Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291 Training

Summary:

The Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSA/MCSE 70-291 series is designed to help learners prepare for Microsoft exam number 70-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure. This online training series covers topics such as networking models, IP addressing and routing, classless subnet masking and client address configuration, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). In addition, the informative courses detail Windows Internet Name Server (WINS), Domain Naming System (DNS), Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS), and Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Services. Finally, learners are taught to understand security templates and software updates, monitoring and troubleshooting network activity, and LAN routing.

This Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291 online training series provides 54 hours of self-paced courseware. This web-based training provides 1 year of unlimited access to all of the following lessons:

1 . TCP/IP Protocol
2 . IP Addressing and Routing
3 . Classless Subnet Masking and Client Address Configuration
4 . The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
5 . Integrating and Troubleshooting DHCP
6 . Windows Internet Name Server (WINS)
7 . WINS Client and Interoperability and NetBIOS
8 . Domain Naming System Concepts
9 . The DNS Server
10 . Routing and Remote Access Service VPN Services
11 . Security Templates and Software Updates
12 . Monitoring and Troubleshooting Network Activity
13 . LAN Routing and Dial-Up Services
14 . LAN and Dial-Up Security

Lesson Detail:

TCP/IP Protocol
This course provides an overview of the OSI, Microsoft, and TCP/IP Networking Models, as well as major application layer protocols.

OSI networking model: physical and data link layers
Network and transport layers
Session, presentation, and application layers
Microsoft networking model
Protocol suite network interface layer
Protocol suite internet layer
Protocol suite host-to-host transport layer
Protocol suite application layer

IP Addressing and Routing
This course provides an overview of IP addressing and routing, including binary conversion, network classes, subnetting, and name resolution.

IP addresses and binary conversions
Network ID and host ID
Classes
Subnetting and subnet masking
Custom subnet masks
Public and private IP addresses
IP routing name resolution
IP routing tables
ARP
Static and dynamic IP routers
Routing utilities and example network

Classless Subnet Masking and Client Address Configuration
This course provides an overview of subnetting, supernetting, the XP/2000 routing table, assigning IP addresses, and APIPA.

Classless subnet masking
Subnetting Class B networks
Subnetting Class C networks
Example classless subnetting
Supernetting a Class C network
The Windows XP/2000 routing table
Windows XP/2000 routing table entries
The Windows 2003 routing table
Disabling automatic metric calculation
Adding and removing routing table entries
Assigning static IP addresses
Assigning dynamic IP addresses and APIPA

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
This course provides an overview of DHCP leases, as well as installing and configuring DHCP service.

DHCP leases
The DHCP lease process
Lease renewal
Installing the DHCP service
Configuring scopes
Configuring server and scope options
Configuring user and vendor class options
Configuring reservations and BOOTP tables
Superscopes
Multicast scopes
IP address allocation

Integrating and Troubleshooting DHCP
This course provides an overview of configuring the DHCP Relay Agent, Dynamic DNS, Routing and Remote Access, and Active Directory. It also covers automatic addressing, as well as managing and monitoring DHCP.

Configuring the DHCP relay agent
DHCP server and Dynamic DNS
DHCP and Routing and Remote Access
DHCP and Active Directory
Automatic private IP addressing
Managing the DHCP server database
Server statistics and administration
Monitoring DHCP
Data sniffing and audit log
Log files and client-side troubleshooting

Windows Internet Name Server (WINS)
This course provides an overview of WINS, including installation, push and pull replication, records management, and database administration.

Overview of WINS
Installing the WINS server
Creating replication partners
Configuring pull replication
Configuring push replication
Managing WINS records
Creating static records
State and expiration fields
Record reconciliation and integrity
Database consistency
Database size and advanced options
WINS database backup
Ntbackup and database restores

WINS Client and Interoperability and NetBIOS
This course provides an overview of configuring WINS clients, troubleshooting WINS clients and servers, and NetBIOS name resolution, registration, and node types.

Configuring the WINS client
WINS and DHCP
WINS and DNS
WINS and RRAS or Active Directory
WINS and Browser service or Win9x/NT clients
WINS System Monitor Objects
Troubleshooting WINS Clients
Troubleshooting WINS servers
NetBIOS name resolution
Name registration and resolution
NetBIOS terminology
NetBIOS node types
The LMHOSTS file

Domain Naming System Concepts
This course provides an overview of DNS conventions, resolution, namespace, concepts, resource records, zones, and Active Directory service integration.

DNS overview
Name conventions and resolution
The DNS namespace
Basic DNS concepts
Zones and records
Adding records and zone transfers
Host name resolution
Server roles and testing
Adding zones
Dynamic DNS servers
Stale records and extensions
AD integrated DNS zones

The DNS Server
This course provides an overview of installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting a DNS server.

Installing the configuring the DNS server
Configuring forward lookup zones
Adding DNS database records
Configuring reverse lookup zones
Configuring your DNS server
Configuring your DNS zones
Configuring DNS clients
Resolving DNS queries
Integrating the DNS server with DHCP
DNSUpdateProxy group security
WINS and DNS
Integrating the DNS server with BIND
Monitoring the server with DNS console
Monitoring the server with System Monitor
Monitoring the server with Network Monitor
Troubleshooting the DNS server

Routing and Remote Access Service VPN Services
This course provides an overview of enabling remote access, configuring a VPN server, authenticating VPN clients, creating dial-up connections and gateways, and troubleshooting VPN.

Remote access concepts
Enabling remote access
VPN server network structure
VPN server infrastructure
PPP authentication process, PAP and SPAP
Authentication protocols CHAP, MS-CHAP, and EAP
VPN tunneling protocols
Configuring the VPN server
Configuring the VPN server for remote access
Configuring the VPN remote access clients
VPN gateway infrastructure
Demand-dial connections and IP addressing support
Creating gateways and static packet filters
VPN gateway configuration
Troubleshooting VPN services

Security Templates and Software Updates
This course provides an overview of network security settings, analyzing security, applying security templates, and installing software updates.

Security templates
Network security settings
Analyzing baseline security
Applying baseline security
Installing security templates
Installing software updates
Installing automatic client update settings
Configuring automatic client update settings
Legacy clients and testing

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Network Activity
This course provides an overview of installing and configuring Network Monitor, including trace interpretation, NAT logging, troubleshooting name resolution and client configuration, quarantine control, DHCP issues, and monitoring IPSec connection.

Installing network monitor
Configuring network monitor
Interpreting a trace
NAT logging
Troubleshooting name resolution
IP addressing client configuration issues
Quarantine control and DHCP issues
Monitoring IPSec connections

LAN Routing and Dial-Up Services
This course provides an overview of configuring LAN routing, RAS, PPP Multilink, BAP, and wireless connections.

Configuring LAN routing
Setting up LAN routing
Configuring RRAS packet filters
Configuring dial-up RRAS server
Configuring dial-up RRAS gateway
PPP multilink and bandwidth allocation protocol
Configuring multilink with BAP
Configuring wireless connections
Wireless networking policies
Configuring wireless networking

LAN and Dial-Up Security
This course provides an overview of remote access policies, router protocols, RIP, OSPF, IGMP, firewall support, NAT, ICMP, remote access client and server connections, and IAS.

Remote access policies
Configuring remote access policies
Understanding router protocols
RIP
OSPF and IGMP
Configuring basic firewall support
RRAS NAT services
ICMP router discovery
Troubleshooting remote access client connections
Troubleshooting remote access server connections
Internet Authentication Services
Configuring IAS

Certification:
Windows Server 2003 Network Management MCSE 70-291

Audience:
This online training series is for anyone preparing for the MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-291 or anyone who wants an introduction to Windows Server 2003.

Features:

Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
Show Me Hows allow learners to access instructional demonstrations from all courses in the series.
Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises.
Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.

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