Before we dig into the details of Visual Basic .NET, let’s take a look at an overview of all the changes and new features.This new release is a significant change from the previous version. It will take some effort to get used to, but I am sure you will feel that the new features will make it worthwhile.Visual Basic .NET is more than just an upgrade from Visual Basic 6.0. As you would expect, the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) has been enhanced with some new features. All of the Visual Studio development tools will now share the same environment. For example, you will no longer need to...

This book’s primary goal is to help you prepare to take and pass Microsoft’s exam number 70-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure. Our secondary purpose in writing this book is to provide exam candidates with knowledge and skills that go beyond the minimum requirements for passing the exam, and help to prepare them to work in the real world of Microsoft computer networking.

This book’s primary goal is to help you prepare to take and pass Microsoft’s exam number 70-290, Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment. Our secondary purpose in writing this book is to provide exam candidates with knowledge and skills that go beyond the minimum requirements for passing the exam, and help to prepare them to work in the real world of Microsoft computer networking.

Classroom Requirements This course requires a classroom with a minimum of one computer for the instructor and one for each student. Before class begins, install and configure all computers by using the following information and instructions. Although only one instructor computer is required for course 1561B, it is recommended that you set up a second instructor computer to serve as a domain controller in the nwtraders.msft domain. This will provide a backup domain controller in case the primary instructor computer fails. Without a backup domain controller, the only way to proceed with the course in case the instructor computer fails would be to redo the classroom setup....

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 directory services infrastructure in an enterprise environment. After completion of this course, a student will be able to identify the business and administrative needs of an organization that impact the design of the Active Directory™ directory service. The student will be able to describe key decision points for naming, delegation of authority, domain design, and site topology design. The student will then be able to translate the business needs of an organization into an Active Directory design that meets those needs....

This module summarizes the topics covered in the previous modules and presents a framework for creating an Active Directory™ infrastructure. The module offers strategies for forming a design team and analyzing the business and administrative model of an organization. The module also presents guidelines for making design choices that satisfy the business requirements of an organization. The elements of designing an Active Directory structure are reviewed. The module finishes with a discussion of completion of the design process through documentation, examination of design costs and benefits, risk analysis, and validation through testing....

The business benefits compelling enterprises to assess and deploy IP telephony solutions are many.While many of the cost savings benefits still apply with reduced costs for moves, adds and changes (MACs), infrastructure consolidation, and international toll bypass, perhaps more compelling are the new applications now available.“Click to dial,”“follow-me,” unified messaging, and customized XML applications running on IP phones can change the way organizations function to gain advantage in the increasingly competitive business landscape....

This module provides the information needed by students to design site topologies in Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ directory service in order to optimize replication traffic. The module begins by explaining how to assess the need for sites. Next the module describes how to use site links in a network. Finally it covers how to plan for an inter-site replication topology and plan for server placement.

This module presents the design points to consider when planning a multipledomain structure. Included are strategies for assessing the need for multiple domains, and reasons for maintaining a single-domain structure. The module briefly examines the Kerberos V5 protocol security process and how it affects trust relationships within a multiple-domain structure. The module also examines how those trust relationships affect design. Finally, strategies are provided for designing multiple domains to fit several different business scenarios, including scenarios that require multiple-domain trees, multiple trees, and multiple forests....

This module explains how administrative tasks can be simplified according to the ways objects are organized in the directory. It also explains how to plan the organization of objects by using organizational units (OUs). The module explores the relationship of an organization’s administrative model to the organization of objects in a domain.

This module begins by providing techniques for identifying the Group Policy needs of an organization. The module then offers strategies for applying Group Policy at different levels to Active Directory™ objects. Finally, the module provides guidelines for creating and documenting a Group Policy plan for an organization, and creating the necessary structure to support the Group Policy.

This module discusses modifications to the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ directory service schema. You should emphasize to students that schema modification, while one of the most powerful features of Active Directory, has a significant impact on the entire network. Focus on the need to understand the implications of schema modification and the need to develop a network-wide policy to manage schema modification.

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ provides administrators with control over who has access to information in Active Directory. This module identifies strategies for planning the hierarchy of an Active Directory structure that best supports the delegation needs of an organization. The module also discusses how to manage permissions on directory objects and properties. By directly managing permissions, administrators can specify precisely which accounts can access the directory and the level of access that they can have....

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ directory service contains information about all objects in an organization’s network. The goal is to provide clients access to this information. This module provides students with the ability to successfully plan and implement Microsoft Windows NT® version 5.0 Active Directory naming. It starts by looking at how Domain Name System (DNS) naming is done. This sets the foundation for Active Directory naming. It is important to note that DNS as a topic may be new to many students. Stress that this module is not intended to cover DNS in detail, but rather provides sufficient information for them to be successful in planning for...

Active Directory is the directory service that comes with Windows 2000 Server and extends to be the directory service for other servers, such as Exchange Server 2000 and Mobile Information Server. Prior to the release of Windows 2000, many people speculated on how Active Directory could help them reduce costs or increase services to end-users.To some, Active Directory provided a competitive advantage stemming from its integration with Internet applications. But much of this speculation took place before Active Directory was available to the public. Now, many organizations are realizing the business objectives made possible by deploying Active Directory. Windows 2000 Active Directory, Second Edition has been carefully updated and...

This module provides students with the basic context and terminology for the course. It starts by discussing how Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ directory service works in an enterprise network. A framework is presented for identifying the business needs that guide the design of the Active Directory infrastructure. Finally, an overview of the architectural components of Active Directory is provided.

The Microsoft Solutions Framework Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/msf) is a publicly available Internet resource designed to help consultants, customers, and solution providers stay up to date on MSF. From the MSF site you can download templates for Microsoft Project and other applications, syllabi for other MSF courses, white papers on topics that may be of interest to you, and other resources.

At the end of this module, you will understand the infrastructure deployment process and how to deploy selected technologies in an enterprise environment. You will learn how to manage change during the deployment process, and how to transition to a production environment and close out the project.

At the end of this module, you will be able to define and understand the infrastructure development process and what it takes to prepare for deployment of a wide variety of technologies. Specifically, this module presents concepts and processes necessary to take the vision, functional specification, and plans from previous milestones and develop what is necessary for the deploying phase ahead.

After you have gathered and analyzed information on the business challenge, you will need to present it in a format that communicates the results to users, stakeholders, and the development team. A vision document represents one way to present the results of the project teams work.