Windows Server 2003 Sites and Services

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Course Summary

The goal of this course is to teach you advanced administration tips and time-saving techniques for managing Active Directory on Windows Server 2003.

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Course Description

The goal of this course is to teach you advanced administration tips and time-saving techniques for managing Active Directory on Windows Server 2003. In this course you'll learn about unattended installations, replication, and using Domain and Forest Functional Levels. This course caters to those familiar with Windows Server 2003, but is also a helpful resource to more advanced users wanting to increase their knowledge in this area.

Course Description

The goal of this course is to teach you advanced administration tips and time-saving techniques for managing Active Directory on Windows Server 2003. In this course you'll learn about unattended installations, replication, and using Domain and Forest Functional Levels. This course caters to those familiar with Windows Server 2003, but is also a helpful resource to more advanced users wanting to increase their knowledge in this area.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction
- 7m 43s

—Introduction 1m 15s
—Topics Introduction 6m 28s

Lab Setup Video
- 17m 23s

—Hardware Requirement 2m 34s
—Computer Configuration Settings 1m 27s
—Network Diagram 5m 22s
—Configuring DC1 1m 50s
—Configuring DC2 1m 13s
—Configuring DC3 4m 57s

Unattended AD Installation
- 27m 38s

—Introduction 1m 51s
—Ways to Install Active Directory 2m 10s
—Installing Active Directory with Answer File 0m 46s
—Creating an Answer File 10m 13s
—Unattended Install of AD 12m 38s

Network Setup
- 38m 4s

—Introduction 0m 37s
—Installing Active Directory on DC2 8m 55s
—Configuring a Router 16m 27s
—Installing AD on DC3 3m 36s
—AD Replication Between Domain Controllers 8m 29s

Creating New Sites and Subnets
- 32m 10s

—Introduction 4m 32s
—What is a Site? 6m 46s
—Configuring Sites 1m 8s
—Creating a Site 7m 23s
—Creating a Subnet and Assosicate It with Site 2m 14s
—Designate a Site License Server for the Site 10m 7s

Intersite Replication Using Site Links and Bridgehead Servers
- 1h 1m

—Introduction 6m 45s
—Two Types of Replication in Active Directory 2m 56s
—Configuring Intersite Replication 1m 6s
—Creating Site Links and Configure Site Link Attributes 13m 26s
—Designate a Preferred Bridgehead Server 9m 58s
—Creating Site Link Bridges 2m 26s
—Creating and Configuring Connection Objects 4m 47s
—Global Catalog Servers 10m 9s
—Universal Group Caching Server 10m 4s

AD Replication
- 1h 12m

—Introduction 2m 7s
—Installing Active Directory Support Tools 1m 36s
—Active Directory Replication Monitor (Replmon.exe) 1m 10s
—Task: See When a Replication Partner Fails 12m 42s
—Task: View History of Replication 19m 11s
—Task: View Properties of Directory Replication Partners 0m 44s
—Task: Trigger the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) 0m 35s
—Task: Monitor Replication Status of DC 1m 4s
—Replication Administration Tool (Repadmin.exe) 14m 46s
—Directory Services Utility (Dsastat.exe) 3m 57s
—Domain Controller Diagnostic Tool (Dcdiag.exe) 3m 5s
—Active Directory Sizer 11m 37s

Domain and Forest Functional Levels - Part 1
- 26m 6s

—Introduction 0m 53s
—What is a Domain, a Tree, and a Forest 4m 55s
—Determine the Appropriate Domain and Forest Functional Role 5m 35s
—Upgrading Domain Functional Levels 8m 11s
—Upgrading Forest Functional Levels 6m 32s

Domain and Forest Functional Levels - Part 2
- 37m 50s

—Introduction 0m 31s
—Operation Master Roles 4m 10s
—Schema Master Role 2m 30s
—Domain Naming Master Role 6m 44s
—Domain-Wide Operations Master Roles 1m 28s
—RID Master Role 4m 29s
—PDC Emulator Role 5m 10s
—Infrastructure Master Role 5m 37s
—Managing Operations Master Roles 7m 11s

Remote Access
- 34m 27s

—Set up Terminal Services/Remote Access for Server 2000 and 2003 34m 27s