Description:
This five-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure. The course is intended for systems administrator and systems engineer candidates who are responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining server networking technologies.

Target Audience:
This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

Pre-Requisites:
Before attending this course, students must have:

• A+ certification or have equivalent knowledge and skills.
• Network+ certification or have equivalent knowledge and skills.
• Completed course M2273: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, or have equivalent knowledge and skills

• Describe the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol architecture.
• Convert Internet Protocol (IP) addresses between decimal and binary.
• Calculate a subnet mask.
• Create subnets using Variable-Length Subnet Mask (VLSM) and Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR).
• Configure a host to use a static IP address
• Assign IP addresses in a multiple subnet network.
• Describe the IP routing process.
• Configure a host to obtain an IP address automatically.
• Configure a host so that automatic private IP address configuration is disabled.
• Configure a host to use name servers.
• Isolate common connectivity issues
• Configure routing by using the Routing and Remote Access service.
• Allocate IP addressing by using DHCP.
• Manage and monitor DHCP.
• Resolve names & resolve host names by using DNS.
• Manage and monitor DNS.
• Resolve network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) names using WINS
• Secure network traffic by using IPSec and certificates.
• Configure network access.
• Manage and monitor network access.

• Exam 70-291, Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure