NET 163 - Installing & Configuring Windows Server

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

This course collectively covers implementing, managing, maintaining and provisioning services and infrastructure in a Windows Server environment. Although there is some crossover of skills and tasks across these courses, this course focuses on the initial implementation and configuration of core services, such as Networking, Storage, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Group Policy, PowerShell scripting, File and Print Services, and Hyper-V. This course covers objectives for the Microsoft Certification Exam.
Competencies

Deploy Windows Server
1. Describe Windows Server
2. Install Windows Server
3. Perform post installation configuration of Windows Server
4. Describe the management tools available in Windows Server
5. Execute basic administrative tasks using Windows PowerShell
Introduce active directory domain services
1. Describe the structure of AD DS
2. Explain the purpose of domain controllers
3. Install a domain controller
Manage active directory domain services objects
1. Administer user and group accounts with graphical tools
2. Oversee computer accounts
3. Delegate permissions to perform AD DS administration
Automate active directory domain services administration
1. Use command-line tools for AD DS administration
2. Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets for AD DS administration
3. Perform bulk operations by using Windows PowerShell
Implement IPv4 & IPv6
1. Explain the TCP/IP protocol suite
2. Describe IPv4 & IPv6 addressing
3. Determine a subnet mask necessary for supernetting or subnetting
4. Troubleshoot IPv4 communication
5. Summarize coexistence with IPv4
6. Outline IPv6 transition technologies
Execute dynamic host configuration protocol
1. Explain the DHCP server role
2. Configure DHCP scopes
3. Manage a DHCP database
4. Secure the DHCP server.
Apply DNS and group policy
1. Describe name resolution for Windows operating system clients and Windows Server servers
2. Install a DNS Server
3. Manage DNS zones and group policy objects (GPOs)
4. Describe group policy processsing
5. Use a central store for administrative templates
Implement local storage, file services, and print services
1. Describe various storage technologies
2. Explain how to manage disks and volumes
3. Summarize how to implement storage spaces
4. Secure shared files and folders
5. Protect shared files and folders by using shadow copies
6. Configure the work folders role service network printing
Secure Windows Servers using group policy objects
1. Describe Windows Server operating system security
2. Configure security settings by using group policy
3. Increase security for server resources
4. Restrict unauthorized software from running on servers and clients
5. Configure Windows firewall with advanced security
Implement server virtualization with Hyper-V
1. Describe virtualization technologies
2. User Hyper-V
3. Manage virtual machine storage and virtual networks