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Course Overview The Windows Active Directory infrastructure is integral to maintaining your organisation's Windows Server 2003 networks. In this course, you gain the in-depth knowledge and skills to systematically troubleshoot and manage the Windows AD for consistent high availability. You learn to manage replication, apply the appropriate solutions and recover from system failure. Audience Those who design, implement or support the Windows AD Skills Gained You Will Learn How To - Troubleshoot Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
- Manage AD objects, the schema, location services, sites and replication
- Select the best system, support and resource-kit tools for troubleshooting
- Recover from AD Domain Controller and service failures
- Resolve failures and replication conflicts
- Maintain a stable Windows AD infrastructure for high availability
Practical hands-on exercises provide experience troubleshooting the Active Directory. Exercises include: - Examining AD objects with ADSI Edit, LDP and other tools
- Extending the UI via display specifiers
- Managing bulk ACE changes
- Resolving delegated administration problems
- Recovering from FSMO failure
- Troubleshooting domain creation
- Implementing system state backup and an authoritative restore
Prerequisites A working knowledge of AD concepts at the level of Course 595, "Windows Server 2003 Comprehensive Introduction", and Course 596, "Windows Server 2003 Active Directory", is assumed. Course Outline Introduction and Overview - Working in a virtual environment with clients and servers
- Creating a logical view of your enterprise
- AD infrastructure components
- Requirements for directory-enabled applications
- Identifying problem areas
Managing AD Objects and the Schema Searching and navigating the AD - Support tools: ADSI Edit and LDP
- Command line tool
- Searches: domain naming context vs. Global Catalog (GC)
- Creating complex LDAP search filters
- Managing bitwize operations
- Importing and exporting AD objects using LDIF and CSV formats
- Programmatic access to the directory
Providing access via the user interface (UI) - Controlling context menus using display specifiers
- Extending the UI for administrators and users
- Running VB scripts from the context menu
Modifying the schema - Updating objects and attributes
- Disabling schema protection
- Executing changes using LDIFDE
- Benefits of Windows Server 2003 schema delete
Managing the schema for directory-enabled applications Preparing the AD forest The impact of changing the partial-attribute set Controlling AD Security Object security review - ACEs: inherited vs. explicit
- Controlling extended rights
- Default schema permissions
- Implementing bulk changes
- Utilising DSACLs
Solving complex delegation problems - Controlling the security UI
- Checking the Security Log
- Using AD auditing to resolve delegation problems
- Adding tasks to the Delegation of Control Wizard
Troubleshooting AD Services DNS service locator records - DNS names for forest services
- Resolving domain-wide services
- Diagnosing and correcting DNS registration problems
- Determining logon dependencies
- Site affinity and DNS
- Defining site subnets
- Windows Server 2003 changes to GC behaviour
Domain creation and troubleshooting - Troubleshooting DCPROMO and DNS
- Evaluating the impact of FSMO role failures
- Recovering from FSMO failure
- Transferring master roles
- Seising roles
- Cleaning up invalid metadata
Running domain controller health checks - Verifying the LDAP interface
- Dcdiag
- Nltest
- Netdom
- Identifying FSMO role holders
- Checking trust relationships
- Troubleshooting domain creation
- Translating error codes
Maintaining the AD database for high availability - Locating database files and logs
- Defragmenting the database
- Implementing system state backups and recovery
- Performing authoritative restores
- Group dependencies
Replicating the Active Directory The replication model - Sites and site links and replication protocols
- Utilising Repadmin and Replmon
- Intra- vs. Inter-site replication
- Resolving replication conflicts
- Checking consistency between multiple domain controllers
File Replication Service (FRS) - FRS and System Volume (SYSVOL) architecture and dependencies
- Replicating SYSVOL
- Backing up and restoring SYSVOL
- Troubleshooting SYSVOL and Group Policy dependencies
Follow On Courses - 598 Troubleshooting Windows Server 2003 Environments
- 558 Automating Windows Administration with VBScript
- 596 Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
- 599 Securing Windows Server 2003
- 597 Deploying & Managing Windows Server 2003
- 289 Disaster Recovery Planning
- 284 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- 296 Project Management: Skills for Success
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