Lesson 1: Active Directory Administration Tasks
This lesson presents an overview of Windows 2000 Active Directory administration tasks.
After this lesson, you will be able to
Describe the tasks required for Windows 2000 Active Directory administration
Estimated lesson time: 5 minutes
Windows 2000 Active Directory Administration Tasks
Administering Windows 2000 Active Directory involves both configuration and day-to-day maintenance tasks. Administrative tasks can be grouped into the six categories described in Table 3.1.
Table 3.1 Active Directory Administration Tasks
Administrative Category | Specific Tasks |
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Configuring Active Directory | Plan, deploy, manage, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot Active Directory, including the domain structure, organizational unit (OU) structure, and site structure. Determine an efficient site topology. |
Administering users and groups | Plan, create, and maintain user and group accounts to ensure that each user can log on to the network and gain access to necessary resources. |
Securing network resources | Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot authentication services. Plan, implement, and enforce a security policy to ensure protection of data and shared network resources, including folders, files, and printers. |
Administering Active Directory | Manage the location and control of Active Directory Active Directory objects. Plan and implement backup and restore operations. |
Administering the desktop computing environment | Deploy, install, and configure the desktop computing environment using group policy. |
Securing Active Directory | Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot a security configuration. Plan and implement a policy to audit network events so that you can find security breaches. |
Managing Active Directory performance | Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot domain controller performance and Active Directory components using performance monitoring and diagnostic tools. |
Installing Windows 2000 remotely | Use Remote Installation Services to deploy Windows 2000 remotely. |
The structure of this self-paced training course maps to these categories. The tasks in each category are described in detail in the corresponding chapters of this book.
Lesson Summary
In this lesson you learned about Active Directory administration tasks, which
include configuring Active Directory, administering users and groups, securing network resources, administering Active Directory, administering the desktop computing environment, securing Active Directory, managing Active Directory performance, and installing Windows 2000 remotely.