Description:
MCSE is one of the industry's most comprehensive and prestigious programs for assessing and maintaining network-related skills. It teaches you to effectively plan, install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot information systems in a wide range of computing environments using the Microsoft integrated family of server products.

Prerequisites:
Knowledge of using Windows XP, Microsoft Office and Internet usage.

For more details, contact our Technical Advisor at 202-687-4504 or email cpdit@georgetown.edu

Course Outline:

Module 1: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows® XP Professional (Exam 70-270)

• Plan and perform an installation of Windows XP Professional.
• Install and support hardware devices and drivers on computers running Windows XP Professional.
• Identify and resolve boot process issues on computers running Windows XP Professional.
• Configure desktop settings for computers running Windows XP.
• Configure security settings for Microsoft Internet Explorer and application compatibility for computers running Windows XP Professional.
• Configure computers to run Windows XP Professional in a Windows networking environment.
• Configure and support computers running Windows XP Professional for mobile computing.

Module 2: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (Exam 70-290)

• Create and populate organizational units with user and computer accounts.
• Manage user and computer accounts.
• Create and manage groups.
• Manage access to resources.
• Implement printing.
• Manage printing.
• Manage access to objects in organizational units.
• Implement Group Policy.
• Manage the user and computer environment by using Group Policy.
• Audit accounts and resources.
• Prepare to administer server resources.
• Configure a server to monitor system performance.
• Monitor system performance.
• Manage device drivers by configuring device driver signing and restoring a device driver.
• Manage hard disks.
• Manage data storage.
• Manage disaster recovery.
• Maintain software by using Microsoft Software Update Services.

Module 3: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure (Exam 70-291)

• 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 by using WINS.
• Secure network traffic by using IPSec and certificates.
• Configure network access.
• Manage and monitor network access.

Module 4: Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure (Exam 70-293)

• Plan a TCP/IP physical and logical network.
• Plan and troubleshoot a routing strategy.
• Plan a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) strategy.
• Optimize and troubleshoot DHCP.
• Plan a Domain Name System (DNS) strategy.
• Optimize and troubleshoot DNS.
• Plan and optimize Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
• Plan, optimize, and troubleshoot IPSec network access.
• Troubleshoot network access.

Module 5: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure (Exam 70-294)

• Describe the logical and physical components of Active Directory.
• Create and configure a forest and domain structure by using an Active Directory infrastructure design.
• Plan and implement an organizational unit structure.
• Plan and implement Active Directory user, group, and computer accounts.
• Plan and implement a Group Policy strategy to centrally manage users and computers in an enterprise.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot software that is deployed using Group Policy.
• Implement sites to manage and monitor Active Directory replication.
• Plan and implement the placement of domain controllers, global catalog servers, and DNS servers that are integrated with Active Directory.
• Plan and manage operations masters.
• Back up, restore, and maintain Active Directory.
• Plan and implement an Active Directory infrastructure that is based on a directory service design that an enterprise architect provides.

Module 6: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure (Exam 70-297)

• Describe the process of designing an Active Directory infrastructure and a network infrastructure that supports Active Directory.
• Design a forest and domain infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a site infrastructure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a Group Policy structure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design an administrative structure that meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a physical network structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) structure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Create a design for network connectivity that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a name resolution strategy that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.
• Design a network access infrastructure that supports Active Directory and meets the needs of an organization.

Module 7: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network (Exam 70-298)

• Plan a framework for network security.
• Identify threats to network security.
• Analyze security risks.
• Design security for physical resources.
• Design security for computers.
• Design security for accounts.
• Design security for authentication.
• Design security for data.
• Design security for data transmission.
• Design security for network perimeters.
• Design an incident response procedure.