General Information

Course Duration
3 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

• Orientation
• Customizing the user interface
• MMC and snap-ins
• Hands-on: Creating an MMC
• Installing hardware
• Using Device Manager
• Scheduled Tasks
• Hands-on: Using Scheduled Tasks
• Overview of printing
• Configuring network printing
• Hands-on: Configuring printing
• Administering printers
• Securing printers

Course Aim

To describe the principal interface, application, and tool changes in Windows 2000

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the student should be able to

• configure and customize the desktop
  
  
• describe the principles of MMC and snap-ins
  
  
• create a customized MMC
  
  
• use the MMC to perform administrative tasks
  
  
• install hardware
  
  
• explain and configure Scheduled Tasks
  
  
• install and configure network printing
  
  
• secure printers