MCSE: Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Planning and Maintenance Study Guide Exam 70-293,9780782144505

MCSE: Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Planning and Maintenance Study Guide Exam 70-293

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Pub. Date: 2006-02-13
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Summary

This exam (70293) is an MCSE core requirement and an MCSA elective Now updated for the new version of the exam covering Windows Server 2003 R2 and revised with enhanced troubleshooting guidance and new case studies The CD-ROM includes the cutting-edge WinSim simulation program, hundreds of sample questions, the entire book in PDF format, and flashcards Over 2.7 Microsoft certifications have been awarded to date

Author Biography

Mark Foust, MCSE, is a Windows Platform Specialist for Microsoft in Tampa, FL.

James Chellis, MCT, MCSE, is CEO of Comcourse, Inc., an online learning provider that delivers information technology courses through career colleges nationwide.

Matt Sheltz is a software engineer and systems administrator for Comcourse, Inc. and has more than a decade of experience writing bestselling training books and developing educational technologies.

Suzan Sage London, MCSE, is an author and technology consultant who works in Silicon Valley.

Table of Contents

Introduction xix
Assessment Test xxvii
Planning a Network Infrastructure: A Technology Primer
1(38)
Defining a Network Infrastructure
3(1)
Network Infrastructure in Windows Server 2003
4(1)
Windows Server 2003 Version Updates
5(12)
Windows Server 2003 Release 2
6(2)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
8(2)
Network Configuration and Connectivity Improvements
10(2)
Data Security Improvements
12(2)
Security Infrastructure Improvements
14(1)
High Availability Improvements
14(3)
Planning the Network Topology and Name Resolution Strategies
17(4)
Planning TCP/IP and the Network Topology Strategy
17(2)
Planning a Routing Strategy
19(1)
Planning an Internet Connectivity Strategy
19(1)
Planning a Name Resolution Strategy
19(2)
Planning for Secure Data Flow
21(3)
Planning a Remote Access Strategy
21(1)
Planning Protocol Security
22(2)
Planning and Implementing a Security Infrastructure
24(3)
Planning Policy-Based Security for Server Roles
25(1)
Planning a Security Update Infrastructure
25(2)
Enhancing Authentication through Certificate Services
27(1)
Planning for High Server Availability
27(2)
Planning Clustering and Network Load Balancing
28(1)
Planning Secure Methods for Remote Administration
29(1)
Monitoring Network Performance
29(1)
Planning a Disaster Recovery Strategy
30(1)
Summary
31(1)
Exam Essentials
32(1)
Review Questions
33(4)
Answers to Review Questions
37(2)
Planning a TCP/IP Network Infrastructure
39(70)
Understanding and Choosing Network Protocols
41(7)
How Network Protocols Work
42(1)
Network Packets
42(1)
Protocols and Binding
43(1)
Connectionless versus Connection-Oriented Protocols
44(2)
Network Protocols and Windows Server 2003
46(2)
Planning an IP Routing Strategy
48(3)
Hardware versus Software Routing
48(1)
Static versus Dynamic Routing
49(2)
Understanding IP Addressing
51(4)
The Hierarchical IP Addressing Scheme
52(1)
Network Address Classes
53(2)
Subnetting a Network
55(18)
Subnetting Concepts
56(9)
Subnetting Examples
65(8)
Analyzing IP Addressing Requirements
73(9)
Choosing an Address Assignment Model
74(3)
Choosing a System for the IP Subnet Structure
77(1)
Choosing Public or Private Addresses
78(3)
Planning for Automatic IP Configuration
81(1)
Introducing IPv6
82(6)
Benefits of IPv6
83(1)
The IPv6 Address Space
84(2)
Automatic Configuration in IPv6
86(2)
Troubleshooting TCP/IP Addressing
88(10)
Identifying the TCP/IP Configuration
88(3)
Testing IP Communications
91(5)
Troubleshooting DHCP
96(2)
Summary
98(1)
Exam Essentials
98(2)
Review Questions
100(5)
Answers to Review Questions
105(4)
Planning a Network Connectivity Strategy
109(90)
Understanding IP Routing
111(13)
How Routing Works
112(3)
Types of Routing
115(8)
Routing in Windows Server 2003
123(1)
Managing IP Routing
124(30)
Creating and Managing Interfaces
125(17)
Setting IP Routing Properties
142(2)
Managing Routing Protocols
144(7)
Defining Static Routes
151(3)
Filtering TCP/IP Packets
154(5)
Creating Packet Filters
154(2)
Creating VPN Packet Filters
156(3)
Troubleshooting IP Routing
159(4)
Understanding Network Connectivity
163(7)
Understanding Private Addressing
164(1)
NAT in Windows Server 2003
165(1)
The Fate of the Outbound Packet
165(1)
The Fate of the Inbound Packet
166(1)
NAT Editors
167(1)
ICS versus NAT
167(1)
Installing ICS
168(2)
Planning NAT
170(12)
Installing NAT
170(3)
Adding and Removing NAT Interfaces
173(6)
Configuring NAT Properties
179(3)
Summary
182(1)
Exam Essentials
183(3)
Review Questions
186(8)
Answers to Review Questions
194(5)
Planning a DNS Strategy
199(80)
DNS in Windows Server 2003 Networks
200(2)
New in DNS for Windows Server 2003 SP1
202(1)
DCDIAG
202(1)
New in DNS for Windows Server Release 2
203(1)
Understanding DNS
204(22)
What DNS Does
205(3)
DNS and Windows Server 2003
208(4)
DNS Terminology
212(1)
How DNS Works
213(13)
Planning a DNS Namespace
226(3)
Understanding Domain Names
226(2)
DNS Namespace Options
228(1)
Planning DNS Zones
229(10)
Selecting the Appropriate Zone Type
230(1)
Selecting the Zone Data Location
230(3)
Securing Zones
233(3)
Integrating DNS and WINS
236(3)
Planning DNS Zone Replication and Delegation
239(5)
Creating Secondary Zones
239(1)
Zone Transfers and Replication
240(1)
Securing DNS Zone Transfers
241(1)
Delegating Zones
242(2)
Determining DNS Caching and Forwarding
244(4)
Caching-Only Servers
244(1)
Stub Zones
244(1)
Conditional Forwarders
245(2)
Forward-Only Servers
247(1)
Planning DNS Server Resources
248(4)
Planning General DNS Server Requirements
248(1)
Planning for Server Capacity
249(1)
Securing DNS
250(2)
DNS Made Simple
252(4)
Troubleshooting Host Name Resolution
256(10)
Monitoring DNS
257(2)
Troubleshooting DNS
259(7)
Summary
266(1)
Exam Essentials
267(1)
Review Questions
268(8)
Answers to Review Questions
276(3)
Planning a WINS Strategy
279(72)
Understanding NetBIOS Name Resolution
282(16)
How Name Resolution Works
282(2)
WINS in Windows Server 2003
284(1)
The WINS Process
285(3)
The WINS Database
288(1)
Supporting Non-WINS Clients
289(2)
Using LMHOSTS as an Alternative to WINS
291(4)
Introducing WINS Replication
295(3)
Designing a WINS Strategy
298(14)
Determining How Many WINS Servers to Install
298(1)
Planning for Availability and Fault Tolerance
299(1)
Securing the WINS Infrastructure
300(1)
Monitoring WINS Client Traffic
300(2)
Planning Replication Partnerships
302(5)
Comparing WINS Deployment Scenarios
307(5)
Implementing WINS
312(13)
Using the WINS Snap-In
312(6)
Controlling WINS Replication
318(7)
Monitoring WINS
325(5)
Using WINS Statistics
326(1)
Viewing WINS Records
326(3)
Compacting the WINS Database
329(1)
Deleting and Tombstoning WINS Records
330(1)
Configuring Inter-Forest WINS Replication
330(2)
WINS Best Practices
332(1)
Troubleshooting WINS
332(3)
General Considerations
333(1)
The Event Log
333(1)
Using the Nbtstat Command
334(1)
Summary
335(1)
Exam Essentials
336(1)
Review Questions
337(9)
Answers to Review Questions
346(5)
Planning Secure Network Access
351(96)
Evaluating Remote Access Security
352(14)
Remote Access Services
353(5)
Remote Access Security
358(8)
Planning Remote Access Policies
366(12)
Modifying the Default Remote Access Policies
367(7)
Creating a Remote Access Policy
374(4)
Evaluating IP Security
378(20)
IPSec Fundamentals
380(14)
IPSec in Practice
394(1)
Planning an IPSec Deployment
395(3)
Implementing IPSec
398(29)
Using the IP Security Policy Management Console
398(4)
Managing Policies
402(6)
Configuring IPSec Policies
408(12)
Configuring IPSec for Tunnel Mode
420(7)
Best Practices for IPSec
427(1)
Troubleshooting Security for Data Transmission
428(8)
Verifying Effective Results of IPSec Policies with Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP)
429(2)
Monitoring IPSec Status with the IP Security Monitor
431(1)
Viewing IPSec-Related Events in the Event Log
432(2)
Best Practices for Troubleshooting IPSec
434(2)
Summary
436(1)
Exam Essentials
436(2)
Review Questions
438(6)
Answers to Review Questions
444(3)
Planning Server-Level Security
447(104)
Introducing Server Roles
450(26)
Using the Configure Your Server Wizard
457(2)
Using the Manage Your Server Tool
459(2)
The Security Configuration Wizard
461(15)
Evaluating the Windows Server 2003 Editions
476(7)
Managing Server Configurations with Security Policy
483(36)
Understanding Group Policy and Active Directory
484(14)
Configuring Security Settings Options
498(15)
Configuring System Options
513(6)
Analyzing Security Configurations with the Security Configuration and Analysis Tool
519(10)
Specifying a Security Database
519(1)
Importing a Security Template
520(4)
Performing a Security Analysis
524(1)
Reviewing the Security Analysis and Resolving Discrepancies
524(5)
Deploying Security Policies
529(2)
Planning a Security Update Infrastructure
531(7)
Using Microsoft Software Update Services
532(3)
Using Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
535(3)
Summary
538(1)
Exam Essentials
539(1)
Review Questions
540(8)
Answers to Review Questions
548(3)
Planning Certificate Services
551(76)
Understanding the Public Key Infrastructure
554(20)
Key PKI Concepts
556(5)
Elements of a PKI
561(7)
PKI Terminology
568(6)
Planning and Managing the Certificate Server
574(27)
Installing Microsoft Certificate Server
574(6)
Controlling the CA Service
580(4)
Configuring the CA
584(8)
Configuring Revocation and Trust
592(9)
Managing Certificates
601(14)
Introducing the Certificates Snap-In
601(1)
Viewing and Changing Certificate Properties
602(4)
Requesting New Certificates
606(4)
Rekeying an Existing Certificate
610(1)
Renewing a Certificate
610(1)
Importing, Exporting, and Locating Certificates
610(5)
Summary
615(1)
Exam Essentials
615(3)
Review Questions
618(6)
Answers to Review Questions
624(3)
Planning High Availability Services
627(54)
Evaluating Availability and Scalability Solutions
629(9)
Evaluating Availability
633(1)
Identifying Threats to High Availability
634(1)
Evaluating Scalability Methods
635(1)
Evaluating Clustering Technologies
636(2)
Planning Server Clusters
638(20)
Understanding the Terminology
639(1)
Analyzing Business and Application Requirements
640(1)
Evaluating Application Deployment Considerations
641(9)
Determining the Cluster Model
650(3)
Planning Multisite Clusters
653(3)
Networking the Cluster
656(2)
Clustering Best Practices
658(2)
Planning Network Load Balancing
660(6)
Monitoring NLB
661(4)
Administering NLB Remotely
665(1)
Recovering from Cluster Node Failure
666(3)
Backing Up Cluster Data
666(1)
Recovering from Cluster Failure
667(2)
Summary
669(1)
Exam Essentials
670(1)
Review Questions
671(8)
Answers to Review Questions
679(2)
Planning Network Monitoring, Remote Admin., and Recovery
681(98)
Monitoring Network Traffic
683(13)
Installing the Network Monitor Driver and Application
684(4)
Using Network Monitor
688(8)
Monitoring and Optimizing System Performance
696(38)
Understanding System Monitor
700(5)
Monitoring Server Performance with System Monitor
705(19)
Using Additional Tools to Monitor Performance
724(10)
Planning Secure Remote Administration Methods
734(15)
Planning to Remotely Administer Computers with Remote Desktop for Administration
734(9)
Planning to Offer Remote Assistance to Client Computers
743(6)
Planning a Backup and Recovery Strategy
749(17)
Using Windows Backup
749(12)
Using Volume Shadow Copy
761(2)
Using Automated System Recovery
763(3)
Summary
766(1)
Exam Essentials
767(1)
Review Questions
768(7)
Answers to Review Questions
775(4)
Glossary 779(36)
Index 815

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