Standard

CIS 2159 – Designing a Windows Directory Services Infrastructure

Course Description:

Provides the ability to analyze the business requirements and design directory service architectures. The architecture design could incorporate a unified directory services such as Active Directory and Windows NT domain; connectivity between and within sites, system components, and applications; and data replication such as directory replication and database replication.

Competency Areas:		Hours
Designing an Active Directory Naming Strategy		Class	5
Designing an Active Directory to Delegate Administrative Authority		D. Lab	0
Designing a Schema Policy		P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Designing Active Directory to Support Group Policy		Credit	5
Designing an Active Directory Domain
Designing a Multiple-Domain Structure
Designing an Active Directory Site Topology
Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure
Prerequisite:	CIS 2154
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
INTRODUCTION, REVIEW, AND SETUP		10	0	0
DESIGNING AN ACTIVITY DIRECTORY NAMING STRATEGY		5	0	0
	Identify business needs.
	Compare/contrast DNS and Active Directory.
	Plan the DNS naming strategy for Active Directory.
DESIGNING AN ACTIVITY DIRECTORY TO DELGATE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY		5	0	0
	Identify business needs.
	Characterize the IT organization.
	Develop a strategy for administrative design.
	Develop a strategy for delegation.
DESIGNING A SCHEMA POLICY		5	0	0
	Identify business needs.
	Schema fundamentals.
	Analyze implications of schema modification.
	Plan for schema modification.
DESIGNING ACTIVE DIRECTORY TO SUPPORT GROUP POLICY		5	0	0
	Identify business needs.
	Apply group policy in Active Directory
	Plan group policy.
DESIGNING AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN		5	0	0
	Identify business needs.
	Design the initial Active Directory domain.
	Plan for security groups.
	Plan for OUs.
DESIGNING A MULTIPLE-DOMAIN STRUCTURE		5	0	0
	Identify business needs.
	Access resources between domains
	Plan for multiple-domain trees.
	Plan for multiple-tree forests.
	Plan for multiple forests.
DESIGNING AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY SITE TOPOLOGY		5	0	0
	Use sites in Active Directory.
	Analyze the need for active directory sites.
	Use site links in a network.
	Plan for inter-site replication topology.
	Plan server placement at sites.
DESIGNING AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY INFRASTRUCTURE		5	0	0
	Conduct an organizational analysis.
	Design an Active Directory structure.
	Create a functional specification.

Suggested Resources

Books:

ALS Series, Microsoft Press