Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-290): Level 1

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 The Windows Server 2003 Family
• 1.2 Logging On
• 1.3 Server Roles

• 2.0 An Overview of Active Directory
• 2.1 Active Directory – What it is
• 2.2 Active Directory Benefits
• 2.3 Active Directory Terms Domain, Forest, Trees, Organizational Units
• 2.4 Group Policy
• 2.5 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

• 3.0 Administrative Tools
• 3.1 Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
• 3.2 Installing Administrative Tools
• 3.3 Secondary logon as a security practice

• 4.0 Organizational Units (OU)
• 4.1 Creating OUs with Active Directory Users and Computers
• 4.2 Create OUs with scripts
• 4.3 Identifying via LDAP
• 4.4 Moving objects within OUs

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-290): Level 2

• 1.0 Create and modify user accounts
• 1.1 User Account Basics
• 1.2 Create user accounts with Active Directory Users and Computers
• 1.3 Create user accounts with scripts
• 1.4 Importing user accounts
• 1.5 Modifying user account properties

• 2.0 Troubleshoot User accounts
• 2.1 Account lockout
• 2.2 Diagnose and resolve issues related to user account properties
• 2.3 Troubleshoot user authentication issues

• 3.0 Manage user profiles
• 3.1 Local profiles
• 3.2 Roaming profiles
• 3.3 Mandatory profiles

• 4.0 Computer accounts
• 4.1 Create with Active Directory Users and Computers
• 4.2 Create with scripts
• 4.3 Modifying computer account properties

• 5.0 Troubleshoot computer accounts
• 5.1 Diagnose and resolve problems
• 5.2 Enabling computer accounts
• 5.3 Resetting computer accounts

• 6.0 Groups
• 6.1 Identifying Built-in groups
• 6.2 Groups and group strategies overview
• 6.3 Group scope and types
• 6.4 Create and modify groups by using AD Users and Computers
• 6.5 Create and modify groups using scripts
• 6.6 Manage group membership
• 6.7 Identify user memberships
• 6.8 Group Strategies

• 7.0 Queries
• 7.1 Creating queries
• 7.2 Saving queries

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-290): Level 3

• 1.0 NTFS
• 1.1 NTFS Features Overview
• 1.2 NTFS Permissions
• 1.3 Standard and Special Permissions
• 1.4 Combining Permissions
• 1.5 Change Ownership permission
• 1.6 Compression
• 1.7 Encryption
• 1.8 Disk Quotas
• 1.9 Moving or copying files

• 2.0 Shared Folders
• 2.1 Shared Folders Overview
• 2.2 Administrative Shares
• 2.3 Creating and Accessing Shares
• 2.4 Manage Shared Folder Permissions

• 3.0 Combining NTFS and Share Permissions
• 3.1 Combining Permissions Rules
• 3.2 Verifying Effective Permissions
• 3.3 Troubleshooting Access to Files and Shared Folders

• 4.0 Terminal Services
• 4.1 Terminal Services overview
• 4.2 Using Terminal Services
• 4.3 Remote Desktops vs Remote Desktop Connection
• 4.4 Configuring Terminal Services
• 4.5 Troubleshooting security issues
• 4.6 Troubleshooting client access

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-290): Level 4

• 1.0 Basic and Dynamic Disks
• 1.1 Comparing Basic and Dynamic disks
• 1.2 Disk Management
• 1.3 DiskPart tool
• 1.4 Partitioning a disk
• 1.5 File Systems
• 1.6 Converting to NTFS
• 1.7 Mounting a drive

• 2.0 Optimize server disk performance
• 2.1 Fault Tolerance overview
• 2.2 RAID choices
• 2.3 Implementing RAID solutions
• 2.4 Defragmenting volumes and partitions

• 3.0 Install and configure server hardware devices
• 3.1 Drivers overview
• 3.2 Driver signing
• 3.3 Configuring device properties and settings
• 3.4 Driver rollback
• 3.5 Configuring resource settings

• 4.0 Monitoring Server Hardware
• 4.1 Driver Tools
• 4.2 Control panel
• 4.3 Device Manager
• 4.4 Hardware Troubleshooting

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-290): Level 5

• 1.0 Monitor and analyze events
• 1.1 Event Viewer
• 1.2 Auditing
• 1.3 Task manager
• 1.4 System Monitor
• 1.5 Configuring Logs and Alerts

• 2.0 Monitor system and application performance
• 2.1 Monitoring server hardware for bottlenecks
• 2.2 Memory performance objects
• 2.3 Processor performance objects
• 2.4 Disk performance objects
• 2.5 Network performance objects
• 2.6 Process performance objects

• 3.0 Managing servers remotely
• 3.1 Managing a sever using Remote Assistance
• 3.2 Managing a server using Terminal Services
• 3.3 Managing servers using support tools

• 4.0 Manage software site licensing
• 4.1 Client Access Licenses
• 4.2 Product licensing vs Volume licensing
• 4.3 Activation
• 4.4 Terminal Services Licensing

• 5.0 Monitor file servers
• 5.1 Home folders
• 5.2 Monitor disk quotas

• 6.0 Monitor print servers
• 6.1 Installing and Sharing Printers
• 6.2 Managing Permissions
• 6.3 Setting Priorities
• 6.4 Setting Availability
• 6.5 Configuring a Printing Pool
• 6.6 Monitor Print Queues
• 6.7 Print Spooler: Restarting, moving

• 7.0 Managing a Web Server
• 7.1 Internet Information Services (IIS) overview
• 7.2 Installing IIS
• 7.3 Backing Up MetaBase
• 7.4 Managing security for IIS
• 7.5 WebDAV

• 8.0 Manage software update infrastructure
• 8.1 Software Update Services overview
• 8.2 Configuring the server
• 8.3 Configuring the clients
• 8.4 Synchronizing and Approving
• 8.5 Backing up SUS

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-290): Level 6

• 1.0 Disaster Recovery
• 1.1 Disaster Recovery Overview
• 1.2 Recovery Plan
• 1.3 Preparing for Disaster Recovery

• 2.0 Backing up data
• 2.1 Backup Types
• 2.2 Backup Strategies
• 2.3 System State Data
• 2.4 Using Backup
• 2.5 Using NTBackup
• 2.6 Scheduling backup jobs
• 2.7 Configuring security for backups

• 3.0 Restoring Data
• 3.1 Restoring backup data
• 3.2 Restore Strategies
• 3.3 Restoring System State
• 3.4 Non-authoritative restore
• 3.5 Authoritative Restore

• 4.0 Perform system recovery for a server
• 4.1 Recovering from server hardware failure
• 4.2 Advanced Options
• 4.3 Recovery Console
• 4.4 Automated System Recovery
• 4.5 System recovery order

• 5.0 Implementing Shadow Copy volumes
• 5.1 Shadow Copy Overview
• 5.2 Setting up the server
• 5.3 Setting up the client
• 5.4 Recovering Files

• 6.0 Manage backup procedures
• 6.1 Performing a Test Restore
• 6.2 Managing backup storage media