Calumet College of St. Joseph

SYLLABUS FOR Microsoft #1561-Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure

Term: Summer, 2000 (993) (June 27 - December 23, 2000)

Course Number: CIS 1561

Instructor: Alan Gardner, BA,MCT, MCSE +I, MSF Trainer, CTT, MCSD, MCNI, MCNE, CCNA, A+, Network +

Office: Room # CTCLC

Office Phone: (219) 764-3800

E-mail: agardner@ctclc.com

Home Phone: (optional)

Office Hours: 9-5 PM; M-F

Course Time: 6:15-10 PM, T, W, Th; Sat 9-5 PM

Course Description:

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 directory services infrastructure in an enterprise network. Strategies are presented to assist the student in identifying the information technology needs of an organization, and then designing an Active Directory™ structure that meets those needs.

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must meet the following requirements:

Course 1560, Updating Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000, or equivalent knowledge and skills.

Course 2154, Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services, or equivalent knowledge and skills.

We recommend that students have access to a PC to perform the practice labs provided with each courseware kit. Students are expected to practice 15-20 hours per week during the weeks they are between classes. Students’ personal hardware recommended includes a Pentium II 400, 128 MG RAM, 8 Gig Hard Drive with a 15” monitor. A removable hard drive may also be useful.

Textbooks:

Microsoft Official Courseware #1561 and software included in course materials, supplied.

Statement of Plagiarism:

If an instructor or other Calumet College of St. Joseph personnel find that a student has plagiarized or been involved in another form of academic dishonesty, the instructor or other personnel may elect to bring the matter up for judicial review. The maximum penalty for any form of academic dishonesty is dismissal from the College. The procedures for judicial review are listed under the section of CCSJ handbook that addresses student grievances.

Calumet College of St. Joseph adheres to citation guidelines as prescribed by the particular discipline (i.e., MLA, APA, Chicago Manual of Style or Turabian.). All of these guidelines are available in the Calumet College of St. Joseph library or bookstore. These texts outline how to cite references from a variety of sources, including electronic media.

Withdrawal from Classes Policy:

After the last day for class changes has passed (see College calendar), students may withdraw from a course in which they are registered with permission from the faculty member conducting the course. A written request detailing the reason(s) for the withdrawal must be filed with the Registrar. Written request for withdrawal must be received by the Registrar by the last day of classes prior to the final examination dates specified in the catalogue. Written requests may be mailed to the Registrar or faxed to the College fax number 219-473-4259. Students are to make note of the refund schedule when withdrawing from courses. The request is forwarded to the faculty member, who makes the final determination to accept or deny the request. If the request is honored, the student will receive notification of official withdrawal; if denied, the notification will indicate why the withdrawal is disallowed. Note: Degree Completion Division (DCD) students should consult the DCD Student Handbook for information on DCD withdrawals.

An official withdrawal is recorded as a "W" grade on the student's transcript. Dropping a

course without written permission automatically incurs an "F" grade for the course (see

Refund Schedule).

Class Policy on Attendance:

Attendance is considered critical to the goals of this training and is mandatory. Any contemplated absence must be discussed with the instructor prior to class.

Class Policy For Assignments:

All labs must be performed in class. Students are expected to practice on training software at home no less than 15 hours per week during the weeks the student is not in class.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Describe guidelines for gathering business and administrative information from an organization, and explain how an architect uses that information to design an Active Directory structure for an enterprise.
Design an Active Directory naming strategy that accommodates the organizational structure of a business.
Develop a plan to secure and delegate administrative authority over Active Directory objects based on the administrative model of an organization.
Identify business needs and scenarios that may require modification of the Active Directory schema, and plan a policy to govern schema modification.
Create an Active Directory design based on administrative Group Policy requirements defined by business needs.
Design an Active Directory domain and the organizational unit hierarchy within the domain.
Identify situations where a multiple-domain Active Directory structure may be necessary to meet the administrative and security needs of an organization, and then design a structure that meets those needs.
Design a site topology for managing Active Directory replication that fulfills the administrative needs of an organization, and that optimizes the available bandwidth of the physical network.
Plan for the design of an Active Directory structure that combines administrative, replication, and naming requirements of an organization.

Assessment:

Exams (Midterm, Final, Quizzes) 40____ % of grade

Class participation/collaboration/ 25____ % of grade

Attendance 10____ % of grade

In-class lab assignments 25____ % of grade

Grading Scale:

A: A-: B+: B: B-: C+:

C: C-: D+: D: D-: F:

Format for Written Assignments:

N/A

Class Participation:

Mandatory participation in all network exercises

Class Assignments:

15-20 hours per week of outside practice during weeks the student is not in class

Class Date Topic-Assignment

As per curriculum distributed to students on first day.