Overview of AD- FS, LDS, RMS, CS

Group Policy / System Policy

• Organizational Unit, Delegation of Control

• User & Computer Policies

• Scope of Policies - OU, Domain, Sites

• Group policy modeling (RSOP)

• Software Deployment

• Scripts, Folder Redirection

Live Setup - Demo by Faculty

• Designing, Implementing & Maintaing of Corporate Network