Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure Training Class

Lesson 1: Introduction to Designing a Directory Services Infrastructure

Role of Active Directory in an Enterprise Network
Conducting an Organizational Analysis
Architectural Elements of Active Directory

Lesson 2: Designing an Active Directory Naming Strategy

Identifying Business Needs
DNS and Active Directory
Planning Active Directory Domain Names
Designing a DNS Naming Strategy for Active Directory

Lesson 3: Designing Active Directory to Delegate Administrative Authority

Identifying Business Needs
Characterizing the IT Organization
Developing a Strategy for Administrative Design
Developing a Strategy for Delegation

Lesson 4: Designing a Schema Policy

Identifying Business Needs
Schema Fundamentals
Implications of Modifying the Schema
Planning for Schema Modification

Lesson 5: Designing Active Directory to Support Group Policy

Identifying Business Needs
Applying Group Policy in Active Directory
Planning for Group Policy

Lesson 6: Designing an Active Directory Domain

Identifying Business Needs
Designing the Initial Active Directory Domain
Planning for Security Groups
Planning for OUs

Lesson 7: Designing a Multiple Domain Structure

Identifying Business Needs
Accessing Resources Between Domains
Planning for Multiple-Domain Trees
Planning for Multiple-Tree Forests
Planning for Multiple Forests

Lesson 8: Designing an Active Directory Site Topology

Using Sites in Active Directory
Assessing the Need for Active Directory Sites
Using Site Links in a Network
Planning the Inter-Site Replication Topology
Planning for Server Placement in Sites

Lesson 9: Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

Conducting an Organizational Analysis
Designing an Active Directory Structure
Creating a Functional Specification