Upgrading Windows 2000 to 2003
Course E500: £79 - For a 12 Month Subscription with Anytime Online Access

Intended Audience
To fully benefit from this course you should already have knowledge and a working understanding of Windows 2000.
The course content is designed to help provide the knowledge and skills necessary to upgrade Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003.
Course Content
This course is available with Anytime Online Access for 12 Months and has been divided into 15 parts to aid learning as shown below:
- Part 1: Managing Server 2003 & Active Directory Forests
- * The features of Server 2003, the available editions and upgrade paths
* A review of the logical and physical components of active directory
* Using the event tracker and group policy object (GPO) Editor
* An introduction to universal group caching
* Domain and Forest Functional levels
* A review of the replication partition
- Part 2: Planning Host Name Resolution Strategy
- * A review of NetBIOS name resolution
* Using the NBTstat command to view NetBIOS name cache
* The DNS hierarchy and logical tree structure
* DNS name resolution and root hints
* The types of DNS name query, records and zones
* Forwarders and conditional forwarding
* Troubleshooting DNS client & Server configuration
* Video: Configuring DNS Servers, Zones and Records
- Part 3: Managing Server 2003 Active Directory Trusts
- * The types of trust relationship
* Managing and configuring trusts
* Video: Creating and Administering a Forest Trust.
- Part 4: Remote Assistance & Terminal Services
- * An overview of Remote Assistance and firewalls
* The configuration and installation of Remote Desktop for Administration
* The configuration and Installation of Terminal Services
* Troubleshooting Terminal Services
* Video: Install and Configure a Terminal Server.
- Part 5: Managing Backup & Disaster Recovery
- * Backing up Files and Folders
* The Types of Backup
* Restoring Files and Folders
* System State Data
* An Introduction to the Volume Shadow Copy Service
* Automated System Recovery
* The Recovery Console
* Video: Recovering Files Using the Shadow Copy Service.
- Part 6: Managing Users, Groups & Computers
- * Managing multiple accounts and creating user templates
* Active Directory built-in groups
* Group Scopes
* Active Directory command line tools
* Account, Kerberos and Audit security policies
* Video: Create and Change Group Types and Scopes.
- Part 7: Plan & Implement Group Policy
- * Group Policy components
* Linking GPO's and Administrative templates
* Group Policy Inheritance and GPO conflicts
* Delegation of control of a GPO
* Planning Group Policy
* An Introduction to the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
* Troubleshooting Group Policy
* Video: Create, Modify and Delegate Control of a GPO.
- Part 8: Manage the User Environment with Group Policy
- * Reviewing Folder Redirection and Offline Files
* The deployment of software using group policy
* Planning and preparing software deployment
* Maintaining software deployment with group policy
* Video: Deploying Software with Group Policy
- Part 9: Apply Software Restriction Policy
- * Implementing software restriction policies
* Default Security Levels
* Software Restriction Policy Rules
* Software Restriction Policy Recommendations
- Part 10: Planning & Deploying Security Templates
- * What are security templates
* Managing security configuration with security templates
* The default security templates which are available
* Deploying security templates with group policy
* The Security Configuration and Analysis Tool
* Video: Creating & Modifying Security Templates
- Part 11: Internet Information Services (IIS)
- * Installing Internet Information Services V6
* A review of the default accounts created
* Configuring permissions and authentication
* The default Web and FTP site permissions
* Application Isolation modes
* Application Pools
* Video: Installing & Configuring IIS
- Part 12: Server Clustering
- * The types of server cluster available with Windows Server 2003
* Designing a Clustering solution
* The Installation and configuration of network load balancing clusters
* The Installation and configuration of server clusters
* Video: Creating a Server Cluster
- Part 13: Software Update Services (SUS)
- * Configuring SUS
* The components of SUS
* A review of the SUS network topologies
* Monitoring SUS
* The Microsoft Baseline Security Analizer (MBSA)
* Troubleshooting SUS
* Video: Installing, Synchronizing & Configuring SUS.
- Part 14: Securing Network Communication
- * Planning and deploying IPSec
* IPSec tunnel and transport modes
* IPSec components, protocols and policies
* Wireless networking standards
* Wireless topologies
* Wireless security threats
* Wireless encryption
* Video: Creating IPSec Policy.
- Part 15: Certificate Services. Try this part FREE
- * An introduction to certificate services
* Planning a public key infrastructure (PKI)
* The types of certificate authority
* Creating a certificate authority
* Choosing between Internal or external certificate authorities
* Installing, managing and revoking certificates
* Video: Installing & Configuring Certificate Services.


