Windows NT Server 4.0 Network:
Configuration, Managing, and Troubleshooting
Course
Length: 3 Days
Course Description
Overview: We designed the Windows NT Server 4.0 Network Configuration,
Managing, and Troubleshooting course to highlight and focus on the enhancements
and improvements that have become available for Windows NT Server 4.0 since
its original launch in 1996. This course contains topics covered at various
levels of the 
Software Training Content Windows NT 4.0 and 2000
curriculum; providing a broad set of topics at an overview level. This course
will also be helpful to those preparing for the Supporting and Maintaining
a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Microsoft Certified Professional exam.
Prerequisites: We recommend you have a minimum
of one year of experience implementing and administering Windows NT Server 4.0
in medium to large environments where Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 as a
primary network operating system.
Delivery Method: This course is designed
for instructor-led, group paced classroom-delivery, providing students with
structured hands-on activities.
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:
- Create, manage, and
administer user and group accounts.
- Manage network
resources by using file and folder permissions and the Distributed File
System (Dfs).
- Manage domains by
creating trusts and promoting, demoting and synchronizing domains.
- Utilize the Windows NT
printing process by identifying the components, using the TCP/IP print
utilities, and troubleshooting common printing problems.
- Support and manage
client systems by examining how to install network administration tools
from client workstations, using licensing utilities to manage Client
Access Licenses (CALs), and using System
Policies to manage registry settings on client computers.
- Monitor and optimize
your network's performance using Performance Monitor and other network
monitoring tools; modifying virtual memory settings; and creating and
maintaining an Emergency Repair Disk.
- Plan and implement
audit policies, install and use the Security Configuration Manager (SCM),
and discuss advance security options such as cryptography and SMB Signing.
- Maintain your Windows
NT 4.0 system by applying the most current Service Pack, and developing
and applying backup and fault-tolerance strategies.
- Manage and configure
Microsoft networking services such as TCP/IP, DHCP Server; and name
resolution services such as WINS and DNS.
- Utilize Internet and
intranet technologies available for Windows NT 4.0 by installing and
examining Internet Information Server 4.0.
- Discuss the components
of dial-up connectivity, install and examine the Routing and Remote Access
Service for Windows NT 4.0, and discuss security and troubleshooting for
remote access.
Lesson 1: Managing Users
and Groups
Topic 1A: Creating and Managing User
Accounts
Task 1A-1: Examining the Classroom
Configuration
Task 1A-2: Creating a User
Account
Task 1A-3: Setting User
Rights to Allow Users to Log on Locally
Task 1A-4: Setting User
Properties
Topic 1B: User Profiles and Logon
Scripts
Task 1B-1: Exploring User
Profiles
Task 1B-2: Creating a
Roaming Personal User Profile
Task 1B-3: Discussing Logon
Scripts
Topic 1C: Creating and Managing
Groups
Task 1C-1: Determining
Built-in Group Membership
Task 1C-2: Creating Groups
Topic 1D: Account Administration
Task 1D-1: Administering
Accounts
Task 1D-2: Creating and
Using an Account Policy
Lesson 2: Managing
Resources
Topic 2A: Using Shared Folder
Permissions to Secure Network Resources
Task 2A-1: Creating a Shared
Folder
Task 2A-2: Connecting to a
Shared Folder
Topic 2B: Securing Network Resources
Using NTFS Permissions
Task 2B-1: Setting Folder
and File Permissions
Task 2B-2: Using Permissions
Inheritance
Task 2B-3: Discussing
Interactions Between Group and User Permissions
Task 2B-4: Interactions Between File System and Share Permissions
Topic 2C: Installing and Configuring
the Distributed File System (Dfs) on Windows NT
Server 4.0
Task 2C-1: Installing Dfs and Creating a Tree Root
Task 2C-2: Adding a Volume
to a Dfs Tree
Task 2C-3: Viewing the Dfs Tree
Task 2C-4: Removing a Volume
from a Dfs Tree
Lesson 3: Managing
Domains
Topic 3A: Establishing and Managing
Trust Relationships
Task 3A-1: Creating a
One-way Trust
Task 3A-2: Breaking a Trust
Topic 3B: Managing Domains
Task 3B-1: Synchronizing
Domain Controllers
Task 3B-2: Promoting a BDC
to a PDC
Task 3B-3: Restoring the
Original Server as the PDC
Lesson 4: Printing in
Windows NT 4.0
Topic 4A: The Windows NT 4.0 Printing
Process
Task 4A-1: Discussing the
Windows NT 4.0 Printing Process
Task 4A-2: Examining the
Printer Driver
Task 4A-3: Examining the
Print Spooler, Print Router, and Print Providers
Topic 4B: TCP/IP Printing
Task 4B-1: Installing and
Starting the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Service
Task 4B-2: Printing with
TCP/IP
Topic 4C: Troubleshooting the Print
Process
Task 4C-1: Viewing Printing
Entries in the Registry
Task 4C-2: Troubleshooting Common
Printing Problems
Lesson 5: Supporting
Clients on a Windows NT Network
Topic 5A: Managing the Network from a
Network Client
Task 5A-1: Sharing
Client-based Network Administration Tools
Task 5A-2: Discussing the
Client-based Network Administration Tools
Topic 5B: Managing Client Access
Licenses (CALs)
Task 5B-1: Discussing Client
Licenses
Task 5B-2: Using the
Licensing Utility
Task 5B-3: Using License
Manager
Topic 5C: Using System Policies to
Manage Network Clients
Task 5C-1: Creating a System
Policy
Task 5C-2: Saving and
Testing a System Policy
Task 5C-3: Resetting a System
Policy
Lesson 6: Monitoring and
Optimizing Performance
Topic 6A: Using Performance Monitor
Task 6A-1: Discussing
Principles of Performance Monitoring
Task 6A-2: Creating a
Performance Monitor Chart
Task 6A-3: Creating a Log
File
Task 6A-4: Examining a Log
File
Task 6A-5: Creating an Alert
Topic 6B: Additional Network and
Performance Monitoring Tools
Task 6B-1: Using Task
Manager to Analyze Your Server
Task 6B-2: Viewing the
System, Security, and Application Logs by Using the Event Viewer
Task 6B-3: Installing
Network Monitor
Task 6B-4: Capturing and
Viewing Network Data
Topic 6C: Optimizing Windows NT
Servers
Task 6C-1: Monitoring the
Four Key Components on File and Print Servers
Task 6C-2: Analyzing the
Performance of an Internet Information Server
Task 6C-3: Monitoring the
Four Key Components in Application Servers
Task 6C-4: Discussing
Virtual Memory
Task 6C-5: Modifying Virtual
Memory Settings
Topic 6D: System Recovery and
Troubleshooting
Task 6D-1: Viewing and
Updating the Contents of the Emergency Repair Disk
Task 6D-2: Identifying
Limitations of the Emergency Repair Process
Task 6D-3: Using Windows NT
Diagnostics
Task 6D-4: Troubleshooting
Common Problems on a Windows NT Network
Lesson 7: Managing
Network Security
Topic 7A: Audit Policy
Task 7A-1: Discussing
Planning and Implementing an Audit Policy
Task 7A-2: Enabling the
Auditing Feature
Task 7A-3: Generating and
Viewing Audited Events
Topic 7B: The Security Configuration
Manager
Task 7B-1: Adding the SCM
Snap-in to the MMC and Exploring the Interface
Task 7B-2: Examining
Predefined Configuration Files
Task 7B-3: Examining the
Current System Configuration
Task 7B-4: Discussing
Analyzing and Configuring Your System
Task 7B-5: Examining the Security
Configuration Editor
Topic 7C: Advanced Security Options
Task 7C-1: Using SYSKEY
Lesson 8: Maintaining
Windows NT 4.0
Topic 8A: Windows NT 4.0 improvements
Task 8A-1: Discussing Windows NT 4.0
Improvements
Topic 8B: The Backup Utility
Task 8B-1: Backing up Files
Task 8B-2: Restoring Files
Task 8B-3: Exploring Help on
Automating the Backup Process
Topic 8C: Fault Tolerance
Task 8C-1: Discussing the
Fault-tolerance Features of Windows NT 4.0
Task 8C-2: Viewing the
System Recovery Options
Task 8C-3: Comparing the
RAID Levels
Task 8C-4: Discussing How to
Recover From Drive Failures
Task 8C-5: Examining the
BOOT.INI File
Task 8C-6: Discussing the
UPS Support Feature of Windows NT 4.0
Lesson 9: Managing
Microsoft Network Services
Topic 9A: Configuring and Testing
TCP/IP Manually
Task 9A-1: Assigning IP
Addresses
Task 9A-2: Configuring
TCP/IP Manually
Task 9A-3: Testing the
TCP/IP Connection
Topic 9B: Configuring and Testing
TCP/IP Automatically with DHCP
Task 9B-1: Installing the
DHCP Server Service
Task 9B-2: Configuring the
DHCP Server
Task 9B-3: Creating a Scope
Option
Task 9B-4: Configuring a
DHCP Client
Task 9B-5: Restoring a
Manual TCP/IP Configuration and Deactivating the DHCP Server Scope
Topic 9C: Name Resolution
Task 9C-1: Installing the
WINS Server Service
Task 9C-2: Configuring a WINS Client
Manually
Task 9C-3: Installing the
DNS Server Service
Task 9C-4: Creating a DNS
Zone
Task 9C-5: Discussing DNS
and WINS Integration
Topic 9D: The Computer Browser
Service
Task 9D-1: Browsing for
Network Resources with Windows NT Explorer
Task 9D-2: Discussing Browse
Roles
Task 9D-3: Analyzing the
Election Process
Task 9D-4: Managing Browse
Resources
Lesson 10: Windows NT 4.0
on the Internet and Intranets
Topic 10A: Overview of the Internet
and Intranets
Task 10A-1: Discussing
Internet Technologies
Task 10A-2: Reviewing Internet
and Intranet Communications
Task 10A-3: Connecting to
the Internet via an ISP
Topic 10B: Installing IIS
Task 10B-1: Analyzing the
Requirements and Components of IIS 4.0
Task 10B-2: Testing Your
Installation with Internet Explorer
Topic 10C: The Internet Service
Manager
Task 10C-1: Exploring the
Internet Service Manager
Task 10C-2: Viewing the
Properties of the Default Web Site
Task 10C-3: Using the HTML Version of ISM
Topic 10D: Virtual Directories
Task 10D-1: Investigating
Virtual Directories
Task 10D-2: Viewing Virtual
Directory Permissions
Task 10D-3: Creating and
Removing a Virtual Directory
Topic 10E: The FTP Service
Task 10E-1: Observing the
Basic Configuration of the FTP Service
Task 10E-2: Using the
Command-line FTP Utility to Access Your FTP Server
Task 10E-3: Accessing your FTP
Server by Using IE
Lesson 11: The Routing
and Remote Access Service (RRAS)
Topic 11A: An Overview of the Routing
and Remote Access Service
Task 11A-1: Choosing to
Implement Remote Access
Task 11A-2: Discussing
Remote Access Connectivity
Topic 11B: Installing the Routing and
Remote Access Service
Task 11B-1: Installing the
Routing and Remote Access Service
Task 11B-2: Exploring the
Routing and RAS Admin Tool
Task 11B-3: Discussing the
RAS Configuration Process
Topic 11C: RRAS Security and
Troubleshooting
Task 11C-1: Discussing RRAS
Security Features
Task 11C-2: Troubleshooting Common RRAS
Problems