Guide to Exam 70-296 MCSE Upgrade to Win2003

Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000

Planning and Implementing Server Roles and Server Security
Configure security for servers that are assigned specific roles
Plan security for servers that are assigned specific roles, including domain controllers, Web servers, database servers, and mail servers
  • Deploy the security configuration for servers that are assigned specific roles
  • Create custom security templates based on server roles
Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Network Infrastructure
Plan a host name resolution strategy
  • Plan a DNS namespace design
  • Plan zone replication requirements
  • Plan a forwarding configuration
  • Plan for DNS security
  • Examine the interoperability of DNS with third-party DNS solutions
Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining Server Availability
Plan services for high availability
  • Plan a high availability solution that uses clustering services
  • Plan a high availability solution that uses Network Load Balancing
Plan a backup and recovery strategy
  • Identify appropriate backup types, including:  full, incremental, and differential
  • Plan a backup strategy that uses volume shadow copy
  • Plan system recovery that uses Automated System Recovery (ASR)
Planning and Maintaining Network Security
Plan secure network administration methods
  • Create a plan to offer Remote Assistance to client computers
  • Plan for remote administration by using Terminal Services
Plan security for wireless networks
Plan security for data transmission
  • Secure data transmission between client computers to meet security requirements
  • Secure data transmission by using IPSec
Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining Security Infrastructure
Configure Active Directory directory service for certificate publication
Plan a public key infrastructure (PKI) that uses Certificate Services
  • Identify the appropriate type of certificate authority to support certificate issuance requirements
  • Plan the enrollment and distribution of certificates
  • Plan for the use of smart cards for authentication
Plan a framework for planning and implementing security
  • Plan for security monitoring
  • Plan a change and configuration management framework for security
Plan a security update infrastructure using:  Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and Microsoft Software Update Services
Planning and Implementing an Active Directory Infrastructure
Plan a strategy for placing global catalog servers
  • Evaluate network traffic considerations when placing global catalog servers
  • Evaluate the need to enable universal group caching
Implement an Active Directory directory service forest and domain structure
  • Create the forest root domain
  • Create a child domain
  • Create and configure Application Data Partitions
  • Install and configure an Active Directory domain controller
  • Set an Active Directory forest and domain functional level based on requirements
  • Establish trust relationships, including external trusts, shortcut trusts, and cross-forest trusts
Managing and Maintaining an Active Directory Infrastructure
Manage an Active Directory forest and domain structure
  • Manage trust relationships
  • Manage schema modifications
  • Add or remove a UPN suffix
Restore Active Directory directory services
  • Perform an authoritative restore operation
  • Perform a nonauthoritative restore operation
Planning and Implementing User, Computer, and Group Strategies
Plan a user authentication strategy
  • Plan a smart card authentication strategy
  • Create a password policy for domain users
Planning and Implementing Group Policy
Plan Group Policy strategy
  • Plan a Group Policy strategy by using Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) Planning mode
  • Plan a strategy for configuring the user environment by using Group Policy
  • Plan a strategy for configuring the computer environment by using Group Policy
Configure the user environment by using Group Policy
  • Distribute software by using Group Policy
  • Automatically enroll user certificates by using Group Policy
  • Redirect folders by using Group Policy
  • Configure user security settings by using Group Policy
Managing and Maintaining Group Policy
Troubleshoot issues related to Group Policy application deployment using RSoP and the GPResult command
Troubleshoot the application of Group Policy security settings using RSoP and the GPResult command
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