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Final Course Syllabus

Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to effectively maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data on a computer running one of the operating systems in the Microsoftâ Windowsâ Server 2003 family.

Audience

This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

§ Prepare to administer server resources.

§ Configure a server to monitor system performance.

§ Monitor system performance.

§ Manage device drivers by configuring device driver signing and restoring a device driver.

§ Manage hard disks.

§ Manage data storage.

§ Manage disaster recovery.

§ Maintain software by using

Microsoft Windows Server Update Services.

§ Maintain Windows Server 2003 security.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have completed Course 2274, Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Student Materials

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

Module 1: Preparing to Administer a Server

This module explains how to administer a server. It describes how to manage servers remotely, what tools to use, and the rights and permissions that are needed to administer a server.

Lessons

§ Introduction to Administering a Server

§ Configuring Remote Desktop toAdminister a Server

§ Managing Remote DesktopConnections

Lab A: Preparing to Administer a Server

§ Enabling Remote Desktop

§ Creating a Shared Folder on a Remote Computer

§ Connecting to a RemoteConsole Session

§ Creating runas Shortcuts to Administration Tools

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Explain the tasks, tools, and rights that are required to administer a server.

§ Configure Remote Desktop for Administration and client preferences.

§ Manage remote desktop connections.

Module 2: Preparing to Monitor Server PerformanceThis module explains how to monitor server performance by using performance tools, configure and manage performance logs, configure and manage alerts, and manage system monitor views.

Lessons

§ Introduction to MonitoringServer Performance

§ Performing Real-Time and Logged Monitoring

§ Configuring and ManagingCounter Logs

§ Configuring Alerts

Lab A: Preparing to

Monitor Server Performance

§ Selecting the Appropriate

Monitoring Technique

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Establish a performance baseline.

§ Perform real-time and logged monitoring.

§ Configure and manage counter logs.

§ Configure alerts.

Module 3: Monitoring Server PerformanceThis module explains how to collect performance data by monitoring primary server subsystems. It also covers how to identify system bottlenecks by using the Performance console and Task Manager in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Lessons

§ Multimedia: The PrimaryServer Subsystems

§ Monitoring Server Memory

§ Monitoring Processor Usage

§ Monitoring Disks

§ Monitoring Network Usage

§ Monitoring Best PracticesLab A: Monitoring Server Performance

§ Create and Configure Alerts

§ Configure the MessagingService

§ Finding a High CPU UsageProcess

§ Finding a High Memory Usage

Process

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Explain how the four primary server subsystems affect server performance.

§ Monitor server memory.

§ Monitor processor usage.

§ Monitor disks.

§ Monitor network usage.

§ Use best practices for monitoring server performance.

Module 4: Maintaining Device Drivers

This module explains how to maintain device drivers.

Lessons

§ Configuring Device DriverSigning Options

§ Using Device Driver Rollback

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Configure device driver signing.

§ Restore the previous version of a device driver.

Module 5: Managing Disks

This module explains how to manage disks and how to use the tools to manage and set up disks.

Lessons

§ Preparing Disks

§ Managing Disk Properties

§ Managing Mounted Drives

§ Converting Disks

§ Creating Volumes

§ Creating Fault-TolerantVolumes

§ Importing a Foreign Disk

Lab A: Managing Disks

§ Recovering from a Failed

Mirrored Drive

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Initialize and partition a disk.

§ View and update disk properties.

§ Manage mounted drives.

§ Convert a disk from basic to dynamic and from dynamic to basic.

§ Create volumes on a disk.

§ Create fault-tolerant volumes.

§ Import disks.

Module 6: Managing Data Storage

This module explains the Encrypting File System (EFS), which contributes to the safe storage of data and helps to keep the network from harm.

It also explains how to administer disk quotas.

Lessons

§ Managing File Compression

§ Configuring File Encryption

§ Configuring EFS RecoveryAgents

§ Implementing Disk Quotas

Lab A: Managing Data

Storage

§ Troubleshooting Disk-QuotaEntries

§ Recovering an Encrypted File

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Manage NTFS file compression.

§ Configure file encryption.

§ Configure an EFS recovery agent.

§ Implement disk quotas.

Module 7: Managing Disaster Recovery

This module explains how to plan for a computer disaster and how to use the features of Windows Server 2003 to prevent a disaster or recover when one occurs.

Lessons

§ Preparing for DisasterRecovery

§ Backing Up Data

§ Scheduling Backup Jobs

§ Restoring Data

§ Configuring Shadow Copies

§ Recovering from Server

Failure

Lab A: Managing Disaster

Recovery

§ Backing Up the System State Data

§ Recovering from a Corrupt Registry by Using Last Known Good Configuration

§ Recovering from a Corrupt Registry by Restoring System State Data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Prepare for disaster recovery.

§ Back up data.

§ Schedule backup jobs.

§ Restore data.

§ Configure a shadow copy.

§ Recover from server failure.

Module 8: Software Maintenance Using Windows Server Update Services

This module explains how to use Microsoft Windows Server Update

Services to manage and distribute critical software updates that resolve known security vulnerabilities and other stability issues.

Lessons

§ Introduction to WindowsServer Update Services

§ Installing and Configuring WindowsServer Update Services

§ Managing Windows Server

Update Services

Lab A: Software

Maintenance Using Windows Server Update Services

§ Create a Test Computer Group

§ View the Status of Updates and Computers

§ Back up WSUS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Describe Microsoft WSUS.

§ Install and configure servers to use WSUS.

§ Manage WSUS.

Module 9: Software Maintenance Using Windows Server Update Services

This module describes how to secure Microsoft®

Windows Server 2003. The module provides an overview of securing servers, core server security, hardening servers, and the Microsoft Baseline SecurityAnalyzer tool.

Lessons

§ Introduction to SecuringServers

§ Implementing Core ServerSecurity

§ Hardening Servers

§ Microsoft Baseline Security

Analyzer

Lab A: Software

Maintenance Using Windows Server Update Services

§ Using the SecurityConfiguration Wizard

§ Configuring a Group PolicyObject for Member Servers

§ Scanning a Range of Computers by Using

MBSA

After completing this module, students will be able to:

§ Describe how servers are secured.

§ Explain core server security.

§ Harden servers in various roles.

§ Use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.