AUDIENCE:   This course is designed for those responsible for evaluating or supporting Windows 2000, including systems and network administrators and support professionals. PREREQUISITES:   Prior experience with Windows NT 4 is not assumed, but would be useful. DURATION:   5 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   The course will provide a comprehensive introduction to Windows 2000 Professional and Server. Hands-on exercises are used to develop skills required to implement and configure Windows 2000 Professional and Server. On completion of the course delegates will be able to: ·Implement and configure Windows 2000. ·Create logical views using the Distributed File System. ·Use the Active Directory Service ·Manage the Windows 2000 enterprise. ·Organise users and groups. ·Organise administration hierarchically. Knowledge of problem determination. · Ability to access and use tasks. · Work with Message and State COURSE CONTENT:   FEATURES OF WINDOWS 2000 Windows 2000 architecture Active Directory services Domains, Trusts, Trees and Forests Multimaster replication Kerberos security Microsoft Management Console WINDOWS 2000 DISTRIBUTED SERVICES Publishing in Active Directory Browsing resources Maximizing data availability User authentication, access control WINDOWS 2000 FILE SYSTEMS FAT2 FAT32 and NTFSv5 Extending file system properties Mounting volumes for logical views File system filters Reparse points CONTROLLING ACCESS TO RESOURCES Discretionary Access Control Monitoring access through auditing Managing inheritance propagation Implementing files and folders Encrypting files and folders CREATE AND ACCESS SHARED RESOURCES Shared folders &access permissions Maximizing data availability Fault-tolerant Dfs roots Installing and sharing printers USING ACTIVE DIRECTORY Publishing volumes and printers Controlling visibility of objects Searching for published data ACTIVE DIRECTORY ARCHITECTURE Domain names and directory objects Implementing Trees and Forests Organizational Units (OUs) Securing objects and properties Controlling directory replication SECURITY OBJECTS ARID ACCOUNTS User, group and computer accounts Account properties Administering accounts Mixed vs. native mode grouping Automating account creation DOMAIN SECURITY Domain security policy enforcement Controlling desktops Policies to assign user rights Administration delegation Using Kerberos WINDOW 2000 CLIENT ADMINISTRATION Startup/shutdown, logon/off scripts Set profiles Roaming users profiles Group policies Apply policies to OUs THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) Dependence of DNS Namespace requirements Distributed authority Zones and DSN queries INSTALLING A DNS SERVER Creating resource records Identifying domain controllers Testing configurations WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION OPTIONS Hardware requirements Choose the correct file system Install Windows 2000 as a domain controller or member server Differences between Windows 2000 Professional and Server INTEROPERABILITY AND MIGRATION Migrating Windows NT4 domains Moving and organising security Integrating with Microsoft clients