Deploying and Managing a Windows Server 2003 Environment

Learning Tree International
London,Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' you will learn how to

Install and manage clients and servers within Windows Server 2003 domains
Administer systems using management consoles and the Remote Desktop client
Create and enforce workstation and server configurations using Group Policy Objects
Implement automated software deployment based on computer and user functions
Prepare computers for disk-cloning deployments using SysPrep
Configure and utilise the Remote Installation Service (RIS)

Introduction
OVERVIEW OF MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS

Reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Increasing functionality
Centralising the administration of a distributed computing environment
MICROSOFT’S SOLUTION FOR IMPLEMENTING MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS

Improved management applications
Group Policy Objects
Automated Windows installation
Management and Support Tools
THE MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT CONSOLE (MMC)

Managing the operating system with built-in consoles
Creating customised consoles
EXPLORING ALTERNATIVES TO THE MMC

Working with command line utilities
Assigning server roles
Accessing remote machines via the Remote Desktop client
Configuring Windows with Group Policy
CONTROLLING SETTINGS

Modifying common Registry keys
Assigning logon and startup scripts
Centralising data storage
Enforcing consistent security settings
BUILDING AND MANAGING GROUP POLICY OBJECTS (GPOs)

Defining GPOs with the Group Policy console
Modifying administrative and security templates
Documenting and backing up GPOs with the Group Policy Management Console
DEPLOYING GROUP POLICY OBJECTS

Linking GPOs within the Active Directory
Combining GPOs with inheritance
Implementing security and WMI filters
Overriding user settings based on computer function
TROUBLESHOOTING GROUP POLICY

Improving policy performance
Enabling verbose policy logging
Evaluating policy interaction with the Resultant Set of Policy Wizard
Deploying Windows Installer Packages
WINDOWS INSTALLER SERVICE

Performing GUI and command line installations and repairs
Managing the installation state of individual features
Repackaging software and creating Windows Installer packages
DISTRIBUTING SOFTWARE VIA GROUP POLICY

Assigning software to computers
Publishing for interactive installation
Enabling just-in-time installation so that software "follows" users
Customising software installation with modification files
Automating Windows Installation
SCRIPTED INSTALLATIONS

Building answer files using Setup Manager
Supporting variable parameters with Uniqueness Database Files
Creating distribution shares that include third-party drivers
DISK IMAGING

Preparing systems for imaging using the System Preparation Wizard
Generating answer files for use with cloning utilities
REMOTE INSTALLATION SERVICE (RIS)

Installing and managing RIS on the network
Creating RIS images
SERVICE PACKS AND HOT FIXES

Slipstreaming Service Packs
Reporting installed hot fixes
Deploying patches on the network

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Phone:0800 282 353,020 7874 5000,0131 226 6243

School Address:

Learning Tree International Ltd.
Euston House
24 Eversholt Street
London, NW1 1AD
Telephone:0800 282 353

EIS Building
39 Palmerston Place
Edinburgh EH12 5AU
Telephone: 0131 226 6243
Fax: 0131 226 5967

United Kingdom

Jobs & Resumes: London, Edinburgh
Houses & Roommates: London, Edinburgh

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