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Microsoft Windows NT4 - Networking
Implementing & Supporting
Server & Workstation

Implementing & SupportingTop of Page

Duration: 4 Days

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills neccessary to complete NT installation together with day to day administration taks, in single and multiple domain Windows NT based networks.

What you should know:Delegates should be familiar with the use of the Windows NT4 or Windows 95 graphical user interface.

System Overview
  • Market position
  • Product features
  • Windows 95-style user interface

System Security

  • Objects and permissions
  • C2 security
  • User and group identification
  • Discretionary Access Control (DAC)

Network Configuration Options

  • Interoperability
  • Workgroups vs. domains
  • Windows NT Server

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND SUPPORT

The Registry

  • Role and structure
  • Safe editing
  • Backing up and restoring
  • Keys, hives and value entries

The System Policy Editor

  • Making Registry changes
  • Using policy templates
  • Creating policy files

Gathering System Data

  • Event Viewer
  • Event logs
  • Control Panel
  • Task Manager
  • Windows NT diagnostics

MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS & GROUPS

User Administration And Security

  • Local and network logon authentication
  • Predefined users and groups
  • User Manager
  • Security policies
Domain User Accounts
  • Domain account options
  • Static and roaming user profiles
  • Mandatory profiles
  • Controlling users and machine settings via system policies

INSTALLING WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION AND SERVER

Installation
  • Hardware requirements
  • File system choices
Server Choices
  • Designing and implementing domains
  • Locating domain controllers (PDC/BDC)
  • Accounts database replication
WINDOWS NT SERVER ADMINISTRATION
Configuration Options
  • Domain models and security
  • Trusted and trusting domains
  • PDC and BDC configuration
  • Netlogon services
  • Member servers
  • Promoting and demoting domain controllers
  • Remote administration

NETWORKING WITH WINDOWS NT

Built-In Network Support
  • Support for multiple protocols and NICs
  • Browsing
  • NetWare connectivity
  • Gateway service for NetWare
  • Integrating other Microsoft clients
  • Viewing: network connections, active services and bindings
  • TCP/IP addressing: DHCP and WINS

SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

Using Control Panel

  • Installing and updating device drivers
  • Configuring hardware profiles
Data And Disk Management
  • Backup and restore options
  • UPS
  • Disk fault tolerance (RAID)

TROUBLE SHOOTING AND OPTIMISATION

System Processes

  • The boot process
  • Creating a boot disk
  • Dump and auto-restart
  • Problem areas
  • Emergency repair disk
  • Event Viewer
  • Event classification

Optimisation And Performance

  • Subsystems: Win32, Windows 3.x, POSIX, DOS, OS/2
  • Virtual memory
  • Performance Monitor
  • Processes, threads and multitasking