Windows 2000 Active Directory Design: Business Requirements and Naming Strategies

This course discusses the need to effectively plan the Active Directory Service (ADS) structure before implementing it on a network. The course explains how to analyze the business model and organizational requirements of your organization, with a discussion of structural, process, and user requirements, and an examination of the IT management structure, the factors influencing business strategies, the importance of evaluating the current technical environment, and the impact of ADS on the current and planned technical environment. Learn about Domain Name System (DNS) and its integration with ADS, forward and reverse lookup queries, zone transfers, and the DNS notification process. Also learn about the ADS naming strategies, determining the scope of Active Directory, planning the naming hierarchy and DNS namespace, and identifying compatible DNS servers. This course covers DNS deployment strategies for naming the ADS root domain, and the advantages and disadvantages of each naming option.

Business Requirements and Naming Strategies training covers such topics as:

Analyzing a Business Model
Analyzing Organizational Requirements
Integrating Active Directory with DNS
Identifying Active Directory Naming Strategies
Strategies for Naming the Active Directory Root Domain

This course addresses the training needs of system administrators, network designers, and IT consultants. This course also addresses the needs of IT professionals who want to be certified under the new MCSE track.

Completion of this course and the other Course titles from this curriculum prepares the learner for Microsoft Exam #70-219: Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure.

Description
This course discusses the need to effectively plan the Active Directory Service (ADS) structure before implementing it on a network. This course explains how to analyze the business model and organizational requirements of your organization, with a discussion of structural, process, and user requirements, as well as an examination of the IT management structure, the factors influencing business strategies, the importance of evaluating the current technical environment, and the impact of ADS on the current and planned technical environment. Next, you will learn about Domain Name System (DNS) and its integration with ADS, forward and reverse lookup queries, zone transfers, and the DNS notification process. You will also learn about the ADS naming strategies, determining the scope of Active Directory, planning the naming hierarchy and DNS namespace, and identifying compatible DNS servers. Lastly, this course covers DNS deployment strategies for naming the ADS root domain, and the advantages and disadvantages of each naming option. Related Exam: Microsoft Exam #070-219: Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services
Infrastructure.
Audience
This course addresses the training needs of system administrators, network designers, and IT consultants. This course also addresses the needs of IT professionals who want to be certified under the new MCSE track.
Prerequisites
This course assumes the learners are experienced technical support personnel or network administrators, and have prior knowledge of creating and maintaining user accounts and computer accounts on Microsoft operating system platforms. They should know how to configure network services such as DHCP, DNS, and domains. The learners should also have a working knowledge of software installation over a network.
Course Duration
» 5 hours
Topics Include
Unit 1: Analyzing a Business Model
» Determining the Business Model
» Determining the IT Business Model
Everything Courseware
Windows 2000 Active Directory Design: Business Requirements and Naming Strategies
Unit 2: Analyzing Organizational Requirements
» Determining Structural and Process Requirements
» Analyzing the IT Management Structure
» Analyzing Factors Influencing Business Strategies
» Analyzing the Technical Environment
Unit 3: Integrating Active Directory with DNS
» Understanding DNS
» Implementing Active Directory with DNS
» Explaining Zones
» Replicating and Transferring Zones
Unit 4: Identifying Active Directory Naming Strategies
» Determining the Scope of Active Directory
» Planning the naming hierarchy and DNS domain Namespace
» Selecting a DNS Server
Unit 5: Strategies for Naming the Active Directory Root Domain
» Using a Currently Registered DNS Domain Name
» Using a Sub-domain of the Currently Registered DNS Domain Name
» Using a Reserved Private DNS Domain Name
» Using a Single DNS Domain Name for Public and Private Network
» Using a Different DNS Domain Name for Public and Private Network

System Requirements CD-Based » Pentium class computer » 200 MHz processor (266 MHz recommended) » 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended) » CD-ROM drive » Any one of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows XP (both Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 require at least 64 MB RAM) » SVGA monitor capable of 16-bit color and 800 x 600 screen resolution » Sound card with speakers or headphones (optional)