General Information

Course Duration
4 hours

Audience
Existing MCSEs and Windows NT 4.0 administrators who wish to upgrade their certification and support skills to Windows 2000

Prerequisites
MCSE qualification or good working knowledge of Windows NT 3.51 or Windows NT 4.0 from an administrative, support, or architectural perspective

Topics Covered

• The Windows family
• Evolution and positioning
• Design goals
• Zero Administration for Windows
• Management
• Security
• Scalability and reliability
• Hands-on: Identifying Windows 2000 features
• Layers and modes
• Memory architecture
• Processing architecture
• Hands-on: Identifying Windows 2000 functions
• Architecture and components
• Namespace design
• Hands-on: Designing a namespace
• Directory replication

Course Aim

To explain the positioning of Windows 2000 and describe its architecture, new features, and benefits

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the student should be able to

• outline the history, positioning, and use of Windows 2000 products
  
  
• describe the design goals and new features of Windows 2000
  
  
• explain the architecture of Windows 2000
  
  
• provide an overview of the Active Directory
  
  
• perform an initial Active Directory namespace design
  
  
• describe directory replication techniques