Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure Training Class

Lesson 1: Introduction to Designing an Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

Explain basic design principles.
Describe the process of and the tasks involved in designing an Active Directory infrastructure.

Lesson 2: Designing a Forest and Domain Infrastructure

Gather and analyze the information that you need to design a forest and domain infrastructure.
Create a logical forest design.
Create a domain design.
Design a DNS namespace strategy for forests and domains.
Create a trust strategy for forests.
Determine a migration plan for the existing infrastructure.
Design a schema management policy.

Lesson 3: Designing a Site Infrastructure

Determine the information needed to design a site infrastructure.
Create a site design.
Modify the site design for replication.
Determine the placement of domain controllers in the site design.
Determine the placement of global catalog servers in the site design.
Determine the placement of single operations masters in the site design.

Lesson 4: Designing the Administrative Structure

Determine the information needed to design an administrative structure.
Design a network administration model.
Design an organizational unit structure.
Design an account strategy.

Lesson 5: Designing for Group Policy

Determine the information needed to design for Group Policy.
Design a Group Policy structure.
Create an organization unit (OU) structure for Group Policy.
Create a Group Policy management design.

Lesson 6: Designing the Physical Network

Explain the preparation necessary to design a network infrastructure.
Create an IP addressing scheme.
Design a DHCP infrastructure.
Design a change management structure for networking.

Lesson 7: Designing for Network Connectivity

Determine the information that you need to design for network connectivity.
Evaluate connection types.
Design a connectivity infrastructure.
Create a design for Internet connectivity.

Lesson 8: Designing a Name Resolution Strategy

Determine the information needed to design a name-resolution strategy.
Design a strategy for interoperability with Active Directory, BIND, WINS, and DHCP.
Design a WINS replication strategy.
Design a name resolution strategy for clients.

Lesson 9: Designing the Network Access Infrastructure

Gather data for network access design.
Design network access security.
Design remote access methods.
Design a remote access infrastructure.
Design a wireless access infrastructure.