Schedule

Class begins Saturday morning at 9am. Most other days class begins at 8am. Class days are variable in length, but lecture usually ends between 4pm and 6pm daily. Evenings are set aside for lab work,study time and instructor led practice exams. a dinner break is allotted and then lab time and study time takes up the evening. Our instructors are available during the evening to answer questions, help with labs, etc. Class runs through the following Friday and Saturday is reserved for makeup exams. Students can plan on traveling home on Saturday afternoon. For more details on the exam schedule, see the Testing page.

Modules Taught

In order to meet the requirements to become a 2003 MCSE, our program includes the following exams:

• Windows XP Professional  270 (Core)
• Managing and Maintaining a Windows 2003 Server  290 (Core)
• Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure 291 (Core)
• Planning and Maintaining a Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure 293 (Core)
• Planning, Implementing and Maintaining a Windows 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure 294 (Core)
• Designing a Windows 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure 297 (Core Design)
• OR   
• Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network  298(Core Design)
• CompTIA Security + (Elective)

Daily Schedule:

Friday:  Travel, Arrival, and orientation

Saturday: XP lecture. File systems, permissions, printers, managing disks, operating system settings, backup and recovery

Sunday:  Security settings, group policy, local system policy, remote access, Remote Desktop, Remote Assistance

Monday: Test 270, begin Server lecture. Administering resources, file system permissions, shared folders, shadow copies

Tuesday:  Administering Windows 2003 Server - , SUS, IIS 6.0, Terminal Services, backup and recovery

Wednesday:  Test 290, begin Active Directory Group Policy Active Directory basics, configuring sites, replication, schema, global catalogs

Thursday:  Group Policy, operations master roles, recovering from failures

Friday:  Review Group Policy, Test 294

Saturday:  Implementing a Windows 2003 Network - DNS, DHCP, Remote Access

Sunday:  TCP/IP, protocols, WINS, IPSEC, Routing

Monday:  Review for Test 291, Test 291

Tuesday:  Planning a Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure - Clustering, NLB, Certificate Services

Wednesday:  Test 293, Security+ lecture

Thursday:  Security+ test, lecture for designing a security infrastructure

Friday:  Review for Test 298

Saturday:  Exam retakes, Exam 298 (optional) travel home

Additional Electives

Many people ask if we teach any additional electives, such as Exchange. The answer is of course we do. Please call to see what the elective schedule is as we rotate additional electives, such as Exchange or ISA Server.