AUDIENCE:   This course has been designed for Systems Designers, System and network administrators, and people who are involved with support. PREREQUISITES:   Attendance on the Windows 2000 Administration & Configuration Course or equivalent experience will be assumed. DURATION:   5 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   This course provides students with the opportunity to learn the skills needed for designing and deploying a Windows 2000 network as an enterprise business solution. On completion of the course delegates will be able to: ·Have an opportunity to learn to maximise Windows 2000 and to design Windows 2000. rse will concentrate on the weaknesses thus identified COURSE CONTENT:   FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS Defining the organisation Windows 2000 characteristics SURVEYING THE ENTERPRISE Users view of Active Directory Distributed computing and enterprise security DEFINE NAMING CONTEXTS Define DNS namespace Optimize Global Catalog availability Extending the shema Accessing the AD with LDAP query tools PLANNING ACTIVE DIRECTORY Translate the organisation into domain and Organizational Units (OUs) Building trees and forests Internal vs. external namespaces INTEGRATING HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS Establish effective trust relationships Model groups and group types for mixed- and native-mode operation Domain models in a complex environment Windows 95/98 integration DEVELOP A MIGRATION STRATEGY Devise a migration plan Take stock for migration element Determined when to move to native mode PERFORM MIGRATION Ensure a smooth migration Transform NT domain models to a tree or forest Consolidate enterprise domains DEPLOY GPOS ON OUS Simple and multilevel inheritance GPO-filtered deployment GROUP-BASED ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES Organize administrative group hierarchies Security and distribution groups Efficient enterprise-wide group nesting IMPLEMENT OBJECT SECURITY Control access to objects Define objects visibility in the AD Delegate administration with OUs DOMAIN CONTROLLERS AND MULTIMASTER REPLICATION Fine-tune replication with the Sites and Service Managers Identify the logon server REPLICATION TOPOLOGIES FSMO roles and their impact Build infrastructure for inter- and intra- site replication Optimizing replication Choosing replication intervals for your network's need Defining a replication sequence for optimal availability ROLL-OUTS Perform an audit of existing network systems Implement a plan for migration CREATE A MODEL ENVIRONMENT Select appropriate equipment Integrating a lab with your production environment Implementing the roll-out plan