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Windows Server 2003 AD Troubleshooting: Hands-On

 
Course: 559   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

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

Course Benefits

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.

Who Should Attend

Those who design, implement or support the Windows AD. 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.

Hands-On Training

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

Related 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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Upcoming Dates

16 - 20 Feb, 2009
London
8 - 12 Jun, 2009
London
12 - 16 Oct, 2009
London

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Windows Server 2003 AD Troubleshooting: Hands-On

 
Course: 559   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 
Course Content
 

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 Catalogue (GC)
  • Creating complex LDAP search filters
  • Managing bitwise 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
  • Seizing 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- versus 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
 
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Windows Server 2003 AD Troubleshooting: Hands-On Tuition

 
Course: 559   Type: Hands-On Training   Duration: 5 Days
 
 

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