MCSE Training Kit, Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Services [Electronic resources]

Jill Spealman

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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
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.

Administrative Category

Specific Tasks

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.