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Exam 70–290

Exam 70–290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Overview

The Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows Server 2003 credential is intended for IT professionals who work in the typically complex computing environment of medium to large companies. An MCSA candidate should have 6 to 12 months of experience administering client and networking operating systems in environments that have the following characteristics:

  • 250 to 5,000 or more users
  • Three or more physical locations
  • Three or more domain controllers
  • Network services and resources such as messaging, database, file and print, proxy server, firewall, Internet, intranet,  remote access, and client computer management

Connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate networking and connecting corporate networks to the Internet

This course provides instructor-led training to provide students with the knowledge and skills that are required to manage accounts and resources, maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment.

This is the first course in the Systems Administrator and Systems Engineer tracks
for Windows Server 2003 and serves as the entry point for other courses in the Windows
Server 2003 curriculum.

This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment
as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are required to manage accounts and resources, maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data in a Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 environment.

Course Highlight

  • Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices
  • Managing Users, Computers, and Groups
  • Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources
  • Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment
  • Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery

At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Create and populate organizational units with user and computer accounts.
  • Manage user and computer accounts.
  • Create and manage groups.
  • Manage access to resources.
  • Implement printing.
  • Manage printing.
  • Manage access to objects in organizational units.
  • Implement Group Policy.
  • Manage the user and computer environment by using Group Policy.
  • Audit accounts and resources.
  • Prepare to administer server resources.
  • Configure a server to monitor system performance.
  • Monitor system performance.
  • Manage device drivers by configuring device driver signing and restoring a device driver.
  • Manage hard disks.
  • Manage data storage.
  • Manage disaster recovery.
  • Maintain software by using Microsoft Software Update Services.

Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:

  • CompTIA A+ certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills.
  • CompTIA Network+ certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills

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