This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage accounts and resources in a Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The course is intended for systems administrator and systems engineer candidates who are responsible for managing accounts and resources. These tasks include managing disk, data storage, server performance, disaster recovery, Network infrastructure services like IP addressing, name resolution, network access and managing user, computer, and group accounts; managing access to network resources; managing printers; managing an organizational unit in a network based on Active Directory® directory service; and implementing Group Policy to manage users and computers.

Pre requisite:

This course requires that you meet the following prerequisites A+ Certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills and Network+ Certification, or equivalent knowledge and skills

Course Content:

Windows server:

o Introduction to Administering Windows Server 2003
o Maintaining Device Drivers
o Managing Disks
o Managing Data Storage
o Monitoring Server Performance
o Managing Disaster Recovery
o Configuring a Client IP Address and for Name Resolution
o Allocating IP Addressing by Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
o Resolving Host Names by Using Domain Name System (DNS)
o Managing and Monitoring Domain Name System (DNS)
o Configuring Routing by Using Routing and Remote Access
o Configuring Network Access
o Introduction to Active Directory Infrastructure
o Implementing an Active Directory Forest and Domain Structure
o Implementing an Organizational Unit Structure
o Managing User and Computer Accounts
o Managing Groups
o Managing Access to Resources
o Implementing Printing
o Managing Access to Objects in Organizational Units
o Implementing Group Policy
o Managing the User Environment by Using Group Policy
o Deploying and Managing Software by Using Group Policy
o Implementing Administrative Templates and Audit Policy
o Implementing Sites to Manage Active Directory Replication
o Implementing the Placement of Domain Controllers
o Managing Operations Masters

Linux Server:

o Installing OS
o Analyzing System Initialization
o Network Configuration
o Kernel Services
o Package Management
o Managing Printing Service
o Implementing NTP
o Monitoring and Scheduling in Linux environment
o Monitoring System with system logging
o System Service Access Controls
o User Administration
o Filesystem Management
o Advanced Filesystem Management
o Implementing Name service in Unix environment
o Installing and Administering DHCP
o Network File Sharing Service
o Installing and Administering Web Service
o Securing Data
o Network Resource Access Controls
o System Performance and Security