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Product Specifications

Wave MCSA Boot Camp is designed to:

• Prepare students for the MCSA exams

• Teach students proficiency in the implementation, support and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 networks and the Windows 2000 or Windows XP desktop operating system.

Key Topics

• Windows XP Professional Installation; or
• Windows 2000 Server Installation
• Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
• Implementation
• Active Directory Configuration
• Managing Data Storage
• Configuring IIS Server
• TCP/IP
• DHCP Configuration
• Troubleshoot Server Issues
• Group Policy
• Remote Access Policy

Audience

• IT Professionals seeking to develop expertise in the support, implementation and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 network environments and Windows 2000 or Windows XP desktop operating systems

• IT Professionals seeking MCSA certification, either as a stand-alone credential or as a stepping stone to MCSE

List of JobTitles

• Network Administrator, Network Manager, Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator, IT Support, Help Desk Analyst

Prerequisites

• An MCSA candidate should have experience working with a desktop and network operating systems.
  

Materials and Services
Students receive a Wave self-study kit. This includes:

• Study Manuals for

- Windows 2000 Professional or XP Professional
- Windows 2000 Server

• Network Infrastructure Implementation

• Network Environment

• An Interactive Learning CD ROM covering:

- Challenge interactive – a test prep tool.
- NEXTSim – Product simulation tool allowing students to practice complex scenarios
in a simulated environment.

• Digital Videos – providing illustrations of critical concepts.
  

• Transcender WebCerts for exams # 210 or 270, 215, 218 and 216.
  

• Expert mentoring
• Skills assessment
• Expert instruction by certified instructors
• On-site testing
• Classroom Lab, Presentation Slides and Exercise Manual to reinforce the material learned in class

Course Outline
Week One
5 days: MCSA Core (with XP or Win2000 Professional) WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

• Installation
• Configuring Windows XP Environment
• Connecting Clients to Networks and the

Internet

• User Accounts Management
• Managing Access to Resources by Using Groups
• Configuring and Managing Disks and Partitions
• Managing Data by Using NTFS
• Providing Network Access to File Resources
• Configuring Printing and Fax Support
• Maintaining the Windows XP Environment
• System Performance in Windows 2000
• Mobile Computing
• Configuring Hand-held Devices.
• Terminal Services Install/Configuration
• Implementing Servers and Clients
• Connecting to Resources using Internet Explorer
• Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS)
• Configuring an Internet Connection Firewall or WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL
• Installation
• Configuring Windows 2000 Environment
• Connecting Clients to Networks and the Internet
• User Accounts Management
• Managing Access to Resources by Using Groups
• Configuring and Managing Disks and Partitions
• Managing Data by Using NTFS
• Providing Network Access to File Resources
• Configuring Printing
• Maintaining the Windows 2000 Environment
• System Performance in Windows 2000
• Mobile Computing
• Terminal Services Install/Configuration
• Implementing Servers and Clients WINDOWS 2000 SERVER
• Windows 2000 Networking Infrastructure
• Internet Protocol (IP) Address Assignment
• Name Resolution Using DNS
• Name Resolution Using WINS
• Network Traffic Security/Cross-Platform Authentication
• Remote Access to a Network
• Remote Access Capabilities Using RADIUS
• Windows 2000 as a network router
• Configuring Internet Access for a Network
• Configuring a Web Server
• Using RIS
• Windows 2000 Network Services
• Connectivity between Windows 2000 and other Operating Systems WINDOWS 2000 ENVIRONMENT

• Troubleshooting File, Print, and Web Resources

- Active Directory
- Data storage management
- Shared resources and configure access rights
- Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Virtual directories and virtual servers.
- Web site authentication SSL
- Configuring FTP services
- Monitoring and managing network security

• Managing, Securing, and Troubleshooting Servers and Client Computers

- Install and configure server and client computer hardware.
- Troubleshooting starting servers and client computers
- Monitoring and troubleshooting server health and performance

• Configuring, Managing, Securing, and Troubleshooting Active Directory

- User and Group objects in Active Directory
- Creating and configuring user accounts
- Troubleshooting groups
- Managing object and container permissions
- Diagnosing Active Directory replication problems
- Deployment of software by using Group Policy

Week Two
2 days: MCSA Elective (70-216 Exam) WINDOWS 2000 NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot DNS
• Install the DNS Server service
• Configure a root name server
• Zones & Caching-only server
• DNS client & server service
• Manage DHCP
• Remote Access
• Configure inbound connections
• Configure a virtual private network (VPN)
• Multilink connections
• Configure Routing and Remote Access for DHCP Integration
• Configure remote access security
• Network Protocols
• Configure network bindings, TCP/IP packet filters
• Manage and monitor network traffic
• Manage IPSec
• WINS in a Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
• Installation, configuration of WINS
• Configure NetBIOS name resolution
• Manage and monitor WINS
• IP Routing in a Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
• Install IP routing protocols
• Static routes
• Demand-Dial Routing
• Manage and monitor IP routing
• Manage border routing, internal routing, IP routing protocols
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Install Internet Connection Sharing
• Install NAT
• Configure NAT properties 7 interfaces
• Managing Certificate Services
• Install and configure Certificate Authority (CA)
• Create, Issue, revoke certificates
• Issue certificates
• Revoke certificates
• Remove the Encrypting File System (EFS) recovery keys