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Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Exam Numbers:
Course No.
Course Length:
70-073 & 70-067
803 or 753
3 Days
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform post-installation and day-to-day administration tasks in a single-domain or multiple-domain Microsoft Windows NT-based network. It also provides students with the prerequisite knowledge and skills required for course 922, Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies.

Audience

This course is intended for those who administer Microsoft Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation, for those who are on the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Windows NT 4.0 Track, and for those who plan to take course 687.

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of the Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 interface, including the ability to: Use Windows Explorer, Start an application, Open, close, minimize, maximize, and move windows, Switch between applications and tasks, Knowledge of basic computer hardware components, including computer memory, hard disks, central processing unit (CPU), communication and printer ports, display adapters, and pointing devices, Knowledge of major networking concepts, including client, server, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), network adapter card, driver, protocol, and network operating system.

Course Outline

  • Introduction
  • Setting Up User Accounts
  • Setting Up Group Accounts
  • Administering User and Group Accounts
  • Securing Network Resources with Shared-Folder Permissions
  • Securing Network Resources with NTFS Permissions
  • Setting Up a Network Printer Administering
  • Network Printers
  • Auditing Resources and Events
  • Monitoring Network Resources
  • Backing Up and Restoring Data
Day 1
Module 1: Introduction

Topics:

Administering Microsoft Windows NT
Administrative tools
Logging on to a computer or domain
Windows NT Security dialog box

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Log on to a computer and domain.
  • Lock a computer, change a password, switch between tasks, log off, and shut down a computer.
  • Use Help to locate information.

 
Module 2: Setting Up User Accounts

Topics:

Introduction to user accounts
Video: Overview of Windows NT directory services
Planning new user accounts
Creating user accounts
Deleting and renaming user accounts
Managing the user work environment
Best practices

Labs:

Planning and creating user accounts
Configuring user profiles

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Plan, create, and modify new user accounts.
  • Determine where a user account resides.
  • Configure local and roaming user profiles.
  • Apply best practices for creating user accounts.
Module 3: Setting Up Group Accounts

Topics:

Introduction to groups
Video: Local and global groups
Planning a group strategy
Creating local and global groups
Implementing built-in groups
Best practices

Labs:

Planning and creating local and global groups
Implementing built-in groups

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Plan and create local and global groups.
  • Use built-in groups to assign privileges to user accounts.
  • Use built-in groups to centralize account administration.
  • Apply best practices for implementing groups.
Module 4: Administering User and Group Accounts

Topics:

Introduction to administering accounts
Creating user account templates
Implementing an account policy
Resetting user account passwords
Unlocking accounts
Modifying multiple user accounts
Maintaining domain controllers
Troubleshooting logon problems

Labs:

Managing accounts
Managing domain controllers

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Create and use template accounts.
  • Plan and set a domain account policy.
  • Reset user account passwords.
  • Unlock a locked user account.
  • Modify multiple accounts at one time.
  • Troubleshoot logon problems.

 
Module 5: Securing Network Resources with Shared-Folder Permissions

Topics:

Introduction to shared folders
Guidelines for sharing folders
Sharing folders and assigning permissions
Accessing shared folders
Best practices

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Plan and share folders for applications, data, and user's private data.
  • Assign shared-folder permissions to users and groups.
  • Connect to a shared folder.
  • Stop sharing a folder.
  • Apply best practices for sharing folders and assigning permissions.
Day 2
Module 6: Securing Network Resources with NTFS Permissions

Topics:

Introduction to Windows NT file system (NTFS) permissions
Securing network resources with permissions
Guidelines for assigning NTFS permissions
Assigning NTFS permissions
Taking ownership of folders and files
Copying and moving folders and files
Identifying permission problems
Best practices

Labs:

Planning and assigning NTFS permissions
Managing permissions

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Plan permissions.
  • Identify the effective permissions when shared-folder and NTFS permissions are combined.
  • Set up and administer NTFS permissions in a multiple-domain environment.
  • Take ownership of a file.
  • Copy and move folders and files.
  • Identify and solve permission-related problems.
  • Apply best practices for securing resources with NTFS permissions.
Module 7: Setting Up a Network Printer

Topics:

Introduction to Windows NT-based printing
Guidelines for setting up a network printer
Setting up a network printer
Setting up a network client
Accessing a network printer
Creating a printing pool
Setting priorities between printers
Assigning forms to paper trays
Setting a separator page
Best practices

Lab:

Setting up a network printer

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Add and share a network printer.
  • Assign printer permissions.
  • Set up a network client to print.
  • Connect to a network printer.
  • Create a printing pool.
  • Assign forms to paper trays.
  • Set up a separator page.
  • Apply best practices for setting up a network printer.
Day 3
Module 8: Administering Network Printers

Topics:

Introduction to administering printers
How documents are printed
Deleting a document
Setting a notification, priority, and printing time
Pausing, resuming, and purging a printer
Redirecting documents to a different printer
Taking ownership of a printer
Identifying printing problems

Lab:

Managing documents and printers

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Delete and redirect a document.
  • Set a notification for a document.
  • Set a priority and printing time for a document and printer.
  • Pause, resume, and purge a printer.
  • Take ownership of a printer.
  • Identify various printing problems.

 
Module 9: Auditing Resources and Events

Topics:

Introduction to auditing
Planning an audit policy
Implementing a domain audit policy
Using Event Viewer
Archiving the security log
Best practices

Lab:

Auditing resources and events

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Plan and set up an audit policy for the domain.
  • Set up auditing on files, directories, and printers.
  • Locate and view events in the security log.
  • Archive, view, and clear security logs.
  • Apply best practices for auditing.

 
Module 10: Monitoring Network Resources

Topics:

Introduction to monitoring network resources
Monitoring computer properties
Viewing system configurations
Best practices

Lab:

Monitoring network resources

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Assign rights to users to perform server operator functions.
  • View user connections, shared resources, and resources in use.
  • Send messages to connected users.
  • Determine the effects of disconnecting remote users.
  • Apply best practices for monitoring network resources.
Module 11: Backing Up and Restoring Data

Topics:

Introduction to the Windows NT Backup program
Planning a backup strategy
Backing up data
Scheduling a backup using a batch file
Implementing a restore strategy
Restoring data
Best practices

Labs:

Backing up data to tape
Restoring data from tape

Skills:

Students will be able to:
  • Assign rights to users to perform backups.
  • Plan a backup schedule.
  • Perform backups to tape.
  • Schedule an automatic backup using a batch file.
  • Choose the best strategy to restore files and folders.
  • Restore a backup from tape.
  • Apply best practices for backing up and restoring data.

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