I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Windows Server Administration I

2. Course Prefix & Number:
COMP 2150

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 5

Lecture Hours: 5

4. Course Description:

This course is one of a series of Server System Administration and Engineering courses that help prepare students to work in the field. This course prepares students for the skills and knowledge necessary to implement Server Infrastructure into an existing enterprise environment. This course focuses and prepares a student on real skills for real jobs and prepares students to prove mastery of core services such as the skills and knowledge necessary to implement Servers and Infrastructure and networking services. In addition, this course also covers such valuable skills as Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects, Automating Active Directory Domain Services Administration, Implementing Local Storage, Implementing File and Print Services, Implementing Group Policy, Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V. 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.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

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):

Computer Network Administration, AAS Degree

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Install and configure Group Policy.
Utilize appropriate technology	Install and configure Server systems.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Install servers;
• Configure servers;
• Configure local storage;
• Configure file and share access;
• Configure print and document services;
• Configure servers for remote management;
• Create and configure virtual machine settings;
• Create and configure virtual machine storage;
• Create and configure virtual networks;
• Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addressing;
• Deploy and configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP);
• Deploy and configure DNS service;
• Install domain controllers;
• Create and manage Active Directory users and computers;
• Create and manage Active Directory groups and organizational units (OUs);
• Create Group Policy objects (GPOs);
• Configure security policies;
• Configure application restriction policies; and
• Configure Windows Firewall.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Selecting a Windows Server 
• Supporting server roles
• Supporting server virtualization
• Server licensing
2. Installing Windows Server 
   • System requirements
   • Performing a clean installation
   • Installing third-party drivers
   • Working with installation partitions
3. Choosing Installation Options
   • Using server core
   • Using the minimal server interface
   • Using features on demand
4. Upgrading Servers
   • Upgrade paths
   • Preparing to upgrade
   • Performing an upgrade installation
5. Migrating Roles
   • Installing Windows Server migration tools
   • Using migration guides
6. Completing Post-Installation Tasks
7. Using GUI Tools
8. Using Command Line Tools
9. Converting Between GUI and Server Core
10. Configuring NIC Teaming
11. Using Roles, Features, and Services
12. Using Server Manager
13. Adding Roles and Features
14. Deploying Roles to VHDs
15. Configuring Services
16. Delegating Server Administration
17. Planning Server Storage
18. Determining the Number of Servers Needed
19. Estimating Storage Requirements
20. Selecting a Storage Technology
21. Planning for Storage Fault Tolerance
22. Using Storage Spaces
23. Understanding Windows Disk Settings
24. Selecting a Partition Style
25. Understanding Disk Types
26. Understanding Volume Types
27. Choosing a Volume Size
28. Understanding File Systems
29. Working with Disks
30. Adding a New Physical Disk
31. Creating and Mounting VHDs
32. Creating a Storage Pool
33. Creating Virtual Disks
34. Creating a Simple Volume
35. Creating a Striped, Spanned, Mirrored, or RAID-5 Volume
36. Extending and Shrinking Volumes and Disks
37. Designing a File Sharing Strategy
38. Arranging Shares
39. Controlling Access
40. Mapping Drives
41. Creating Folder Shares
42. Assigning Permissions
43. Understanding the Windows Permission Architecture
44. Understanding Basic and Advanced Permissions
45. Allowing and Denying Permissions
46. Inheriting Permissions
47. Understanding Effective Access
48. Setting Share Permissions
49. Understanding NTFS Authorization
50. Assigning Basic NTFS Permissions
51. Assigning Advanced NTFS Permissions
52. Understanding Resource Ownership
53. Combining Share and NTFS Permissions
54. Configuring Volume Shadow Copies
55. Configuring NTFS Quotas
56. Deploying a Print Server
57. Understanding the Windows Print Architecture
58. Sharing a Printer
59. Managing Printer Drivers
60. Using Remote Access Easy Print
61. Configuring Printer Security
62. Managing Documents
63. Managing Printers
64. Using the Print and Document Services Role
65. Using the Print Management Console
66. Using Server Manager for Remote Management
67. Adding Servers
68. Calibrating Server Manager Performance
69. Managing Windows Server
70. Managing Down-Level Servers
71. Creating Server Groups
72. Using Remote Server Administration Tools
73. Using Windows PowerShell Web Access
74. Installing Windows PowerShell Web Access
75. Configuring the Windows PowerShell Web Access Gateway
76. Creating Authorization Rules
77. Working with Remote Servers
78. Virtualizing Servers
79. Virtualization Architectures
80. Hyper-V Implementations
81. Installing Hyper-V
82. Using Hyper-V Manager
83. Creating a Virtual Machine
84. Installing an Operating System
85. Configuring Guest Integration Services
86. Allocating Memory
87. Configuring Resource Metering
88. Working with Virtual Disks
89. Understanding Virtual Disk Formats
90. Creating Virtual Disks
91. Configuring Pass-Through Disks
92. Modifying Virtual Disks
93. Creating Snapshots
94. Connecting to a SAN
95. Understanding SAN Technologies
96. Using Fibre Channel
97. Connecting Virtual Machines to a SAN
98. Using Virtual Networking
99. Creating Virtual Switches
100. Creating the Default Virtual Switch
101. Creating a New Virtual Switch
102. Configuring MAC Addresses
103. Creating Virtual Network Adapters
104. Creating Virtual Network Configurations
105. Understanding IPv4 Addressing
106. IPv4 Classful Addressing
107. Classless Inter-Domain Routing
108. Public and Private IPv4 Addressing
109. Using Network Address Translation
110. Using a Proxy Server
111. IPv4 Subnetting
112. Supernetting
113. Assigning IPv4 Addresses
114. Understanding IPv6 Addressing
115. Introducing IPv6
116. IPv6 Address Types
117. Assigning IPv6 Addresses
118. Planning an IP Transition
119. Using a Dual IP Stack
120. Tunneling
121. Understanding DHCP
122. DHCP Packets
123. DHCP Options
124. DHCP Communications
125. Designing a DHCP Infrastructure
126. Using a Distributed DHCP Infrastructure
127. Using a Centralized DHCP Infrastructure
128. Using a Hybrid DHCP Infrastructure
129. Regulating DHCP Network Traffic
130. Deploying a DHCP Server
131. Creating a Scope
132. Configuring DHCP Options
133. Creating a Reservation
134. Using PXE
135. Deploying a DHCP Relay Agent
136. Understanding the DNS Architecture
137. Creating a DNS Standard
138. DNS Naming
139. The DNS Domain Hierarchy
140. DNS Messaging
141. DNS Communications
142. DNS Server Caching
143. DNS Referrals and Queries
144. DNS Forwarders
145. Reverse Name Resolution
146. Designing a DNS Deployment
147. Resolving Internet Names
148. Hosting Internet Domains
149. Hosting Active Directory Domains
150. Integrating DHCP and DNS
151. Separating DNS Services
152. Creating Internet Domains
153. Creating Internal Domains
154. Creating Subdomains
155. Combining Internal and External Domains
156. Creating Host Names
157. Deploying a DNS Server
158. Creating Zones
159. Creating Resource Records
160. Configuring DNS Server Settings
161. Introducing Active Directory
162. Understanding Active Directory Functions
163. Understanding Active Directory Architecture
164. Understanding Active Directory Communications
165. Deploying Active Directory Domain Services
166. Installing the Active Directory Domain Services Role
167. Creating a New Forest
168. Adding a Domain Controller to an Existing Domain
169. Creating a Child Domain in a Forest
170. Installing AD DS on Server Core
171. Using Install from Media (IFM)
172. Upgrading Active Directory Domain Services
173. Removing a Domain Controller
174. Configuring the Global Catalog
175. Troubleshooting DNS SRV Registration Failure
176. Creating User Objects
177. User Creation Tools
178. Creating Single Users
179. Creating User Templates
180. Creating Multiple Users
181. Creating Computer Objects
182. Creating Computer Objects Using Active Directory Users and Computers
183. Creating Computer Objects Using Active Directory Administrative Center
184. Creating Computer Objects Using Dsadd.exe
185. Managing Active Directory Objects
186. Managing Multiple Users
187. Joining Computers to a Domain
188. Managing Disabled Accounts
189. Designing an Internal Domain Structure
190. Understanding Inheritance
191. Using Organizational Units
192. Using Group Objects
193. Working with Organizational Units
194. Creating OUs
195. Using OUs to Delegate Active Directory Management Tasks
196. Working with Groups
197. Group Types
198. Group Scopes
199. Default Groups
200. Nesting Groups
201. Special Identities
202. Creating Groups
203. Managing Group Memberships
204. Converting Groups
205. Deleting a Group
206. Introducing Group Policy
207. Understanding Group Policy Objects
208. Viewing the Group Policy Container
209. Viewing Group Policy Templates
210. Configuring a Central Store
211. Using the Group Policy Management Console
212. Creating and Linking Nonlocal GPOs
213. Using Security Filtering
214. Understanding Group Policy Processing
215. Managing Starter GPOs
216. Configuring Group Policy Settings
217. Creating Multiple Local GPOs
218. Configuring Security Policies Using Group Policy
219. Defining Local Policies
220. Customizing Event Log Policies
221. Understanding Restricted Groups
222. Using Security Templates
223. Maintaining and Optimizing Group Policy
224. Configuring Local Users and Groups
225. Using the User Accounts Control Panel
226. Using the Local Users and Groups Snap-In
227. Configuring User Account Control
228. Performing Administrative Tasks
229. Using Secure Desktop
230. Configuring User Account Control
231. Installing Software with Group Policy
232. Repackaging Software
233. Deploying Software Using Group Policy
234. Configuring Software Restriction Policies
235. Enforcing Restrictions
236. Configuring Software Restriction Rules
237. Configuring Software Restriction Properties
238. Software Restriction Best Practices
239. Using AppLocker
240. Understanding Rule Types
241. Creating Default Rules
242. Creating Rules Automatically
243. Creating Rules Manually
244. Building a Firewall
245. Understanding Windows Firewall Settings
246. Working with Windows Firewall
247. Using the Windows Firewall Control Panel
248. Customizing Settings
249. Allowing Applications
250. Using the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Console
251. Configuring Profile Settings
252. Creating Rules
253. Importing and Exporting Rules
254. Creating Rules Using Group Policy
255. Using Filters
256. Creating Connection Security Rules

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions