I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Directory Services Infrastructure
2. Course Prefix & Number:
COMP 2121
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course is the final course in a series of Microsoft Server System Administration and Engineering courses that help prepare students for the Microsoft Certification. This course is a capstone course which provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully plan, design, implement, configure, and troubleshoot a Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory directory service infrastructure. The course focuses on a review of all previous Microsoft Server courses, including Business Continuity. Windows Server directory service environment, including forest and domain structure, Domain Name System (DNS), site topology and replication, organizational unit structure and delegation of administration, Group Policy, and user, group, and computer account strategies.
Career Preparation: The studies in this course will help students prepare for careers in Networking such as Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Systems Analyst, LAN Administrator, WAN Administrator and Systems Engineer. Certification Preparation: Optional Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certification 70-647.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
COMP 2121 - Directory Services Infrastructure
All Course(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| COMP 2120 | Network Planning and Design | 4 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
COMP 2121 - Directory Services Infrastructure
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:
- Written
- Oral
- Demonstration
- Portfolio
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s) |
Program Type |
|
Computer Network Administration |
AAS |
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
Students use current industry client and server operating systems to complete assignments. Completed projects are reviewed for accuracy and technical proficiency.
Understand and assess the domain and forest functional levels according to the needs of an organization's network environment.
Understand, plan, design, and implement an organization. Understand and assess the domain and forest functional levels according to the needs of an organization's network environment.
Understand, plan, design, and implement an organization.
|
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Review/Capstone Project |
|
|
Design Active Directory Domain Services |
|
|
Design Physical Topology |
|
|
Design and Implement DNS |
|
|
Design and Implement Group Policy |
|
|
Design and Implement a PKI |
|
|
Design High Availability and Business Continuity |
|
|
Design Supporting Services |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Design Active Directory Domain Services
- Create a virtual lab for testing different forest and domain designs
- Plan for different domain and forest functional levels
- Design Active Directory Domain Services domains and forests
- Design trusts and implement a forest trust
- Prepare forests and domains for Windows Server
- Create and use an alternative UPN
- Understand different tools used to migrate Active Directory objects
- Design Physical Topology
- Plan and implement sites and site links
- Design the plan to support a remote branch office
- Understand operations master roles
- Be able to transfer and seize operations master roles
- Plan and implement read-only domain controllers (RODCs)
- Design and Implementing DNS
- Understand Domain Name System (DNS) improvements in Windows 2008
- Understand the basics of DNS
- Plan and implement DNS Zones
- Create DNS records to support different clients
- Design replication scope using different Active Directory partitions
- Design and Implementing Group Policy
- Design Organizational Units to support an administrative model
- Understand Group Policy basics
- Design a Group Policy strategy
- Configure different Group Policy settings
- Configure advanced GPO settings
- Implement fine-grained policies using a password settings object
- Designing Remote Access and Terminal Services Strategies
- Design a network access solution
- Identify the best tunneling protocol to use with a VPN
- Identify the components of Network Access Protection
- Design a NAP solution to meet specific goals
- Choose the appropriate NAP enforcement method
- Plan for the deployment of Terminal Services
- Identify the purpose and use of different Terminal Services components
- Plan for Terminal Services licensing
- Designing and Implementing a PKI
- Describe the different uses of a certificate
- Understand the major events in the life cycle of a certificate
- Differentiate between the types of certification authorities
- Install Active Directory Certificate Services
- Identify the uses of certificate templates
- Issue and revoke certificates
- Configure autoenrollment of certificates
- Securing Windows Server Servers
- Understand the basics of hardening a server
- Use the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) to create a security policy
- Use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) for compliance auditing
- Design Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for different scenarios
- Understand firewall usage in a perimeter network
- Designing High Availability and Business Continuity
- Understand the differences between Network Load Balancing (NLB) clusters and failover clusters
- Design an NLB cluster
- Design a failover cluster
- Understand methods used to back up and restore Active Directory
- Designing Supporting Services
- Understand the capabilities of the System Center suite of products
- Plan for data security, including the use of BitLocker Drive Encryption
- Design for data accessibility and redundancy using Distributed File System
- Design for data collaboration
- Understand the capabilities of additional Active Directory Roles
- Designing Virtualization Strategies
- Plan for application virtualization
- Understand the capabilities of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5
- Design an operating system virtualization strategy
- Plan for server consolidation
- Identify virtualization management tools and capabilities
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Directory Services Infrastructure
2. Course Prefix & Number:
COMP 2121
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course is the final course in a series of Microsoft Server System Administration and Engineering courses that help prepare students for the Microsoft Certification. This course is a capstone course which provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully plan, design, implement, configure, and troubleshoot a Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory directory service infrastructure. The course focuses on a review of all previous Microsoft Server courses, including Business Continuity. Windows Server directory service environment, including forest and domain structure, Domain Name System (DNS), site topology and replication, organizational unit structure and delegation of administration, Group Policy, and user, group, and computer account strategies.
Career Preparation: The studies in this course will help students prepare for careers in Networking such as Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Systems Analyst, LAN Administrator, WAN Administrator and Systems Engineer. Certification Preparation: Optional Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certification 70-647.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
COMP 2121 - Directory Services Infrastructure
All Course(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| COMP 2120 | Network Planning and Design | 4 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
COMP 2121 - Directory Services Infrastructure
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:
- Written
- Oral
- Demonstration
- Portfolio
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s) |
Program Type |
|
Computer Network Administration |
AAS |
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
Students use current industry client and server operating systems to complete assignments. Completed projects are reviewed for accuracy and technical proficiency.
Understand and assess the domain and forest functional levels according to the needs of an organization's network environment.
Understand, plan, design, and implement an organization. Understand and assess the domain and forest functional levels according to the needs of an organization's network environment.
Understand, plan, design, and implement an organization.
|
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Review/Capstone Project |
|
|
Design Active Directory Domain Services |
|
|
Design Physical Topology |
|
|
Design and Implement DNS |
|
|
Design and Implement Group Policy |
|
|
Design and Implement a PKI |
|
|
Design High Availability and Business Continuity |
|
|
Design Supporting Services |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Design Active Directory Domain Services
- Create a virtual lab for testing different forest and domain designs
- Plan for different domain and forest functional levels
- Design Active Directory Domain Services domains and forests
- Design trusts and implement a forest trust
- Prepare forests and domains for Windows Server
- Create and use an alternative UPN
- Understand different tools used to migrate Active Directory objects
- Design Physical Topology
- Plan and implement sites and site links
- Design the plan to support a remote branch office
- Understand operations master roles
- Be able to transfer and seize operations master roles
- Plan and implement read-only domain controllers (RODCs)
- Design and Implementing DNS
- Understand Domain Name System (DNS) improvements in Windows 2008
- Understand the basics of DNS
- Plan and implement DNS Zones
- Create DNS records to support different clients
- Design replication scope using different Active Directory partitions
- Design and Implementing Group Policy
- Design Organizational Units to support an administrative model
- Understand Group Policy basics
- Design a Group Policy strategy
- Configure different Group Policy settings
- Configure advanced GPO settings
- Implement fine-grained policies using a password settings object
- Designing Remote Access and Terminal Services Strategies
- Design a network access solution
- Identify the best tunneling protocol to use with a VPN
- Identify the components of Network Access Protection
- Design a NAP solution to meet specific goals
- Choose the appropriate NAP enforcement method
- Plan for the deployment of Terminal Services
- Identify the purpose and use of different Terminal Services components
- Plan for Terminal Services licensing
- Designing and Implementing a PKI
- Describe the different uses of a certificate
- Understand the major events in the life cycle of a certificate
- Differentiate between the types of certification authorities
- Install Active Directory Certificate Services
- Identify the uses of certificate templates
- Issue and revoke certificates
- Configure autoenrollment of certificates
- Securing Windows Server Servers
- Understand the basics of hardening a server
- Use the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) to create a security policy
- Use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) for compliance auditing
- Design Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for different scenarios
- Understand firewall usage in a perimeter network
- Designing High Availability and Business Continuity
- Understand the differences between Network Load Balancing (NLB) clusters and failover clusters
- Design an NLB cluster
- Design a failover cluster
- Understand methods used to back up and restore Active Directory
- Designing Supporting Services
- Understand the capabilities of the System Center suite of products
- Plan for data security, including the use of BitLocker Drive Encryption
- Design for data accessibility and redundancy using Distributed File System
- Design for data collaboration
- Understand the capabilities of additional Active Directory Roles
- Designing Virtualization Strategies
- Plan for application virtualization
- Understand the capabilities of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5
- Design an operating system virtualization strategy
- Plan for server consolidation
- Identify virtualization management tools and capabilities