This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement and manage a Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 network infrastructure. The course is intended for systems administrator and systems engineer candidates who are responsible for implementing and managing server networking technologies.

Delegates will learn how to:
Install and configure routing by using the Routing and Remote Access service
Install and configure the DHCP Server service
Manage and monitor DHCP
Configure host and network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) names resolution
Install and configure the DNS Server service
Manage and monitor DNS
Install, configure, and manage WINS
Secure IP traffic by using IPSec and certificates
Implement a network access infrastructure by configuring the connections for virtual, dial-up, and wireless clients
Manage and monitor remote connections in a network access infrastructure.

This course covers the subject areas covered in Microsoft Course MS2277.

Before attending this course, students must have completed Course - Implementing a Microsoft Windows server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Hosts, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Topics covered on the 5 day Implementing, Managing, & Maintaining a Microsoft Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure: Network Services course

Configuring Routing by Using Routing and Remote Access

• Enable and Configure the Routing and Remote Access Service
• Configure Packet Filters

Allocating IP Addressing by Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

• Add and Authorize a DHCP Server Service
• Configure a DHCP Scope
• Configure a DHCP Reservation
• Configure DHCP Options
• Configure a DHCP Relay Agent

Managing and Monitoring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

• Manage a DHCP Database
• Monitor DHCP
• Apply Security Guidelines for DHCP

Resolving Names

• View Names on a Client
• Configure Host Name Resolution
• Configure NetBIOS Name Resolution

Resolving Host Names by Using Domain Name System (DNS)

• Install the DNS Server Service
• Configure the Properties for the DNS Server Service
• Configure DNS Zones
• Configure DNS Zone Transfers
• Configure DNS Dynamic Updates
• Configure a DNS Client
• Delegate a DNS Client

Managing and Monitoring Domain Name System (DNS)

• Configure the Time-to-Live Value
• Configure Aging and Scavenging
• Integrate DNS with WINS
• Test the DNS Server Configuration
• Verify that a Resource Record Exists by Using Nslookup, DNSCmd, and DNSLint
• Monitor DNS Server Performance

Resolving NetBIOS Names by Using Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)

• Install and Configure a WINS Server
• Manage Records in WINS
• Configure WINS Replication
• Manage the WINS Database

Securing Network Traffic by Using IPSec and Certificates

• Implement IPSec
• Implement IPSec with Certificates
• Monitor IPSec

Configuring Network Access

• Introduction to a Network Access Infrastructure
• Configure a VPN Connection
• Configure a Dial-up Connection
• Configure a Wireless Connection
• Control User Access to a Network
• Centralize Network Access Authentication and Policy Management by Using IAS

Managing and Monitoring Network Access

• Manage the Network Access Services
• Configure Logging on a Network Access Server
• Collect and Monitor Network Access Data

   (excl.VAT)