Windows NT 4.0: System Architecture and Network Support

Course length: 5 days

 

Course description

Overview: Students will learn advanced system and network support for Windows NT 4.0.

 

Prerequisites: To ensure your continued success, students must first complete the Software Training course, Windows NT 4.0: System Administration 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 classes, Internet Explorer 5.x is designed to teach these skills, though it is not required.

 

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on and minds-on activities and lab activities.

 

Benefits: Students will learn how to support, secure, and troubleshoot Windows NT Servers and Workstations, including printers, disks and file systems, and applications, within both homogenous and heterogeneous Windows NT networks.

 

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand Windows NT 4.0 system administration.

 

What's next: Windows NT 4.0: System Administration is the first course in this series. Software Training’s Windows NT Server 4.0: Advanced Server Series, the next course in this series, teaches students how to implement directory services, optimize server performance, analyze network traffic, and perform advanced troubleshooting. Students who want to learn advanced features can take a variety of elective courses, such as: Internet Information Server 3.0: Web Site Administration or Implementing and Supporting TCP\IP on Windows NT 4.0.

 

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:

 

Course content

 

Lesson 1: Overview of Windows NT 4.0

The Microsoft operating system family

Windows NT security

Workgroups and domains

 

Lesson 2: Installing Windows NT 4.0

An overview of the installation process

Planning an installation

Server-based installation

Uninstalling and upgrading

Troubleshooting installation

 

Lesson 3: The boot process

Starting Windows NT

 

Lesson 4: Configuring Windows NT

The Registry

The Control Panel

System maintenance

Using System Policy Editor to edit the Registry

 

Lesson 5: Architectural overview of Windows NT 4.0

Examining the Windows NT 4.0 system architecture

Virtual memory in Windows NT 4.0

 

Lesson 6: Supporting DOS and Windows applications

Supporting Win32-based applications

Supporting DOS-based applications

Supporting Windows 3.x applications

Managing applications

 

Lesson 7: Supporting OS/2 and POSIX applications

Support for OS/2- and POSIX-based applications

 

Lesson 8: Disks and file systems

Overview of file systems

Working with disk partitions

Working with volume and stripe sets

Disk and file system considerations

 

Lesson 9: File support

Working with Long File Names (LFNs)

NTFS file compression

 

Lesson 10: Fault tolerance

Overview of the Windows NT fault-tolerance features

Disk fault tolerance in Windows NT Server 4.0

Power problem fault tolerance

 

Lesson 11: Printing in Windows NT 4.0

The Windows NT 4.0 printing process

Special printing environments

Troubleshooting the print process

 

Lesson 12: Directory replication

Configuring directory replication on the export server

Configuring directory replication on the import computer

 

Lesson 13: The Windows NT networking architecture

An overview of networking in Windows NT

Accessing network resources through network services

Distributed processing

Examining network installation and configuration

 

Lesson 14: Installing and configuring Microsoft TCP/IP

An introduction to Microsoft TCP/IP

Installing and configuring TCP/IP

Configuring TCP/IP automatically with DHCP

 

Lesson 15: TCP/IP name resolution services

NetBIOS name resolution with WINS

Host name resolution with DNS

 

Lesson 16: Interoperating with Novell NetWare

Using the NWLink protocol

Using CSNW and GSNW

Using NetWare resources

Using a NetWare gateway

Understanding other NetWare services

 

Lesson 17: Interoperating with Macintosh networks

Installing Services for Macintosh

Sharing resources between Windows NT and Macintosh systems

Security considerations

 

Lesson 18: Supporting clients on a Windows NT network

Clients of Windows NT networks

Installing network clients

Managing the network from a network client

Managing Client Access Licenses (CALs)

Using System Policies to manage network clients

 

Lesson 19: Browsing for network resources

Browsing

Complex browsing scenarios

Browsing the network by using command-line network utilities

 

Lesson 20: Windows NT 4.0 on the Internet and intranets

The Internet and intranets

Installing an intranet server

Publishing with Internet Information Server

Publishing files with FTP

Planning for an Internet or intranet installation

 

Lesson 21: The Remote Access Service

Overview of the Remote Access Service

Installing the RAS Server and Dial-Up Networking client

Configuring RAS protocols on the RAS server

Configuring the DUN client

 

Lesson 22: RAS Security and troubleshooting

RAS security

The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol and Virtual Private Networking

RAS reference and troubleshooting resources

 

Lesson 23: Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows NT 4.0

Using Performance Monitor

Using Network Monitor

The Emergency Repair process

Using other troubleshooting resources

 

Appendix A: Windows NT and NetWare file system security

Comparing Windows NT and NetWare security systems

Windows NT permissions and NetWare directory rights

Windows NT permissions and NetWare file rights

File attributes in Windows NT and NetWare

 

Appendix B: The Briefcase

Using the Briefcase

 

Appendix C: Migrating from NetWare to Windows NT 4.0

Introduction to NetWare migration

Performing the migration