Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration

This course is ideal if you'd like to take your IT career into the area of Active Directory configuration in a Windows Server 2008 environment. You'll learn all about Active Directory server roles, and how they relate to Directory Services. The course also covers certificate management and group policy, and will give you expert status and certification in this dynamic field of computing.

If you're looking to further add to your technical credentials, this course forms one fifth of the MCITP Enterprise Administrator certification.

 

What will I study?

Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory

  • Configure zones
  • Configure DNS server settings
  • Configure zone transfers and replication

Configuring the Active Directory infrastructure

  • Configure a forest or a domain, trusts, sites, Active Directory replication, the global catalogue and operations masters
  • Configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS)
  • Configure Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS)
  • Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC)
  • Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

Creating and maintaining Active Directory objects

  • Automate creation of Active Directory accounts
  • Maintain Active Directory accounts
  • Create and apply Group Policy objects (GPOs)
  • Configure GPO templates
  • Configure software deployment GPOs
  • Configure account policies
  • Configure audit policy by using GPOs

Maintaining the Active Directory environment

  • Configure back-up and recovery
  • Perform offline maintenance
  • Monitor Active Directory

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services

  • Install Active Directory Certificate Services
  • Configure CA server settings
  • Manage certificate templates, enrolments and certificate revocations

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