Windows
2000 for Windows NT Administrators
Course length: 5 day(s)
Course description
Overview: Windows NT administrators will learn how to support Windows 2000
networks.
Prerequisites: To ensure your continued
success, students must first complete the 
Software Training courses,
Windows NT
4.0: System Architecture and Network
Support, and Implementing and
Supporting TCP/IP on Windows NT 4.0, or
have extensive equivalent knowledge,
and have a basic understanding of the Internet. For example, you should
know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from
CDs and other media. The Software Training
class, Internet Explorer 5.x is designed to teach these skills, though
this are not required.
Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery
learning model with structured hands-on activities and independent lab
activities.
Benefits: Students will learn how to migrate Windows NT networks to Windows 2000
networks and how to use new tools and services to manage their Windows 2000
networks.
Target student: Students enrolling in this course should be
experienced Windows NT network administrators (or have extensive equivalent
knowledge) who can manage Windows NT systems, including servers and clients;
can install and support TCP/IP on their networks; and can install and manage
other network services, including DNS, DHCP, WINS, and RAS.
What's next: Windows 2000
for Windows NT Administrators is the first course in this series for experienced
administrators. (Students who are new administrators should start with Windows
2000: Network and Operating System Basics.) After completing Windows
2000 for Windows NT Administrators, students who want to learn advanced
features can take the Software Training
courses, Windows 2000: Active Directory
Design, Windows 2000: Network Infrastructure Design, or Windows 2000: Network Security Design.
Performance-based objectives
Lesson objectives help
students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to
evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be
able to:
- Describe the new features and understand the hardware
requirements for Windows 2000, and identify the upgrade paths from previous
versions of Windows NT, Windows 3x, and Windows 9x.
- Describe basic components of the Active Directory,
and upgrade a Windows NT network to Windows 2000.
- Create and modify Active Directory objects, including
organizational units, groups, and printers, and search for objects in the
Active Directory.
- Control access to and delegate authority over
Active Directory objects.
- Understand Active Directory replication, and implement
Active Directory sites.
- Demote and repromote
Active Directory domain controllers, and install and configure DNS.
- Create and use Group Policies to manage users’
network and desktop settings.
- Create and use Group Policies to assign and publish
applications to users’ desktops and to manage deployed applications.
- Install the Active Directory client on Windows
9x network clients, and upgrade Windows 9x clients to Windows 2000 Professional.
- Install and configure DHCP and WINS and understand
the new features of these services in Windows 2000.
- Install and configure Remote Access, and describe
new Remote Access authentication and encryption methods.
- Manage hard disks by defragmenting,
using NTFS permissions, encrypting files, setting disk quotas, and using
the Distributed File System (Dfs).
- Manage partitions on basic disks, create dynamic
volumes on hard disks, and manage RAID-5 volumes on dynamic disks.
- Use the new Backup utility, perform authoritative
and non-authoritative restores of lost Active Directory data, and use the
new Recovery Console.
- Install and configure Terminal Services on a domain
controller, and install and use the Terminal Services client.
Lesson 1: Overview of Windows 2000
New
Features Review
Windows
2000 in your Network
Lesson 2: Migrating from Windows NT to
Windows 2000
Components
of the Active Directory
Migration
Strategies
The
Upgrade Process
Lesson 3: Managing Active Directory Objects
Managing
Active Directory Objects
Working
with Group Objects
Managing
File and Printer Resources
Searching
for Objects in the Active Directory
Lesson 4: Active Directory Security
Controlling
Access to Objects
Delegating
Authority Over Active Directory Objects
Lesson 5: Managing Active Directory Sites
Active
Directory Replication
Implementing
Sites
Lesson 6: Modifying a Windows 2000
Environment
Removing
the Active Directory Service
Installing
and Configuring DNS
Lesson 7: Using Group Policies to Manage
Client Work Environments
Managing
Security Settings with Group Policies
Managing
User Interface Settings
Managing
Group Policies
Assigning
Scripts and Redirecting Folders
Lesson 8: Using Group Policies to Deploy
Applications
Assigning
and Publishing Applications
Managing
Deployed Applications
Lesson 9: Managing Windows 2000 Client
Installations
The
Active Directory Client
Upgrading
to Windows 2000 Professional
Automating
Installations
Lesson 10: New Features of DHCP and WINS
New
Features in the DHCP Service
New
Features in the WINS Service
Lesson 11: New Features in Remote Access
Installing
and Configuring Remote Access
Connecting
to a Remote Access Server
New
Remote Access Authentication and Encryption Methods
Using
Remote Access Policies and Profiles
Lesson 12: Disk and File Management
Defragmenting
Changes
in the NTFS Permission Structure
Managing
Encryption
Setting
and Managing Disk Quotas
Using
the Distributed File System (Dfs)
Lesson 13: Managing Basic and Dynamic Disks
Managing
Partitions on Basic Disks
Dynamic
Disks
Managing
RAID Volumes
Lesson 14: New Disaster Protection Features
Using
Advanced Boot Options
Using
the New Backup Utility
Additional
Backup Features
Using
the Recovery Console
Lesson 15: Installing and Managing Terminal
Services
Installing
Terminal Services
Terminal
Services Clients
Installing
Applications for Multiple Users
Modifying
and Uninstalling Terminal Services
Appendix A: Upgrading Windows NT 3.5x and
4.0 Domain Models
Appendix B: Troubleshooting Your DNS Server