70-297: MCSE Guide to Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure,9780619120269

70-297: MCSE Guide to Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

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ISBN13: 9780619120269
ISBN10: 0619120266
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Pub. Date: 2004-09-08
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Summary

Students will master the objectives for the new MCSE Exam #79-297

Table of Contents

Introduction xvii
The Assessment Stage
1(78)
Introduction
2(1)
Assessing the Technical Environment
2(1)
Administrative Models
3(31)
Components Used in the Logical Design of Active Directory
3(6)
The Current Model
9(3)
Identifying Limitations
12(3)
Formulating New Candidate Models
15(1)
Service Level
16(1)
Identifying Existing Service Levels
17(3)
Identifying Service Levels Requiring Change
20(1)
Hardware and Software Deployments
21(1)
Performing a Hardware Inventory
21(1)
Analyzing Hardware Requirements
22(2)
Performing a Software Inventory
24(1)
Analyzing Software Requirements
25(1)
Interoperability Issues
26(1)
Identifying Current Interoperability Instances
26(7)
Assessing Additional Active Directory Interoperability Requirements
33(1)
Assessing the Current Server Infrastructure
34(14)
The Current Domain Model
34(1)
Identifying Existing Windows Domain Installations
34(2)
Identifying the Current Domain Models
36(5)
Comparing Models with Your Envisaged Design
41(4)
Infrastructure Placement
45(2)
Documenting Existing Infrastructure Locations
47(1)
Identifying Bottlenecks
48(1)
Assessing DNS
48(10)
Analyzing the Existing Namespaces
50(1)
Documenting All Namespaces
51(1)
Identifying and Providing Remediation for Potential Issues
52(2)
Assessing the DNS Infrastructure
54(1)
Document DNS Server Locations
54(1)
Analyzing Zone Configuration and Transfers
55(1)
Identifying Supportability for Active Directory
56(1)
Assessing BIND Implementations
57(1)
Identifying Non-Supported Aspects
57(1)
Assessing the Physical Network
58(7)
Analyzing the Topology
58(1)
Developing Tools and Methods to Interrogate the Network
59(1)
Collating Routes, Links, and Bandwidths
60(1)
Collating Subnet Data
60(1)
Creating a Network Map
61(1)
Documenting Site and Subnet Boundaries
61(1)
Drawing the Routes, Links, and Bandwidths Map
62(1)
Analyzing Network Performance
63(1)
Documenting Current Baselines
63(1)
Identifying Issues and Constraints
64(1)
Assessing the Impact of Proposed Designs
65(5)
Looking at the Existing Infrastructure
65(1)
Server Infrastructure
65(1)
Service Levels
66(1)
Applications
66(1)
Determining Interoperability
66(1)
Other Network Operating Systems
66(1)
Other Directories
67(1)
Examining the Physical Network
68(1)
Additional Demands
68(1)
Identify Bottlenecks
69(1)
Summary of Exam Objectives
70(1)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
71(2)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
73(1)
SelfTest
74(3)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
77(2)
Developing the Active Directory Infrastructure Design
79(76)
Introduction
80(1)
Assessing and Designing the Administrative Model
80(6)
Service Administrators and Data Administrators
81(1)
The Role of the Service Administrator
82(1)
The Role of the Data Administrator
82(1)
Understanding Isolation and Autonomy
83(1)
Autonomy
84(1)
Isolation
85(1)
Assessing and Defining the Forest Design
86(15)
Forest Design Factors
86(1)
Organizational
87(1)
Operational
87(1)
Legal
88(1)
Naming Considerations
88(1)
Timescales
89(1)
Management Overhead
89(1)
Test Environments
89(1)
Externally Facing Environments
90(1)
Forest Models
90(1)
The Service Provider Model
91(1)
The Restricted Access Model
92(1)
The Resource Model
93(1)
The Organizational Model
94(2)
The Single Forest Model
96(1)
Summary of Forest Models
96(2)
Ownership, Accountability, and Change Management
98(1)
Sponsors
98(1)
Owners
98(1)
Change Management
99(2)
Assessing and Creating the Domain Design
101(18)
Domain Design Factors
101(1)
Geographic Separation
101(1)
Network Limitations
102(1)
Service Autonomy
103(1)
Names and Hierarchies
104(1)
General Considerations
104(1)
Dedicated Root Domain
105(1)
Additional Domains
106(1)
The Dedicated Root Domain
106(1)
Using a Dedicated Root Domain
106(2)
Nondedicated Domain
108(2)
Regional Domains
110(2)
Functional Domains
112(2)
Comparing Trees with Domains
114(1)
Single Tree
114(1)
Multiple Trees
115(2)
Single Domain Forest
117(1)
Ownership and Responsibilities
118(1)
Developing the OU Model
119(11)
OU Design Factors
120(1)
Delegation and Admin Models
120(2)
Group Policy
122(2)
Hiding Sensitive Objects
124(2)
OU Design Models
126(1)
Geographic Models
126(1)
Functional Models
127(1)
Object Type Models
128(2)
Ownership
130(1)
Developing the Replication Design
130(17)
Sites
131(1)
Resource Location
131(1)
Replication Boundary
132(1)
Subnets
132(1)
Site Links
132(1)
Cost
133(1)
Interval
133(1)
Schedule
134(1)
Site Link Bridges
134(1)
Connection Objects
135(1)
Automatic Connection Objects
135(1)
Manual Connection Objects
136(1)
Multimaster Replication
136(1)
Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC)
137(1)
Inter Site Topology Generator and Bridgehead Servers
138(2)
SYSVOL
140(1)
File Replication System (FRS)
141(1)
Topology Options
141(1)
Intra-Site Replication
141(1)
Inter-Site Replication
141(1)
Ring
142(1)
Fully Meshed
143(1)
Hub and Spoke
143(1)
Hybrid
144(1)
Ownership
145(2)
Summary of Exam Objectives
147(1)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
147(2)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
149(1)
SelfTest
150(4)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
154(1)
Developing the Network Services Design
155(62)
Introduction
156(1)
Developing the Network Services Infrastructure Designs
156(51)
Developing DNS Designs
157(2)
DNS Design Principles
159(8)
Design Features
167(16)
Developing WINS Designs
183(1)
Design Principles
184(3)
Design Features
187(1)
Phasing Out WINS
188(1)
Developing DHCP Approach
189(1)
DHCP Background
189(2)
DHCP Design Principles
191(4)
DHCP Design Features
195(5)
Integration with Existing Deployments
200(1)
Developing Remote Access Strategy
200(1)
Design Principles
201(2)
Integrating with Existing Deployments
203(4)
Summary of Exam Objectives
207(1)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
208(1)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
209(1)
SelfTest
210(6)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
216(1)
Designing the Logical Components
217(100)
Introduction
218(1)
Defining Standards
218(10)
Why Standardize?
219(1)
The Benefits
219(1)
Administrative Overhead
219(1)
Understanding the Scope of the Standards
220(1)
Enterprisewide
221(1)
Forestwide
222(1)
Domainwide
222(1)
What Should You Standardize?
222(1)
Usernames
223(1)
Machine Names
224(1)
Group Names
225(2)
Other Object Types
227(1)
Defining the Forest Structure, Hierarchy, and Naming Strategy
228(15)
Structure and Hierarchy
228(1)
Collaboration
229(2)
Naming
231(1)
Internal versus External Names
232(1)
How Many Domains?
233(4)
Naming
237(1)
The Hierarchy
238(1)
Assessing and Defining a Migration Path
238(1)
In-Place Upgrades
238(3)
Restructuring Domains
241(1)
Migrating to Pristine Environment
242(1)
Defining Authentication Mechanisms
243(11)
Requirements
243(1)
The Client Community
243(1)
NTLM and Kerberos
244(5)
Trusts and Collaboration
249(1)
Between Forests
250(3)
Other Trusts
253(1)
Trusts Within a Forest
253(1)
Designing the Organizational Unit Model
254(9)
Delegation
255(1)
Delegating by Function
255(1)
Delegating by Geography
256(1)
Delegating by Object Type
256(1)
Ownership
257(1)
Responsibility of Owners
258(1)
Assign Owners
258(1)
Group Policy
259(3)
Impact on OU Design
262(1)
Defining the Group Policy Object Approach
263(16)
Requirements
263(2)
The OU Model
265(1)
What Do We Hope to Achieve?
266(1)
How Many and Where Applied?
266(1)
Delegating the Group Policy
267(1)
Centralized Management
268(1)
Distributed Management
269(4)
Mandatory Policy Settings
273(1)
Default Domain Policy
274(2)
Designing Strategies for Account Policies
276(1)
The Default Domain Controllers Policy
277(1)
Other Policy Settings
278(1)
User Policy Settings
278(1)
Machine Policy Settings
279(1)
Exploring Groups and Roles
279(6)
Delegation Using Groups
279(1)
Data Access Groups
279(2)
Administrative Access Groups
281(1)
Understanding User Roles
281(1)
Identifying Roles
282(2)
Creating and Managing Roles
284(1)
Defining Replication Topology
285(13)
New Features
286(1)
Collating Network Data
286(1)
Identifying Active Directory Sites and Subnets
286(9)
Selecting a Replication Topology
295(2)
Creating a Replication Diagram
297(1)
Summary of Exam Objectives
298(2)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
300(3)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
303(4)
SelfTest
307(8)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
315(2)
Name Resolution
317(66)
Introduction
318(1)
Understanding DNS Design
318(43)
The Namespace
319(5)
Active Directory Hosting the Only DNS Namespace
324(2)
Active Directory Hosting Its Own DNS Namespace
326(1)
Active Directory Within an Existing DNS Implementation
327(1)
Interoperability
328(2)
DNS Zones
330(1)
Zone Transfer
331(2)
Identifying DNS Record Requirements
333(6)
Identify Zone Requirements
339(1)
Identify Zone Placement
340(4)
Active Directory Integrated versus Primary Zones
344(2)
Storing Zones in Application Partitions
346(2)
Delegation and Security
348(9)
DNS Servers
357(3)
Interoperability with WINS and DHCP
360(1)
Understanding WINS Design
361(11)
Strategy
362(1)
Ensuring Unique NetBIOS Names
362(1)
WINS Topologies and Replication across the Enterprise
363(1)
Replication
364(1)
Replication Frequency
364(1)
Replication Designs
364(4)
Advanced WINS Optimization
368(4)
Summary of Exam Objectives
372(1)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
373(1)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
374(2)
SelfTest
376(5)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
381(2)
Remote Access and Address Management
383(78)
Introduction
384(1)
Remote Access Service Servers
384(46)
The Requirements
386(1)
Identifying Remote Access Users, Machines, and Locations
386(1)
Assessing and Defining a Remote Access Method
387(4)
Assessing and Defining the Authentication Requirements
391(6)
The Implementation
397(13)
Active Directory Implications
410(1)
Defining Security Policies
411(11)
Identifying an Authentication and Accounting Strategy
422(2)
Defining the Audit Strategy
424(6)
IP Address Management and DHCP
430(19)
Address Assignments
443(1)
DHCP Security Considerations
444(3)
DNS Integration and Client Interoperability
447(2)
Summary of Exam Objectives
449(1)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
449(2)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
451(1)
SelfTest
452(8)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
460(1)
Service Sizing and Placement
461(68)
Introduction
462(1)
The Planning Phase
462(16)
Requirements
463(1)
Logon Time
464(3)
Self--Sufficient Locations
467(1)
Security
468(1)
Service Levels
469(1)
Replication Overhead
470(1)
Active Directory Aware Applications
471(1)
User Populations
471(1)
The Implementation Plan
472(1)
Developing a Service Placement Algorithm
472(5)
Create a Project Plan
477(1)
Sizing and Availability
478(42)
Active Directory
478(1)
Sizing Domain Partitions
479(6)
Application Directory Partitions
485(1)
Domain Controller Sizing and Specification
485(1)
Choosing a Specification
485(3)
Placement Considerations
488(2)
The Promotion Strategy
490(8)
Global Catalog Server Sizing and Specification
498(1)
Additional Requirements
499(1)
Placement
499(3)
DNS Servers
502(1)
Specification
502(1)
Flexible Single Master Operations Roles
503(1)
Background
503(7)
Placement
510(3)
Failover and Recovery
513(7)
Summary of Exam Objectives
520(1)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
521(1)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
522(2)
SelfTest
524(4)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
528(1)
The Physical Design
529(40)
Introduction
530(1)
Networking and Routing
530(19)
Internet Connectivity
530(3)
Domain Name Registration
533(1)
Segmenting the Intranet from the Internet
534(1)
Network Topology Definitions
535(1)
Bus Topology
536(1)
Ring Topology
537(1)
Star Topology
538(1)
Segmenting the Organization into Subnets
539(1)
Addressing and DHCP
539(6)
Router Placement
545(2)
The Network Perimeter
547(2)
Designing Requirements for Remote Access Infrastructures
549(7)
Design Requirements
550(1)
Perimeter Requirements
550(2)
Extranet Requirements
552(1)
Intranet Authentication Requirements
553(1)
Windows Authentication
553(1)
RADIUS
554(1)
RADIUS Policies
555(1)
Determining Sizing and Availability of Remote Access Infrastructure
556(3)
Sizing Remote Access Components
556(1)
Placing Remote Access Components
556(2)
Providing Scalability, Availability, and Failover
558(1)
Summary of Exam Objectives
559(1)
Exam Objectives Fast Track
560(2)
Exam Objectives Frequently Asked Questions
562(1)
SelfTest
563(5)
SelfTest Quick Answer Key
568(1)
Appendix A
569(62)
The Assessment Stage
570(5)
Developing the Active Directory Infrastructure Design
575(5)
Developing the Network Services Design
580(9)
Designing the Logical Components
589(11)
Name Resolution
600(6)
Remote Access and Address Management
606(11)
Service Sizing and Placement
617(6)
The Physical Design
623(8)
Index 631

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