Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-294): Level 1

• 1.0 Active Directory
• 1.1 Active Directory Overview
• 1.2 Active Directory Contents
• 1.3 Schema
• 1.4 Logical Structure
• 1.5 Global Catalog
• 1.6 Physical Structure

• 2.0 Domain Controllers
• 2.1 Overview
• 2.2 Requirements to promote
• 2.3 Promoting a server to a domain controller
• 2.4 Creating a forest root domain
• 2.5 Creating a child domain
• 2.6 Creating additional domain controllers
• 2.7 Removing Active Directory
• 2.8 Renaming DC
• 2.9 Verifying Active Directory 2.10 DCPromo demo

• 3.0 Active Directory Tools
• 3.1 AD Tools Overview
• 3.2 Active Directory Users and Computers
• 3.3 Active Directory Sites and Services
• 3.4 Active Directory Domains and Trusts
• 3.5 Command line tools

• 4.0 Global Catalog Servers
• 4.1 Global Catalog Contents
• 4.2 Global Catalog Benefits
• 4.3 Universal Group Strategy
• 4.4 Creating a Global Catalog Server

• 5.0 Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) Roles
• 5.1 FSMO Roles Overview
• 5.2 FSMO Roles
• 5.3 Planning for business continuity
• 5.4 FSMO role dependencies
• 5.5 Identifying the FSMO Roles
• 5.6 Transferring roles
• 5.7 Seizing roles

• 6.0 Trusts
• 6.1 Trusts Overview
• 6.2 Transitive vs Non-transitive
• 6.3 One-way trusts
• 6.4 Two-way trusts
• 6.5 How trusts work in forest
• 6.6 Shortcut trusts
• 6.7 External trusts
• 6.8 Forest trusts
• 6.9 Creating trusts

• 7.0 Functional Levels
• 7.1 Domain Functional Levels
• 7.2 Features and requirements
• 7.3 Forest Functional Levels
• 7.4 Features and requirements
• 7.5 Raising domain functional level
• 7.6 Raising forest functional level

• 8.0 Summary of Level 1

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-294): Level 2

• 1.0 Replication
• 1.1 Replication Overview
• 1.2 Replication process
• 1.3 Replication partners
• 1.4 Handling conflicts
• 1.5 Lost and Found
• 1.6 Directory Partitions
• 1.7 Replication Demo

• 2.0 Implement a Site Topology
• 2.1 What is a site
• 2.2 Benefits of sites
• 2.3 Configuring sites and site links
• 2.4 Calculating the cost
• 2.5 Configuring site link bridge
• 2.6 Configuring site link schedules and properties
• 2.7 Configuring preferred bridgehead servers

• 3.0 Monitoring Replication
• 3.1 Common Replication Problems
• 3.2 Event logs
• 3.3 Support Tools
• 3.4 Replication Monitor
• 3.5 DCDiag and Repadmin
• 3.6 Monitoring File Replication Service (FRS)

• 4.0 Restore Active Directory services
• 4.1 NTDSUtil
• 4.2 Backup review
• 4.3 Primary Restore
• 4.4 Normal (non-authoritative) restore
• 4.5 Authoritative restore
• 4.6 Resolving issues with Active Directory

• 5.0 Manage an Active Directory forest and domain structure
• 5.1 ADPrep
• 5.2 Manage schema modifications
• 5.3 Add UPN suffix
• 5.4 Remove UPN suffix

• 6.0 Summary of Level 2

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-294): Level 3

• 1.0 Planning a Security Group Strategy
• 1.1 A review of groups
• 1.2 Universal groups
• 1.3 AGP strategy
• 1.4 AGDLP strategy
• 1.5 AGGUDLP strategy
• 1.6 Planning a strategy based on delegation requirements

• 2.0 User authentication
• 2.1 Password policy elements
• 2.2 Implementing a password policy
• 2.3 Smart card authentication
• 2.4 Smart card settings
• 2.5 Best practices

• 3.0 Planning an OU structure
• 3.1 OU review
• 3.2 Analyzing administrative requirements
• 3.3 Analyzing Group Policy requirements
• 3.4 Planning for delegation

• 4.0 Implementing an OU Structure
• 4.1 Creating an OU
• 4.2 Delegating permissions for an OU
• 4.3 Using the Delegation of Control Wizard
• 4.4 Moving objects within an OU hierarchy

• 5.0 Summary of Level 3

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-294): Level 4

• 1.0 Group Policy
• 1.1 Group Policy Introduction
• 1.2 Creating and Configuring Group Policy Objects
• 1.3 Linking Group Policy Objects
• 1.4 Order of precedence of Group Policy Objects
• 1.5 Blocking inheritance
• 1.6 No override (Enforced)
• 1.7 Filtering Group Policy with permissions
• 1.8 Filtering Group Policy with WMI
• 1.9 Copy, Backup and Restore GPO

• 2.0 Managing Software Deployment with Group Policy
• 2.1 Software Cycle
• 2.2 Windows Installer
• 2.3 Deploying Software via GPO
• 2.4 Assigning software
• 2.5 Publishing software
• 2.6 Updating and removing Software
• 2.7 Restricting use of software

• 3.0 Configuring the User Environment with Group Policy
• 3.1 Configure user settings
• 3.2 Configuring User Security Settings
• 3.3 Redirect folders

• 4.0 Configuring the Computer Environment with Group Policy
• 4.1 Configure computer settings
• 4.2 Configuring Computer Security Settings
• 4.3 Planning and implementing an audit strategy
• 4.4 Loopback Processing

• 5.0 Certificate Enrollment
• 5.1 Overview
• 5.2 Autoenrollment Requirements
• 5.3 Autoenrollment Process
• 5.4 Creating a Smart Card template
• 5.5 Importing a Smart Card template
• 5.6 Setting autoenrollment via GPO

• 6.0 Summary of Level 4

Windows Server 2003 (Exam 70-294): Level 5

• 1.0 Group Policy Troubleshooting Tools
• 1.1 RSoP Planning Mode
• 1.2 RSoP Logging Mode
• 1.3 GPResult
• 1.4 GPUpdate
• 1.5 NTDSUtil

• 2.0 Managing updates
• 2.1 Distribute updates
• 2.2 Configure automatic updates

• 3.0 Placement of Domain Controllers
• 3.1 DC Guidelines and Placement
• 3.2 Global Catalog Servers
• 3.3 GC Guidelines and Placement
• 3.4 Universal Group Caching

• 4.0 Summary of Level 5