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Advanced Active Directory Configuration and Troubleshooting
Workshop
Course No. MWADTS h 4 Days
► COURSE OVERVIEW
Active Directory is the most significant advance from
NT that we find in Windows 2000. It offers vastly
improved scalability for the enterprise market as well
as significant administrative, security and extensibility
features. This course looks to go beyond the basics of
installing and configuring Active Directory and instead
provides an in depth examination of advanced
configuration and troubleshooting issues with the
Windows 2000 Directory Service.
► AUDIENCE
This is an advanced course and is intended for senior
support professionals, architects and consultants who
wish to gain a deeper insight into the design,
installation, configuration and support of Windows
2000 Active Directory. This course is not designed for
those who are on the Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer Windows 2000 track but those who wish to
go beyond certification and the official curriculum
would benefit from this course.
► OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, students
will be able to:
• Understand the principles of X.500, LDAP and how
they relate to Active Directory
• Identify and troubleshoot common Active Directory
installation issues
• Understand and configure the Kerberos
authentication protocol
• Configure and troubleshoot Group Policy
• Understand and configure the Operations Master
roles within Active Directory
• Understand, configure and troubleshoot the File
Replication Service
• Identify and troubleshoot logon problems and
failures
• Understand and configure the Active Directory
replication components
• Diagnose and troubleshoot Active Directory
replication issues
• Understand, configure and troubleshoot Windows
2000 DFS
• Understand and manage the Active Directory
database
► PREREQUISITES
It is essential that you have a very good understanding
and working knowledge of the main Windows 2000
Active Directory concepts and features. This knowledge
can be obtained from completing courses MS1560-2 Updating Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT
4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000 or MS2154 Implementing and Administering Windows 2000
Directory Services; completing course MS1561 Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory
Services Infrastructure. Practical experience of using
the Directory Service is essential.
► COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Introduction to X.500 and
LDAP
Topics
What is X.500
What is LDAP
How does LDAP relate to Active Directory
LDAP operations
Understanding LDAP objects
Module 2: Installing and
Troubleshooting/Installation of AD
Topics
Review of DCPromo
Requirements for Active Directory Installation
Location and content of installation log files
Account privileges required for installation
Effects of missing or faulty network services during
installation
Module 3: Kerberos
Topics
Overview of what Kerberos is and where it came
from
How does Kerberos work
Managing Kerberos within a Windows 2000
environment
Kerberos error codes
Available for Dedicated/Custom only, your site or ours.
Advanced Active Directory Configuration and Troubleshooting
Workshop
Course No. MWADTS h 4 Days
Module 4: Handling Logon Failures
Topics
How Windows 2000 logons work
Requirements for a successful logon
Requirements for a GC during Logon
Configuring logon with cached credentials
How sites are used during logon
Using Kerberos troubleshooting tools
Module 5: Managing the FSMO’s
Topics
Review of the roles of the Operations Masters
Managing operations Masters
Identifying and troubleshooting the effects of a
failed FSMO
Locating FSMO's
Module 6: Troubleshooting Group
Policy
Topics
Review of Group Policy components
Location of Group Policy components
Managing Group Policy
Limitations of Group Policy
Troubleshooting the effects and interaction of
Group Policy using built in tools and FAZAM
Client handling of Group Policy
Module 7: Configuring and
Troubleshooting DFS
Topics
Installing and configuring DFS in a Domain
Identifying DFS components
How DFS works
How sites affect DFS
Troubleshooting DFS issues
Module 8: Configuring and Managing
NTFRS
Topics
How FRS works
Configuring FRS
Setting FRS filters
Locating FRS components
Troubleshooting and recovering from FRS
problems and failures
Module 9: Configuring and
Troubleshooting AD Replication
Topics
Review of the AD replication mechanism
Components required for replication
Managing inter site replication
Identifying the role and limitations of the ISTG
Controlling the ISTG
Issues related to AD replication and how to resolve
them
Troubleshooting AD replication
Module 10: Understanding and
Managing AD Database
Topics
Understand the structure and location of the AD
database
Managing the AD database
Performing AD restore operations and observing
the difference between an Authoritative and a
non-Authoritative restore
Restrictions on AD restore operations