Windows Server 2008 Active Directory MCTS 70-640 - Online Course

This series will prepare you for the MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring exam. This exam is the only requirement to apply for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Active Directory Configuration certification, and will also count toward the Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator or Server Administrator. This study guide will prepare you to configure Active Directory infrastructure and objects, and maintain the Active Directory environment, services, and Domain Name System. Practice exams are also included, which will allow you to answer questions in the same format that the test will use on exam day, and will provide in-depth instructional feedback on each question to thoroughly cover every subject you'll need to master.

This series is for anyone who wants to achieve MCTS 70-640 certification. This online course contains 6 lessons and 3 practice exams and should take approximately 9 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Configuring DNS for Active Directory (1.0) hour

Configuring DNS for Active Directory teaches you how to configure Domain Name System (DNS), authenticate with a DNS zone, assign zones to your network, explain the hierarchical model, make connectivity decisions, describe stability parameters, define zone replication, describe methods of zone replication, and maintain security. This course provides an introduction to configuring zones, DNS server settings, zone transfers, and replication. Topics include Configure zones, Configure DNS server settings, and Configure zone transfers and replication.

Lesson 2: Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure (1.0) hour

Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure teaches you how to clarify boundaries, prepare your current environment, maximize functional levels, explain transitive vs non-transitive, define types of trusts, select Security Identification (SID), create subnets, configure sites, associate site link costs, classify the types of replication, define automatic vs manual, explain the Global Catalog Server, describe Universal Group Membership Caching, define the five Operations Masters, move within the organization, and describe optimal placement in AD Sites and Services. This course provides information on configuring forests and domains, trusts, sites, and active directory replication. It also covers configuring the global catalog and operations masters. Topics include Configure forests and domains, Configure trusts, Configure sites, Configure Active Directory replication, Configure the global catalog, and Configure operations masters.

Lesson 3: Configuring Additional Active Directory Server Roles (1.0) hour

Configuring Additional Active Directory Server Roles teaches you how to deploy roles, summarize OS standard security variations, distinguish alternate schemas, explain how Structure can be pre-populated, show how Authentication can be non-AD, provide security beyond your network, explore new security roles within the RMS environment, identify Lifecycle Management 2, design a Domain Controller with less vulnerabilities, identify a centralized model, demonstrate unique administration, apply advanced security tricks, provide a single sign-on experience for web applications, authenticate certificates, and authenticate non-AD users via claims. This course provides information on how to increase server functionality. It also covers how to configure Active Lightweight Directory Service, Read-Only Domain Controller, Active Directory Federation Services, and Active Directory Rights Management Services. Topics include Increased 2008 server functionality, Configure Active Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS), Configure Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), Configure Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC), and Configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

Lesson 4: Creating and Maintaining Active Directory Objects (1.0) hour

Creating and Maintaining Active Directory Objects teaches you how to import Active Directory accounts, modify Active Directory accounts, pre-define Active Directory accounts, define user accounts, configure groups, explain Organizational Units, configure location, define types, explain security, publish an application, assign an application, plan password policies, create an account lockout policy, discuss what's new for 2008, and sample audit events. This course provides information on how to create and maintain Active Directory accounts, and GPO templates. It also covers software deployment, and account and audit policies. Topics include Create Active Directory accounts, Maintain Active Directory accounts, Group policy objects, GPO templates, Software deployment, Account policies, and Audit policies.

Lesson 5: Maintaining the Active Directory Environment (1.0) hour

Maintaining the Active Directory Environment teaches you how to explain Windows Server Backup, describe when to backup and what to backup, describe how to restore and what to restore, stop and start Active Directory Services, defrag and compact the AD Database, explain the basic tools, define command line tools, and examine auxiliary tools. This course provides information and tips on how to configure backup and recovery, perform offline maintenance, and monitor Active Directory. Topics include Configure backup and recovery, Perform offline maintenance, and Monitor active directory.

Lesson 6: Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services (1.0) hour

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services teaches you how to define architecture, employ methodology, integrate security, examine recovery, identify Types, execute administration, manage enrollments automatically, manage enrollments manually, supervise enrollments, describe Certification Revocation List (CRL), access lists with CRL Distribution Point (CDP), and access lists with Online Responders. This course provides information about installing Active Directory certificate services. It also covers how to manage server settings, certificate templates, enrollments, and revocation. Topics include Install Active Directory Certificate Services, Server settings, Certificate templates, Manage enrollments, and Manage revocation.

3 Practice Exams

This course presents questions that will help you prepare for the MCTS 70-640 exam. The feedback for each question provides in-depth background on the topic, including why each incorrect option was wrong and what to look for in correct answers.