Kevin Wolford - Mr. Wolford started his computer career in 1983. He has been a technical writer, network administrator, and trainer. Kevin spent many years with Novell and is a CNI and Master CNE. In 1998 Kevin founded Tech Training, giving him a chance to test his training ideas. He is also an MCSE, Microsoft Certified Trainer MCT, and is certified in SMS, SQL Server, TCP/IP, NT Workstation, NT Server, Exchange Server, Windows 9x and 2000. Kevin has authored Microsoft certification books for New Riders and Sybex. He owns a consulting company dedicated to teaching complex technical topics in a simple way. He was involved in the early stages of Windows.NET Server's development and beta testing.
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Level 1
Active Directory Structure
1.1 What is Active Directory
1.2 Logical Structure
1.3 Physical Structures
1.4 Server Roles
1.5 Working Active Directory
Lab - Install Active Directory
Installing Active Directory
2.1 Requirements and Process
2.2 Forest Root Domain
2.3 Child Domain
2.4 Domain Tree
2.5 Replica Domain Controllers
2.6 Renaming Domain Controllers
2.7 Removing Domain Controllers
Lab - Delegation
Lab - Creating a Subnet
Lab - Change Operations Master
Lab - Rename a Domain Controller
Level 2
Active Directory DNS Integration
1.1 Locating Active Directory Resources
1.2 SRV Records
1.3 AI Inter grated Zones
Lab - Verify SRV Records
Lab - Install a New Domain
Lab - Raise Forest Functionality Level
Lab - Raise Domain Functionality Level
Lab - Configure a Secondary DNS Zone
Trusts
2.1 Functional Levels
2.2 Trusts Types
2.3 Creating Trusts
2.4 Managing Trusts
Lab - Validate Trusts
Organization Units
3.1 Overview of OU’s
3.2 Planning of OU’s
3.3 Creating OU’s
3.4 OU Delegation
Level 3
Active Directory Accounts
1.1 Groups
1.2 User Account Management
1.3 CSVDE
1.4 LDIFDE
1.5 Windows Script Host
Active Directory Management
2.1 User Principal Name
2.2 Moving Objects
2.3 Moving within Domain
2.4 Moving Between Domains
2.5 Auditing AD Access
Lab - Add UPN Name
Lab - Delegate Control
Planning Account Strategy
3.1 Naming
3.2 Password Policy
3.3 Authentication
3.4 Group Strategy
3.5 Auditing
Lab - Configure Password Policy
Lab - User Account Group Scopes
Lab - Auditing Folder Object Access
Lab - Configuring Object Auditing Policy
Level 4
Group Policy Objects
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Controls
1.3 Creating GPO’s
Lab - Create GPO
Lab - Create Software Policies
Managing GPOs
2.1 Refresh Interval
2.2 Working with GPO’s
2.3 Troubleshooting
2.4 Delegation
2.5 Planning
Lab - Delegate GPO Management
Lab - Move GPO to Another Domain
Software Management
3.1 Windows Installer
3.2 Deploying Applications
3.3 Specialized Deployment
3.4 Deployment Maintenance
Lab - Publish MSI User Software
Lab - Assign MSI Machine Software
Level 5
Sites
1.1 Replication
1.2 Creating Sites
1.3 Site Planning
1.4 Troubleshooting
Lab - Create a New Site
Lab - Create a Replication Partner
Server Roles
2.1 Global Catalog Servers
2.2 Domain Controller Placement
2.3 Operations Master Roles
Maintenance
3.1 Database
3.2 Backup
3.3 Restore
Lab - Backup Active Directory
Lab - Restore Active Directory Authorative
Lab - Restore Active Directory Non-Auth
