Product Description
The author has designed and implemented numerous Active Directory services to support both small and large Windows 2000 networks. You will learn how to analyze the enterprise IT infrastructure, its management infrastructure, key management entities; present, future and expected technology situations; current network administration, change control and change management situations, etc.
It will show you the steps to take to assess the impact of Active Directory on your enterprise and introduce you to Windows 2000 concepts, such as Forests and Trees. It will also provide direction on the collateral services that need to be provided to support the Active Directory infrastructure, such as domain controllers, catalog servers, Dynamic DNS servers, dynamic DHCP and so on. The book also introduces the concept of Organization Units, working with Group Policy Objects and various powerful change-control mechanisms that allow you to map Active Directory infrastructure to management model, administration and control of an enterprises. Keep in mind that you may need to supplement any course with additional work.
This certification exam measures your ability to analyze the business requirements and design a directory service architecture, including:
Unified directory services such as Active Directory™ and Windows NT® domains.
Connectivity between and within systems, system components, and applications.
Data replication such as directory replication and database replication.
In addition, the test measures the skills required to analyze the business requirements for desktop management and design a solution for desktop management that meets business requirements.
Accompanying the book is our exclusive Online Exam that creates randomized simulated exams drawn from a database of 300+ sample exam questions. Written to mimic the real exam, you also get complete answers and explanations plus a detailed scoring summary showing test results at the end.
About the Author
Besides writing, Jeffrey has been involved in IT/IS for nearly 15 years; having worked in architecture, MIS, network administration and most recently as a chief technology officer. He is a regular speaker at technology conferences, such as Software Development, Computer Telephony, and Comment. You can reach him by e-mail at jshapiro@codetimes.com.
