MCITP Server Administrator (Server 2008)

Course Description: This course is design to prepare students for the certification exams to become server administrators. This will enable students to have a career as system administrators, network administrators, information system administrators, network operations analysts, network technicians, or technical support specialists. The course’s curriculum teaches students the knowledge and skills needed to implement, monitor, and maintain Windows Server 2008 servers, to configure identity and access solutions with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory and to implement networking features and functionalities in Windows Server 2008

Course Objectives: This course aims to validate students’ comprehensive set of skills required to be successful as a server administrator. Students will obtain skills including project management, operations management, and planning, and they are contextual to the job role.

Course Content:

MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
Lesson 1: Overview of Active Directory
Lesson 2: Domain Name System (DNS)
Lesson 3: Planning and Installation of Active Directory
Lesson 4: Installing and Managing Trees and Forests
Lesson 5: Configuring Sites and Replication
Lesson 6: Configuring Active Directory Server Roles
Lesson 7: Administering Active Directory
Lesson 8: Configuring Group Policy Objects
Lesson 9: Planning Security for Active Directory
Lesson 10: Active Directory Optimization and Reliability

MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
Lesson 1: Understanding Windows Server 2008 Networking
Lesson 2: TCP/IP
Lesson 3: Domain Name System (DNS)
Lesson 4: Managing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Lesson 5: Managing Routing and Remote Access
Lesson 6: Managing Remote Access Services
Lesson 7: Managing Security for Remote Access Services
Lesson 8: Managing File and Print Services
Lesson 9: Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure

MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator
Lesson 1: Introducing Windows Server 2008
Lesson 2: Planning Server Deployments
Lesson 3: Windows Server 2008 Management Tools
Lesson 4: Monitoring and Maintaining Network Infrastructure Servers
Lesson 5: Monitoring and Maintaining Active Directory
Lesson 6: Monitoring and Maintaining Print and File Servers
Lesson 7: Monitoring and Maintaining Application Servers
Lesson 8: Windows Server 2008 Security
Lesson 9: Business Continuity and High Availability

Exam: Students will be prepared to pass the following exams to be certified
- 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
- 70-642: TS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
- 70-646: Pro: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator

Course Hours: 49

Prerequisites: Students should have already attended the MCSA class for Windows 2003 or MCSE on Windows 2000 certification or possess equivalent knowledge and skills.