Active Directory Training
for Windows Server 2008!
Over 20 Hours of Server 2008 Training Teaches You Active Directory,
Name Resolution, Users and Groups, RODC, and
Much More! Plus, Complete 70-640 Exam Coverage!
By Benjamin "Coach" Culbertson
(MCT, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator, MCDBA, CIW, A+, Net+,
MOS)
If you want to develop
hands on experience in Active Directory in Server 2008, and prepare for
the 70-640 MCITP exam, then this course is for you!
We are excited to announce this long
awaited course in our Windows Server 2008 series. Whether you're a
beginner or experienced in networking and administration, this
course covers Active Directory in depth as you configure your own Server
2008 Network!
Note: While Active Directory or Network+ level of
experience is helpful, it is not required. Certification is not
required. Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certifications
replace the MCSE and MCSA certifications for Server 2003.
Active Directory Server 2008
Course Outline
Video 1
Introduction to the Course
Learn what's in the course, who you're instructor is, and what you
can expect in the course.
Key Topics:
* About the Instructor and Train Signal
* Overall Scope of the Course
* What's Covered in this Course
* The Globomantics Scenario
* What We'll Build in this Course
Video 2
Basic Active Directory Terms
Get a foundation of what Active Directory is, what it can do, and why you want
to use it in your network to make your life easier!
Key Topics:
* What is Active Directory?
* AD Objects
* What is DNS?
* Forests, Domains, and OU’s
Video 3
The First Two Domain Controllers
Learn how to install Server 2008 from "bare metal", create a domain using Server
2008 by installing Active Directory Domain Services, and set up a second Domain
Controller for redundancy.
Key Topics:
* Server 2008 Hardware Requirements & Editions
* A Bare Metal Installation of Windows Server 2008
* Installation of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and DNS
* DCPromo
* Can the servers talk? Setting up Replication on your Windows
Servers
Video 4
Setting up Remote Desktop on Your Personal Vista Client
Real administrators manage a network sitting down. It's so much
easier to play World of Warcraft and Halo that way. Learn how to set
up Remote Desktop shortcuts on a Vista client so you don't have to
pause your game to trek into the server room every time somebody
needs a password reset.
Key Topics:
* The DC's Are Up and Running...Now What?
* Why Remote Desktop is Just Great!
Video 5
Creating OU's, Users, Computers and Groups in Active
Directory
Create Organizational Units to keep your Active Directory organized, making your
IT life easier in the long term. Learn the secrets of creating a lot of users
quickly and easily using scripts. *Bonus* Coach's Active Directory
Toolbox File: Coach's Mass User Creation Script Builder!!!! Plus,
a simple batch script to create single users all day long!
Key Topics:
* The DC's Are Up and Running...Now What? -- Part 2
* What's an OU again?
* How About Some Users! - Create Domain Users in Windows Server 2008
* Give Me Some Computer Accounts!
* The Difference Between OU's and Groups
Video 6
Setting Up Shared Folders, Drives and Printers
Create Shared Folders so users can easily get to stuff on your
network. Share Network printers. Learn the arcane secrets of NTFS
and Share level Permissions, and Delegation Security Filtering!
Become a wizard at giving only the people you want to have access to
stuff! Rule your IT Kingdom with an iron fist and fear or with a
soft heart and love--you decide!
* Setting Up a Member Server
* Creating Shared Folders
* NTFS and Share Level Permissions
* Files and Folders Permissions
* Mapping as Shared Network Drive
* Creating and Sharing Printers
Video 7
Get Your Control Freak On: Group Policy Objects
Learn how to lock down your desktop machines with Group Policy.
Keep users from screwing stuff up, installing World of Warcraft, and
from stealing data by using USB drives! The power is yours!
* What GPO's are and how they work
* How you can set them- what objects do you set them on
* How they get affected
* Computer Vs. User
* Locking down the Desktops
Video 8
How to Make Your Boss Mad and then Fix it Really Fast
When Group Policy Attacks! Does your boss insist on having absolute
control over a personal laptop? Then buy our product and learn how
to allow your boss absolute freedom over his/her personal machine so
you can continually fix it, and keep your job forever! (Or until
something higher-paying comes along!)
Key Topics:
* Reorganizing OUs
* Enforce and Block Inheritance
* Security Filtering
Video 9
Computer Policies and Preferences
Learn the magic of Loopback processing, what "hoteling" means, and
how you can lockdown machines no matter who's using them!
Key Topics:
* The Computer Side of Group Policy
* Setting Up Mapped Drives and other GP Preferences
Video 10
How to Install Software on a lot of Machines Without Getting
Up From Your Desk
Do you want to be able to sit at your desk all day long and install
software by just clicking your mouse? Then pick up this course and
learn how to install, upgrade, and uninstall software and not even
have to get your butt out of your nice cushy office chair!
Key Topics:
* Software Installation GPOs
* GP Refresh Intervals
Video 11
What's My P@ssw0rd Again?
Are you kidding? You forgot your password again? Learn how to
provide multiple password policies using Server 2008's brand new
Fine Grained Password Policy Objects! That's right, you too can
lessen the security of your network so your boss can use the name of
his or her favorite horse as his/her password and not have to worry
about all that security stuff!
Key Topics:
* Domain Level Policy
* Create Fine Grained Password Policies with ADSI Edit
* When to Reset Passwords and when not to reset
Video 12
Passing the Buck: Delegating Control of a Group
Feeling tired and overworked? Are you ready to let someone else do
the busy work of resetting passwords and the like? Then you need
Video 12! Pass off some of your responsibility to some other
unsuspecting IT staffer and make them take the calls from your
users! You'll have much more time to play Halo!
Key Topics:
* Delegation of Control Wizard - Pass the Buck on Resetting
Passwords
* Task Pad View - Creating a TaskPad for Easy Password Resets
* Other Built-In Groups - Account Operators, Server Operators, Back
Up Operators
Video 13
Creating Backup Solutions Before Stuff Blows Up
If you don't know how to create basic backups, there's a chance
your network will go down in flames and there will be nothing you'll
be able to do about it. Millions of dollars of lost data! Just think
of the chaos that will reign if your boss can't find the annual TPS
report! You need to watch this video and you never know; you might
even become the hero, save the princess, and get a parade thrown in
your honor!
Key Topics:
* Windows Server Backup
* Wbadmin
* Full Back up
* System State Data
* NTDSUTIL and IFM Creation
Video 14
Preventing Problems: Changing up the FSMO's
Give your network some flexibility by learning the secret of
multiple Domain Controllers having different FSMO's!
Key Topics:
* Adding another Domain Controller using Install-From-Media (IFM)
* Changing the FSMO PDC Emulator to a non-Global Catalog Domain
Controller
Video 15
Defragging, Auditing and Monitoring
Nobody likes doing maintenance, but Active Directory is like a car:
if you don't change the oil in your car every 3000 or so miles, it
will eventually blow up. But if you do, you can get a long life out
of it. The same goes for Active Directory--if you do your
maintenance and monitoring, it will live a long happy life,
providing access for your users and keeping your network cruising
right along!
Key Topics:
* Watching Your Active Directory Stuff
* Your Monitoring Toolbox
* Watch Who’s Doing What To Your Active Directory
* Defragging Your Active Directory Database
Video 16
Adding a Child Domain by Creating a New Domain Controller
Hey, it's time to expand! Learn how to create a new Child Domain for a new
location so you can eventually pass off the responsibility for it to another
victim--I mean administrator!
Key Topics:
• Adding a Site and Subnet
• Creating the Child Domain
• Making Sure Servers Can Talk to Servers in Other Locations
Video 17
Giving People Access to Stuff that's 790 Miles Away:
Introducing Universal Groups and AGUDLP
Users in Chicago need access to stuff in New York! What are we
going to do? Using Universal Groups and a strategy called AGUDLP, we
can provide access to stuff that's 790 miles away over the network!
Key Topics:
* Time For Some More Users!
* The Types of Groups
* Setting Up Your Groups for Access Between Domains
* Making Sure Your Users Can Log In Anywhere in Your Enterprise
Video 18
Creating an RODC and DNS Server in Server Core
Do you need a full Domain Controller for a branch office of 5
people? No, you really don't. Using Windows Server Core and the
Read-Only Domain Controller feature in Windows Server 2008, you can
create an great experience for your remote users that's more secure
and cheaper to implement!
Key Topics:
* The Dallas OU and Site Structure
* What is a Read Only Domain Controller?
* Building a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC)
Video 19
Recovering Lost OU's
That new third shift IT guy we just hired deleted the entire New
York Ops dept! What do we do? Since we were smart and created
backups in Video 13, we can get back only the stuff we want using
NTDSUTIL. There will be no need to recreate User Accounts -- but
tell the boss that it'll take hours and hours to fix the problem,
and then you can spend the time that you were going to take up
recreating those OU's and Accounts to play a little Bejeweled.
Key Topics:
* Okay, Who Killed Off The Ops Department?
* The Two Types of Restorations
* Use Windows Server Backup to do a Non-Authoritative Restoration
* Use NTDSUTIL and WBADMIN to do an Authoritative Restoration
* How to Put Resurrected Users Back Into Groups Using Backlinks
Video 20
What Do You Do When Your Domain Controllers Crash?!?
It is inevitable. You will eventually face a cataclysmic meltdown
of a Domain Controller. If you've applied the principles in the
previous videos, restoring and recreated DC's doesn't have to be
tough. Coach will show you how!
Key Topics:
* Seizing Operations Masters for Quick Restoration of Functionality
* Possible Solutions for Restoring Domain Controllers
Video 21
Getting Your Windows Server 2003 Domain Controllers Upgraded to
Windows Server 2008
So what about all those Server 2003 machines out there? In this
video you'll learn a little secret to upgrading your DC's to Server
2008, and it won't take much time at all.
Key Topics:
* Advantages of the Server 2008 Domain Functional Level * Upgrade
Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
Video 22
Auditing and Monitoring AD
In this video you'll learn how to connect two Active Directory
Forests together. There's two options: Active Directory Federation
Services or Trusts? Which one will it be? Which option is easiest?
You have to watch to find out!
Key Topics:
* Tokyo is now a Server 2008 network--so now what?
* Our Two Options To Connect Tokyo and New York
* What You Need for Active Directory Federation Services
* What You Need for a Trust
* The Globomantics/Verde Petra Solution: Trusts
Video 23
Certification: It's Really Not That Scary
Are you thinking about taking the 70-640, Configuring Windows
Server 2008 Active Directory Exam so you too can get a shiny new
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in Active
Directory, Configuring? If so, you'll want to watch this video to
know how to prepare for the big day. PLUS: Coach shares his
secrets to passing the exams!
Key Topics:
* The New Generation of Certifications for Server 2008
* The Upgrade Paths for MCSA’s/MCSE’s
* How to Sign Up for a Microsoft Exam
* 70-640 Exam Prep Tips
Video 24
Additional DNS Training
Without DNS, your Domain Controllers are really expensive
paperweights. In this exam prep video, you'll pick up some
additional vocabulary and core concepts of DNS.
Video 25
Active Directory Certificate Services 101
Now that Certificate Services has stronger integration with Active
Directory, it's now on the 70-640 exam. This exam prep video will
give you a quick foundation and the important jargon for Certificate
Services.
Video 26
Lightweight Directory Services 101
In this exam prep video, you'll learn about the AD LDS Role, and
why you might need it if you have network applications that require
LDAP.
Video 27
Rights Management Services 101
In our final exam prep video for this series, you'll learn about a
new Role in Server 2008 that allows you to lock down the data in
your network in an easy to implement fashion. Make the users do the
work!
TCP/ IP and Network
Fundamentals
Bonus Course Outline
The bonus course is full of the basic concepts you need to truly
understand TCP/ IP – an integral part of networking. We will help
you gain a general comfort level for what TCP/ IP is and how to
configure it on a basic network computer.
Video 1
What is a protocol?
* Definition of a protocol
* OSI Model
Video 2
Introduction to TCP/IP
* What is TCP/IP?
* TCP/IP Architecture
* TCP/IP Protocol Suite
* Types of TCP/IP communication
Video 3
Configuring an IP Address
* What is an IP Address?
-Network ID
-Host ID
* What is the purpose of a Subnet Mask?
* How to configure a computer with an IP Address
-Static
-Dynamic
* How to View a Computer’s IP Configuration
* How to Check for Connectivity
Video 4
IP Address Planning
* How to plan an IP Addressing scheme
* Rules for IP Addressing
* What is Classful IP Addressing
* Private IP Addressing vs. Public IP Addressing
* What is Network Address Translation (NAT)?
Video 5
Binary Numbers
* Decimal vs. Binary
* Convert Binary to Decimal
* Convert Decimal to Binary
* Using a Calculator
* IP Address Conversion
Video 6
Internetworking
* Decimal vs. Binary
* Convert Binary to Decimal
* Convert Decimal to Binary
* Using a Calculator
* IP Address Conversion
Video 7
Classless Interdomain Routing
* Problems with Classful IP Addressing
* What is CIDR & VLSM
* Subnetting with CIDR
Video 8
Fundamentals of IPv6
* Disadvantages of IPv4
* IPv6 Solutions
* IPv6 Addressing
* Types of IPv6 Addressing
Active Directory Server 2008 Training
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Meet Your Certified Windows Server 2008 Instructor,
Benjamin "Coach" Culbertson
(MCT, MCITP, MCTSx2, MCSA, MCDBA, CIW, A+,
Net+, MOS)
 Benjamin
"Coach" Culbertson has taught thousands of people in the Chicagoland
area, and brings ten years of training, web, print, and network
consulting experience to the table.
Serving a two year tour of duty as an inner city high school teacher
at Roberto Clemente High School, he motivated at-risk students to
achieve excellence and learned how to teach high level concepts in a
rubber-meets-the-road fashion.
His versatility and high energy instructional style will not only
educate you but also make you laugh along the way. He is also the
Technical Editor and webmaster of ReliefJournal.com, a quarterly
literary journal, and the Editor-In-Chief for Coach’s Midnight Diner, an
annual genre anthology.
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