This three-day, instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and new skills that they need to plan, implement, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 networked environment.

This discovery-based workshop consists primarily of labs that provide hands-on experience focused exclusively on the skills and objectives that align with Exam 70-296: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE Certified on Microsoft Windows® 2000.

This workshop is intended for expert Windows 2000 systems engineers who plan, implement, and support Windows 2000-based Microsoft Active Directory® directory service networks. The workshop assumes extensive, day-to-day, practical, hands-on experience using Windows 2000 and a preference for learning by doing and discovering in a non-prescriptive lab environment. For a more traditional learning experience, see Course 2297: Planning, Implementing, Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE on Windows 2000.

After completing this workshop, students will be able to:

• Plan a Domain Name System (DNS) strategy for an enterprise organization.
• Plan for an implementation of Active Directory and for Active Directory replication.
• Implement Active Directory and DNS.
• Troubleshoot Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), name resolution, and Group Policy.
• Plan and implement cross-forest trusts and new security options.
• Use Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 to deploy and restrict software.
• Use Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 to set advanced security settings.
• Plan and implement secure Routing and Remote Access.

Before attending this workshop, students must have:

A Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows 2000 certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.

A Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows Server 2003 certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.

Students can gain the prerequisite knowledge and skills by completing the following Microsoft Official Workshop:

• Course KT-2209: Updating Systems Administrator Skills from Microsoft Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003