Standard

 

CIS 2155 – Designing a Windows Directory Services and Networking Infrastructure

Course Description:

Provides Microsoft senior support professionals and network architects with the knowledge and skills necessary to design a Microsoft Windows directory services infrastructure.  Strategies are presented to assist the student in identifying the information technology needs of the organization, and then designing the Active Directory structure that meets those needs.  In addition, this course provides senior support professionals with the information and skills needed to create a networking services infrastructure design that supports the required network applications.  Each module provides a solution based on the needs of the organization.  Some Microsoft Windows network solutions require a single technology, such as DHCP, to provide Internet Protocol (IP) address configuration support.  In other situations, several technology options exist, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), to design an IP routing scheme.

 

Competency Areas:

Hours

 

 

 

 

Analyzing Business Requirements

Class

4

Analyzing Technical Requirements for Active Directory

D. Lab

4

Designing a Directory Service Architecture

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Designing Service Locations

Credit

6

Analyzing Technical Requirements for Network Infrastructure

 

 

Designing a Windows Network Infrastructure

 

 

Designing for Internet Connectivity

 

 

Designing a Wide Area Network Infrastructure

 

 

Designing a Management and Implementation Strategy for Windows Networking

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisite:   CIS 1560 or CIS 2154

Corequisite:

 

 

Course Guide

 

 

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D. Lab

P. Lab/

O.B.I.

ANALYZING BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

6

6

0

 

Analyze the existing and planned business models

 

 

 

 

Analyze the existing and planned organizational structures. Considerations include management model; company organization; vendor, partner, and customer relationships; and acquisition plans

 

 

 

 

Analyze factors that influence company strategies

 

 

 

 

Analyze the structure of IT management. Considerations include type of administration, such as centralized or decentralized; funding model; outsourcing; decision‑making process; and change‑management process

 

 

 

ANALYZING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACTIVE DIRECTORY

4

4

0

 

Evaluate the company's existing and planned technical environment

 

 

 

 

Analyze the impact of Active Directory on the existing and planned technical environment

 

 

 

 

Analyze the business requirements for client computer desktop management

 

 

 

DESIGNING A DIRECTORY SERVICE ARCHITECTURE

5

5

0

 

Design an Active Directory forest and domain structure

 

 

 

 

Design an Active Directory naming strategy

 

 

 

 

Design and plan the structure of organizational units (OU). Considerations include administration control, existing resource domains, administrative policy, and geographic and company structure

 

 

 

 

Plan for the coexistence of Active Directory and other directory services

 

 

 

 

Design an Active Directory site topology

 

 

 

 

Design a schema modification policy

 

 

 

 

Design an Active Directory implementation plan

 

 

 

DESIGNING SERVICE LOCATIONS

4

4

0

 

Design the placement of operations masters

 

 

 

 

Design the placement of global catalog servers

 

 

 

 

Design the placement of domain controllers

 

 

 

 

Design the placement of DNS servers

 

 

 

ANALYZING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

4

4

0

 

Evaluate the company’s existing and planned technical environment and goals

 

 

 

 

Analyze the impact of infrastructure design on the existing and planned technical environment

 

 

 

 

Analyze the network requirements for client computer access

 

 

 

 

Analyze the existing disaster recovery strategy for client computers, servers, and the network

 

 

 

DESIGNING A WINDOWS NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

4

4

0

 

Modify and design a network topology

 

 

 

 

Design a TCP/IP networking strategy

 

 

 

 

Design a DHCP strategy

 

 

 

 

Design name resolution services

 

 

 

 

Design a multi-protocol strategy; protocols include IPS/SPX and SNA

 

 

 

 

Design a Distributed file system (Dfs) strategy

 

 

 

DESIGNING FOR INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

4

4

0

 

Design an Internet and extranet access solution.  Components of the solution could include proxy server, firewall, routing and remote access, Network Address Translation (NAT), connection sharing, web server or mail server

 

 

 

 

Design a load-balancing strategy

 

 

 

DESIGNING A WIDE AREA NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

4

4

0

 

Design an implementation strategy for dial-up remote access

 

 

 

 

Design a virtual private network (VPS) strategy

 

 

 

 

Design a Routing and Remote Access routing solution to connect locations

 

 

 

DESIGNING A MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR WINDOWS NETWORKING

5

5

0

 

Design a strategy for monitoring and managing Windows network services.  Services include global catalog, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) services, Certificate Services, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Routing and Remote Access, Proxy Server and Dfs

 

 

 

 

Design network services that support application architecture

 

 

 

 

Design a plan for the interaction of Windows network services such as WINS, DHC, and DNS

 

 

 

 

Design a resource strategy

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books:

 

Central Georgia Technical College is currently in the process of searching for more applicable resources.