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

1. What is this course about?
   This 42 hours instructor-led course (6 days equivalent) provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to effectively manage and maintaining accounts and resources. This includes managing user, computer, and group accounts; managing access to network resources; managing printers; managing an organizational unit in a network based on Active Directory directory service; implementing Group Policy to manage users and computers; monitoring server resources and server performance; and safeguard data on computers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
    
2. What software will I get for taking up the course?
   Free, licensed copy of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional
    
3. How many hours of training for this course altogether?
   Total  = 42 hours.
    
4. What is the prerequisite for the course?
   - Basic familiarity with fundamental networking concepts .
   - Basic familiarity with Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000
    
5. What is the fee for the course?
   Total fee = RM504
   (Training material excluded.)
    
6. How much is the training material?
   The text book (Microsoft Official Academic Course) is approximately RM100. However, there are free materials provided online in the Microsoft Student Online Campus.
    
7. Learning outcomes - at the end of the course, you will be able to:
   
   • Create and populate organizational units with user and computer accounts.
   • Manage user and computer accounts.
   • Create and manage groups.
   • Manage access to resources.
   • Implement printing & Manage printing.
   • Manage access to objects in using organizational units.
   • 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.
   • Maintain Windows Server 2003 security.
     
8. What is the training schedule?
   For tentative schedule, please click here.
    
9. Must I sit for the exam?
   No, you can sit for the exam anytime you wish. You decide when. Please note that the course fee does not include the exam fee.
    
10. If I don't sit for exam, what cert do I get?
    You will get a Certificate of Achievement (CoA).
     
11. Does the course give out any homework or assignment?
    No! You will not be asked to do any homework or assignment. All lab exercises are completed within the training hours .

Last updated: 20 April 2008
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