Introduction

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively maintain server resources, monitor server performance, and safeguard data on a computer running one of the operating systems in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family.

Audience

This course is intended for individuals who are employed as or seeking employment as a systems administrator or systems engineer.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Prepare to administer server resources.
• Configure a server to monitor system performance.
• Monitor system performance.
• Manage device drivers by configuring device driver signing and restoring a device driver.
• Manage hard disks.
• Manage data storage.
• Manage disaster recovery.
• Maintain software by using Microsoft Software Update Services.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have completed:

• Course 2274: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Course Outline

• Preparing to Administer a Server
  - Administering a Server
  - Configuring Remote Desktop to Administer a Server
  - Managing Remote Desktop Connections
• Preparing to Monitor Server Performance
  - Introduction to Monitoring Server PerformancePerforming Real-Time and Logged Monitoring
  - Configuring and Managing Counter Logs
  - Creating Trace Logs
  - Configuring Alerts
• Monitoring Server Performance
  - Monitoring Server Memory
  - Monitoring Processor Usage
  - Monitoring Disks
  - Monitoring Network Usage
  - Guidelines for Using Counters and Thresholds
  - Best Practices for Monitoring Server Performance
• Maintaining Device Drivers
  - Configuring Device Drivers Signing Options
  - Using Device Driver Rollback
• Managing Disks
  - Preparing Disks
  - Managing Disk Properties
  - Managing Mounted Drives
  - Converting DisksCreating Volumes
  - Importing a Foreign Disk
• Managing Data Storage
  - Managing File Compression
  - Configuring File Encryption
  - Configuring EFS Recovery Agents
  - Implementing Disk Quotas
• Managing Disaster Recovery
  - Preparing for Disaster Recovery
  - Backing Up Data
  - Scheduling Backup Jobs
  - Restoring Data
  - Recovering from Server Failure
  - Selecting Disaster Recovery Methods
• Maintaining Software by Using Microsoft Software Update Services
  - Introduction to Software Update Services
  - Installing and Configuring Software Update Services on Client Computers
  - Installing and Configuring Software Update Services on Servers
  - Managing a Software Update Services Infrastructure

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

Related courses:

• M2274: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
• М2279 Planning, Implementing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure

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