KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY
JEDDAH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
NETWORK ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM- SECOND YEAR
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS SERVERTM
CIT234 COURSE SYLLABUS, SEMESTER 1 2012
Instructor: Ghulam Muhammad
Phone: 2870026 - ext. 315
Email: gmuhammad1@kau.edu.sa
Course Coordinator: Ghulam Muhammad
Office: Staff Members Room – Building (309 A/11)
Office Hours: Sat/Mon 08:00—10:00 AM
Class Days/Times: Sat /Mon/Wed; 10-11 AM,
Lab Days/Times : Sun; 08-10AM
Class Location: Lab 111A
Course Description:
Credit Hours: (3: 3, 2)
(Prerequisite: CIT131, CIT161)
This course is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to install and configure
Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 to create file, print, Web, and Terminal servers. This course emphasizes on
skills necessary to install, configure, customize, optimize, network, integrate, and troubleshoot Microsoft Windows
Server™ 2003. Also, this course provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to effectively
maintain server resources, manage accounts and resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data on a
computer running one of the operating systems in the Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 family.
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.
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
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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 using 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.
Maintain Windows Server 2003 security.
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Textbooks / Required Materials:
Required Textbook:
“Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment ",
Dan Holme and Orin Thomas Copyright © 2004 by Microsoft Corporation
Bookstore:
Garer bookstore and/or College library
Attendance Policy:
Students are required to attend all class/Lab meetings. Missing any CIT234 classes/Labs may create a situation
that prevents successful completion of the course. Students with work or other conflicts that prevent regular
attendance should resolve the conflict and enroll in this course another term. Each time a student does not attend
a class/Lab; an absence is recorded in the instructor’s grade book. Absences are not evaluated as “excused” or
“unexcused”. Students with excessive absences (15% of class/Lab meetings (More than 12 hours)) may be
withdrawn and may be awarded the DN (denied grade).
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Student who joins the class within 5-15 minutes is marked late.
Student who attends the class after 15 minutes is marked absent.
Student who is absent for 4 hours will be given first Warning (W1).
Student who is absent for 8 hours will be given Second Warning (W2).
Student who is absent for 12 hours will be Denied (DN). He will not be allowed to sit in the class unless
his DN status is commuted.
Student who is absent for 16 hours will reach the END case and he will be out of the course and will get
permanent DN.
Special cases and valid excuses (to the satisfaction of the college administration) will be carefully
scrutinized. However, the "DN" will not be lifted if the absence rate exceeds 20-25% (This depends on the
regulations of each course).
Always contact your instructor if you miss a class. It is student’s responsibility to keep the record of his
absences.
Accommodation Statement:
If there is any student in this class who has special needs because of learning disabilities or other disabilities,
please discuss these needs with your instructor or please contact your Course Coordinator and/or Department
Supervisor.
Requirements:
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Class/Lab attendance and participation.
Quizzes.
Practice Assignments.
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Evaluation / Grading:
Students must earn 60% at least of the total possible points. The official grades in this course are:
Marks
Grade
95-100%
90-94%
85-89%
80-84%
75-79%
70-74%
65-69%
60-64%
A+
A
B+
B
C+
C
D+
D
Students earn 59% and below are failed, F (Failed Grade). Denied students will earn DN (denied grade). Students
who do not attend at all (any exam, any lecture and any Lab) will be considered AF (Absent Fail grade).
Evaluation Policy:-
Item
Homework / Assignments
Class/Lab attendance and participation
Quizzes
Exam I (Written)
Exam II (Written)
Final Exam (comprehensive)
Marks
5%
5%
10%
20%
20%
40%
Late Assignments:
All assignments are due at the BEGINNING of class on the due date. Late assignments will be penalized as
follows: one day late...1 grade reduction, two days late...two grades reduced, after three days...1/2 credit. If a
student submits more than two late assignments in a term, additional late papers may not be accepted.
Course Procedures:
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Students may collaborate on assignments, but each student must submit an original copy of his/her OWN
work. If an assignment is obviously copied, individuals involved may receive no credit.
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Use a notebook for notes, handouts and returned papers. Keep the notes and folder organized.
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Keep all graded papers to verify grades.
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It is the student's responsibility to officially drop a class. Failure to officially withdraw from a course may
result in F (Failed grade) or AF (Absent Failed grade).
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Cell phones, pagers and electronic entertainment devices must be turned off during all class and Lab
times. Students violating this policy may be asked to leave class.
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Course contents
Week
Class Type
Module/
Lab
LECTURE
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2
Module/Lab Title
Introduction to the Course
LECTURE
Module
[1]
Introduction to
Administering
Accounts and
Resources
LECTURE
Module
[2]
Managing User and
Computer Accounts
LAB
Lab [1]
Creating
Organizational Units
LECTURE
Module
[3]
Managing Groups
LAB
Lab [2]
Managing User and
Computer Accounts
LECTURE
Module
[4]
LAB
Lab [3]
LECTURE
Module
[5]
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4
Suggested Practice. Assignments
Exercises
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Creating an Organizational Unit
Hierarchy
 Creating Computer Accounts
 Creating User Accounts
Due Date:
Exercises
 Searching for and Moving User
Accounts
 Searching for and Moving
Computer Accounts
 Searching for and Enabling User
Accounts
Due Date:
Exercises
Managing Access to
Resources
 Creating and Managing Groups
Creating and Managing
Due Date:
Groups
Implementing Printing
Exercises
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5
LAB
Lab [4]
Managing Access to
Resources
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Configuring Access for
Manufacturing Personnel
Configuring Access for
Marketing Personnel
Configuring Access for
Purchasing Personnel
Due Date:
LECTURE
Module
[6]
Managing Printing
Lab [5]
Implementing Printing
6
LAB
Exercises
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Install Printers
Browse Network Printers with
Locations
Due Date:
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EXAM [I] (Sunday, March 27, 2011) covers all the above Modules, [M 1 to M 5], (20%)
LECTURE
Module
[7]
Managing Access to
Objects in
Organizational Units
LAB
Lab [6]
Managing Printing
LECTURE
Module
[8]
Implementing Group
Policy
Lab [7]
Managing Access to
Objects in
Organizational Units
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8
LAB
Exercises
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Creating Printing Pools
Setting Printer Priorities and
Availability
Due Date:
Exercises
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Delegating Administrative
Control
Documenting Security of an
Object Created in an
Organizational Unit
Due Date:
LECTURE
Module
[9]
Managing the User
Environment by Using
Group Policy
Exercises
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LAB
Lab [8]
Implementing a GPO
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Creating and Linking GPOs
Configuring Group Filtering on
GPOs
Configuring the Enforcement of
GPOs
Configuring the Blocking of
GPOs
Due Date:
LECTURE
Module
[10]
10
LAB
Lab [9]
Maintaining Device
Drivers
Managing the User
Environment by Using
Group Policy
Exercises
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Creating a Group Policy
Generating a Group Policy
Modeling Report
Generating a Group Policy
Results Report
Due Date:
LECTURE
Module
[11]
Managing Disks
Lab [10]
Maintaining Device
Drivers
11
LAB
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Exercises
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Viewing the Current File
Signature Verification Setting
 Modifying the Default Setting
 Adding a Computer to the
Organizational Unit
 Verifying the New File Signature
Verification Setting
Due Date:
EXAM [II] (Sunday, April 24, 2011) covers all the above Modules, [M 6 to M 11], (20%)
LECTURE
Module
[12]
Managing Data Storage
LAB
Lab [11]
Managing Disks
LECTURE
Module
[13]
Managing Disaster
Recovery
LAB
Lab [12]
Managing Data storage
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Exercises
 Mounting Drive E to
D:\Graphics
 Changing Drive Letter D to X
 Removing Mounted Drive E
 Changing Drive Letter X to D
Due Date:
Exercises
 Configuring Disk Quota Entries
 Exporting Disk Quota Entries
 Importing Disk Quota Entries
 Compressing a Folder
 Encrypting a Folder
Due Date:
Review
FINAL EXAM (To Be Announced Later) comprehensive, (40%)
NOTES:
1. The suggested Home Work (H.W.) is considered as minimum sets of problems. It's the responsibility of the
student to solve as many as he can from the list of problems at the end of each required section.
2. Students must do their best to complete LAB exercises during the LAB time; it's the instructor responsibility
to discuss the discussion questions at the end of each LAB.
WITH MY BEST WISHES
COORDINATOR CIT 234
GHULAM MUHAMMAD
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