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Achieving the Microsoft Server Administrator MCITP certification is a great way to prove your knowledge and skill level and help you stand out to employers. Microsoft's certifications are among the most recognized and respected in Information Technology. Achieving Microsoft Server Administrator MCITP certification requires you to pass three exams: MS 70-640 Configuring Active Directory, MS 70-642 Configuring Network Infrastructure and MS 70-646 Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator.

In this course, Microsoft Certified Trainer Mark Long covers the topics that will be on the Microsoft Exam 70-640. You will learn about Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, Certificate Services and much more as Mark guides you through many of the steps so you can follow along. He also explains the technologies and points out a number of exam topics to watch for, while directing you to more technical information for further study and preparation. There are a number of step-by-step guides and additional documents included in the work files folder accompanying this course. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.

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Table of Contents

Chapter/Selection

Time

Welcome

Introduction

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Course Overview

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00:04:36

Microsoft Certifications

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00:05:37

Windows Server 2008 Server Admin MCITP

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Getting Hands On

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00:05:14

Exam Topics

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00:02:57

Practice Exams

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00:05:29

Configuring the AD Infrastructure

What is Active Directory?

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00:05:05

Active Directory Diagram

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00:06:19

Installing Active Directory pt. 1

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00:07:08

Installing Active Directory pt. 2

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00:05:22

Active Directory Objects

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00:04:15

AD Trust Relationships

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00:06:06

Trust Ed

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00:03:55

Functional Levels

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00:05:33

Enabled Functions By Level pt. 1

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Enabled Functions By Level pt. 2

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00:06:32

Raising the Domain Functional Level

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00:03:22

Sites Overview

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00:05:30

Active Directory Replication pt. 1

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00:06:37

Active Directory Replication pt. 2

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00:04:32

Global Catalog Servers

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00:05:47

Configuring DNS for Active Directory

DNS Basics

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00:05:25

Active Directory & DNS

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DNS Terms

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00:04:30

Configuring DNS

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00:03:46

TTL & Scavenging

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00:04:33

Zone Delegation

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00:06:12

Creating & Maintaining AD Objects

Microsoft Management Console

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00:05:45

Active Directory Admin Tools

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00:04:35

Creating Organizational Units

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Adding Users

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Managing User Attributes

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AD Group Basics

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Group Types & Scope

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Adding Groups

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Managing Group Membership

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Best Practices for Groups

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Shadow Groups

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Default Groups

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What is Delegation?

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Effective Permissions

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AD Command Line pt. 1

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AD Command Line pt. 2

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Group Policy

Group Policy Basics

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00:06:34

Group Policy Objects

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Group Policy Management Editor

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Creating a GPO

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Editing a GPO

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Linking a GPO

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Refreshing Group Policy

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GPOTool

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GPO Filtering

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Loopback Processing

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Group Policy Results Wizard

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Group Policy Modeling

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Group Policy Software Deployment

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Auditing with GPOs pt. 1

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Auditing with GPOs pt. 2

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Backing Up GPOs

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Configuring Additional AD Server Roles

Server Roles

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AD Lightweight Directory Services

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00:06:44

Hyper-V

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AD Rights Management Server

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00:03:34

RODC

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AD Federation Services

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Maintaining the Active Directory Environment

AD Administration Overview

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00:05:04

Offline Maintenance pt. 1

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Offline Maintenance pt. 2

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00:05:59

Windows Server Backup

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Restoring Data

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00:02:53

Configuring AD Certificate Services

Certificate Services Overview

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00:07:22

Certificate Authorities

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Installing Certficate Services

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00:05:10

Policies & Practice Statements

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Managing Certificate Services

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00:05:27

Conclusion

Course Wrap Up

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Credits

About the Author

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