At the end of this five-day course, students will learn how to design an Active Directory Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008. Students will learn how to design Active Directory forests, domain infrastructure, sites and replication, administrative structures, group policies, and Public Key Infrastructures. Students will also learn how to design for security, high availability, disaster recovery, and migrations.

After completing this course, students will be able to design an Active Directory infrastructure and services in Windows Server 2008.

1 - Designing an Active Directory Forest Infrastructure in Windows Server 2008 
This module explains how to design an Active Directory forest based on business and technical requirements. Lessons

• Determining Active Directory Forest Design Requirements
• Designing an Active Directory Forest
• Designing Active Directory Forest Trusts
• Managing the Active Directory Schema
• Understanding Windows Time Service

• Designing an Active Directory Forest
• Designing and Implementing Active Directory Forest Trusts
• Designing and Implementing Active Directory Schema Changes
• Discussions About Exercise 1-3 Design Decisions

• Determine Active Directory Forest Design Requirements
• Design an Active Directory Forest
• Design Active Directory Forest Trusts
• Manage the Active Directory Schema
• Understand Windows Time Service

• Designing Active Directory Domains
• Designing the Integration of DNS Namespaces
• Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers
• Designing Active Directory Domain Trusts

• Designing Active Directory Domains
• Designing and Implementing DNS Namespace Integration
• Designing and Implementing Read-Only Domain Controller Security
• Designing and Implementing Active Directory Domain Trusts
• Discussions About Exercise 1-4 Design Decisions

• Design Active Directory domains
• Design the integration of DNS namespaces
• Design the placement of domain controllers
• Design Active Directory domain trusts

• Designing Active Directory Sites
• Designing AD DS Replication
• Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers in AD DS Sites

• Designing and Implementing AD DS Sites
• Designing and Implementing AD DS Replication
• Designing the Placement of Domain Controllers
• Discussions About Exercise 1-3 Design Decisions

• Design Active Directory sites
• Design Active Directory replication
• Design the placement of domain controllers in Active Directory sites

• Planning an Active Directory Domain Administrative Structure
• Designing Organizational Unit Structures
• Designing an Active Directory Group Strategy
• Planning for User and Computer Account Management

• Designing and Implementing Organizational Units
• Designing and Implementing Active Directory Group Strategies
• Automating User Account Management by using Windows PowerShell
• Discussions About Exercise 1-3 Design Decisions

• Plan an Active Directory domain administrative structure
• Design organizational unit structures
• Design an Active Directory group strategy
• Plan for User and Computer Account management

• Gathering Information for Group Policy Deployment
• Designing Group Policy Settings
• Designing Group Policy Processing
• Designing Group Policy Management

• Designing and Implementing Group Policy Settings
• Designing and Implementing Group Policy Application
• Designing and Implementing Group Policy Management
• Discussions About Exercise 1-3 Design Decisions

• Gather information for designing the Group Policy deployment.
• Design Group Policy settings
• Design Group Policy processing
• Design Group Policy management

• Designing Active Directory Security Policies
• Designing Active Directory Domain Controller Security
• Designing Administrator Security and Delegation

• Designing and Implementing Domain Security Policies
• Designing and Implementing Domain Controller Security Policies
• Designing and Implementing Administrator Security and Delegation
• Discussions About Exercise 1-3 Design Decisions

• Design Active Directory security policies
• Design Active Directory domain controller security
• Design administrator security and delegation

• Understanding AD DS High Availability
• Designing an AD DS High Availability Strategy

• Designing a High Availability Plan for AD DS
• Discussions About Exercise 1 Design Decisions

• Understand AD DS high availability
• Design an AD DS high availability strategy

• Designing an Active Directory Database Maintenance Strategy
• Designing an Active Directory Backup and Recovery Strategy
• Designing an AD DS Monitoring Strategy

• Designing and Implementing a Domain Controller Maintenance Plan
• Designing and Implementing a Domain Controller Monitoring Plan
• Discussions About Exercise 1-2 Design Decisions

• Design an Active Directory database maintenance strategy
• Design an Active Directory backup and recovery strategy
• Design an Active Directory monitoring strategy

• Overview of PKI and Active Directory Certificate Services
• Designing a Certification Authority Hierarchy
• Designing Certificate Template
• Designing Certificate Distribution and Revocation

• Designing and Implementing a CA Hierarchy
• Designing and Implementing AD CS Certificate Templates
• Designing and Implementing Certificate Enrollment and Revocation
• Discussions About Exercises 1-3 Design Decisions

• Describe PKI and Active Directory Certificate Services
• Design a Certification Authority hierarchy
• Design certificate template
• Design certificate distribution and revocation

• Gathering Information for an Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) Design
• Designing AD RMS Clusters and Access
• Designing AD RMS Backup and Recovery

• Designing AD RMS Clusters and Access
• Designing AD RMS Backup and Recovery
• Discussions About Exercises 1-2 Design Decisions

• Gather information for an AD RMS design
• Design AD RMS clusters and access
• Design AD RMS backup and recovery

• Overview of an Active Directory Federation Services Design
• Designing a Business-to-Business Federation
• Designing Active Directory Federation Services Claims and Applications

• Designing Active Directory Federation Services Access to Applications in a Perimeter Network
• Designing Active Directory Federation Services Access to Partner Applications
• Designing Active Directory Federation Services for Partner Access to Applications in a Perimeter Network
• Discussions About Exercise1-3 Design Decisions

• Describe an AD FS design.
• Design a business-to-business federation.
• Design AD FS claims and applications.

• AD LDS Deployment Scenarios
• Overview of an AD LDS Implementation Design
• Designing AD LDS Schema and Replication
• Integrating AD LDS with AD DS

• Designing and Configuring AD LDS Replication for Internal Applications
• Designing and Configuring AD LDS Replication for External Applications
• Designing Highly Available LDAP Services for Multiple Applications
• Discussions About Exercises 1-3 Design Decisions

• Describe the AD LDS deployment scenarios
• Describe the AD LDS implementation design
• Design AD LDS schema and replication
• Integrate AD LDS with AD DS

• Choosing an Active Directory Migration Strategy
• Designing a Domain Upgrade Strategy
• Designing a Domain Restructure Strategy

• Designing an Active Directory Migration Strategy
• Designing an Active Directory Migration Implementation Plan
• Discussions About Exercise 1-2 Design Decisions

• Choose an Active Directory migration strategy
• Design a domain upgrade strategy
• Design a domain restructure strategy