Prerequisites: Windows 2000: Network and Operating System Basics or equivalent knowledge.

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Benefits: Students will learn how to install Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional computers into a workgroup and then into an Active Directory domain. Students will learn the basics of Windows 2000 network administration.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand networking basics and be familiar with the Windows 2000 interface.

What's next:. Windows 2000: Networking Infrastructure Implementation, the next course in this series, teaches student how to install and manage networking services, such as DNS, DHCP, and RAS. Windows 2000: Active Directory Design is the fourth (and last) course in the core Windows 2000 series.

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

* Install Windows 2000 Server and Profesional, understand the upgrade process

from Windows 9x and Windows NT, and prepare for an unattended installation.

* Explain the Windows 2000 boot process.

* Install Plug and Play and legacy hardware, use Device Manager to configure

hardware devices, customize a Windows 2000 installation, and add and remove

software and operating system updates.

* Create partitions on basic disks, upgrade basic disks to dynamic disks, defragment

a hard disk, and use NTFS file compression.

* Create and manage users and groups in a Windows 2000 workgroup.

* Secure files with NTFS security, and analyze the interaction between share

permissions and NTFS security.

* Configure DNS and DHCP clients, and join a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain.

* Create and manage users and groups in an Active Directory domain, and create

and assign user profiles.

* Connect to a Novell NetWare network using Gateway and Client Services for NetWare.

* Use the Distributed File System, set and manage disk quotas, create user home

folders, configure Offline Files, and encrypt files and folders.

* Create a local printer, connect to a network printer, manage network printing,

and connect to a network printer through the Web.

* Use Event Viewer to analyze network information, use Performance to analyze

network activity, and optimize network and server performance.

* Define Windows 2000 fault tolerance features, use the Windows 2000 Backup

utility, and create mirrored and RAID-5 volumes.

* Install and configure a Terminal Services server and client, establish a terminal session,

and remotely administer a user session using Terminal Services.

Overview of Windows 2000

Installing Windows 2000

Upgrading to Windows 2000

Server-based Installation

Examining the Windows 2000 Boot Process

Troubleshooting the Boot Process

Installing and Configuring Hardware

Customizing Windows 2000

Adding and Removing Software and Operating System Updates

Creating and Managing Partitions on Basic Disks

Dynamic Disks

Disk Defragmentation and Compression

Creating and Managing Local User Accounts

Creating and Managing Local Groups

Securing Files with NTFS

Security System Interactions

Configuring DHCP and DNS Clients

Joining a Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain

Domain User Accounts

Groups in a Domain Environment

User Profiles

Installing and Configuring the NWLink Protocol

Using the Microsoft Gateway and Client Services for NetWare

Using the Distributed File System (Dfs)

Setting and managing disk quotas

Creating user home folders

Configuring and using Offline Files

Managing encryption

Windows 2000 Printing

Administering Printers

Web-based Printing in Windows 2000

Using Event Viewer

Monitoring performance

Optimizing Windows 2000 Performance

Overview of Windows 2000 disaster protection features

Using the Windows 2000 Backup utility

Creating fault-tolerant volumes

Configuring an Uninterruptible Power Supply

Installing Terminal Services

Terminal Services Clients

Installing Applications for Multiple Users

Modifying and Uninstalling Terminal Services