This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design a Microsoft Windows® 2000 directory services infrastructure in an enterprise network. Strategies are presented to assist the student in identifying the information technology needs of an organization, and then designing an Active Directory™ structure that meets those needs.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe guidelines for gathering business and administrative information from an organization, and explain how an architect uses that information to design an Active Directory structure for an enterprise.
• Design an Active Directory naming strategy that accommodates the organizational structure of a business.
• Develop a plan to help protect and delegate administrative authority over Active Directory objects based on the administrative model of an organization.
• Identify business needs and scenarios that may require modification of the Active Directory schema, and plan a policy to govern schema modification.
• Create an Active Directory design based on administrative Group Policy requirements defined by business needs.
• Design an Active Directory domain and the organizational unit hierarchy within the domain.
• Identify situations where a multiple-domain Active Directory structure may be necessary to meet the administrative and security needs of an organization, and then design a structure that meets those needs.
• Design a site topology for managing Active Directory replication that fulfills the administrative needs of an organization, and that optimizes the available bandwidth of the physical network.
• Plan for the design of an Active Directory structure that combines administrative, replication, and naming requirements of an organization.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Course 1560, Updating Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000, or equivalent knowledge and skills.

OR

• Course 2154, Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services, or equivalent knowledge and skills.

This course will help the student prepare for this Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

• Exam 70-219, Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

The following software is provided in the student kit.

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Module 1: Introduction to Designing a Directory Services Infrastructure

Topics:

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

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Describe the function and business benefits of Active Directory in an enterprise network.
• Describe the process of gathering and documenting information from an organization that will impact the design of an Active Directory structure.
• Identify the architectural elements of Active Directory and describe how these elements are used to design an Active Directory structure.

Module 2: Designing an Active Directory Naming Strategy

Topics:

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

Lab:

• Designing an Active Directory Naming Strategy

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Determine the directory naming needs of an organization.
• Plan for directory-integrated DNS to reduce overall network traffic.
• Select appropriate domain names for Active Directory.
• Design a DNS naming strategy for Active Directory.

Module 3: Designing Active Directory to Delegate Administrative Authority

Topics:

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

Labs:

• Designing Delegated Administration

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Identify the administrative needs of an organization that impact an Active Directory design.
• Characterize the type of Information Technology (IT) organizational support as it impacts the design of an Active Directory structure.
• Plan for hierarchical design of Active Directory structure to support different IT organizational types.
• Develop a strategy for delegating administrative authority.

Module 4: Designing a Schema Policy

Topics:

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

Lab:

• Modifying the Schema

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Identify organizational needs that require schema modification.
• Describe schema components and fundamentals of schema modification.
• Describe how schema modification impacts Active Directory and network performance.
• Design policies for governing schema modifications.

Module 5: Designing Active Directory to Support Group Policy

Topics:

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

Labs:

• Designing Group Policy and a Supporting Active Directory Structure

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Identify administrative needs that can be addressed through Group Policy.
• Determine the appropriate site, domain, or organizational unit level at which to apply Group Policy.
• Design a Group Policy plan based on the administrative needs of an organization and design an Active Directory

Module 6: Designing an Active Directory Domain

Topics:

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

Labs:

• Designing a Group and Organizational Unit Strategy

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Identify business needs that impact a domain design.
• Design the initial Active Directory domain, and explain the importance of the initial root domain.
• Develop a security group strategy.
• Develop a hierarchical OU structure within a domain.

Module 7: Designing a Multiple Domain Structure

Topics:

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

Lab:

• Designing a Multiple-Domain Structure

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Identify criteria for determining whether a single or multiple domain structure is necessary to meet business needs.
• Describe the trust relationships inherent in multiple domain structures.
• Plan a multiple-domain tree.
• Plan a multiple-tree forest.
• Plan multiple forests.

Module 8: Designing an Active Directory Site Topology

Topics:

• 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

Labs:

• Planning Sites to Control Active Directory Replication

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Describe the purpose of sites and their role in Active Directory replication.
• Assess the need for Active Directory sites.
• Plan for the creation of site links and site link bridges.
• Plan an inter-site replication topology.
• Plan the placement of servers running Active Directory to manage replication traffic.

Module 9: Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

Topics:

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

Labs:

• Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

Skills:

Students will be able to:

• Form a team to conduct an organizational analysis to determine business and administrative needs that impact the design of an Active Directory structure.
• Design an Active Directory structure that satisfies the business and administrative needs of an organization.
• Complete the design process by creating a functional specification that establishes an agreement between the architect planning team and the organization.