Key words
Computer science, Informatics, Computer technology
Objectives
A thorough survey of the use and management of the Windows Server operating system.
Topics
- Installation
- Storage management
- Active directory
- File and print services
- User management
- Group Policies
- Windows scripting
Prerequisites
Final objectives acquired by Operating Systems I & II, and Computer Networking I & II
Final Objectives
Acquired concepts and insights
- Prerequisites
- Installation automatisation
- Slipstreaming
- Management consoles and snap-ins
- Remote Installation Services
- Management of storage devices
- FAT and NTFS file systems
- Structure of Active Directory data
- The Active Directory scheme
- Domain structures and trust relations
- Functional levels
- Specific domain controllers: global catalogs and operations masters
- Sites and the replication mechanism (intrasite and intersite)
- Printer sharing configuration (clients and servers)
- File sharing configuration (clients and servers)
- File encryption and compression
- Disc quota
- Volume shadow copy
- Distributed file system (Dfs)
- Security groups
- Permissions on files and Active Directory objects
- Delegation of management
- User profiles
- Management and problem solving of Group Policies
- Filtering of Group Policies
- Map redirection
- Installation of software through Group Policies
- Startup, shutdown, logon and logoff scripts
- Security configuration through Group Policies
- Group Policies management templates
- Basics of COM programmation and of ActiveX scripting
- Scripting in the Windows Script Host and VBScript Runtime object models
- Excel object model scripting
- Dynamic HTML object model scripting
- COM components implemented in VBScript
- Querying en modifying Active Directory objects (ADSI interface)
- Searching Active Directory objects (ADO/OLE DB interface)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) architecture
- Common Information Model (CIM) repository
- Scripting the WMI Scripting Library object model, through WMI Query Language (WQL), WMI templates and WMI Event Notifications
- Developing CIM Class schema’s and WMI Providers
Acquired competence goals
Ability to gather and process scientific and technical information in an adequate way (AWC4)
Ability to execute independently advanced tasks in the field of computer operating systems (SC2)
Ability to use, manage and maintain present-day operating systems (SC4)
Ability to set up, manage and maintain large computer environments (SC5)
Materials used
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Syllabus and slides
Additional references:
Allen, Robbie en Lowe-Norris, Alistair G., Active Directory, O’Reilly, 2003
Kouti, Sakari en Seitsonen, Mika, Inside Active Directory, Addison-Wesley, 2002
Tunstall, Craig en Cole, Gwyn, Developing WMI Solutions, Addison-Wesley, 2003
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit, Microsoft Press, 2005
Study costs
€ 6
Study guidance
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Lab assignments
Assessment
Theory (50 %): Oral examination
Lab exercices (50 %) : Two final examination sessions.
A weighted average is used to compute the final score for a training item.
However, if a student gains a score of 7 or less on 20 on one of the different
courses (parts of training items) , he proves that his skill for certain
subcompetencies is insufficient. Consequently, one can turn from the arithmetical
calculation of the final assignment of quotas of a training item and the new
marks can be awarded on consensus.
Of course, the examiners can judge that the arithmetic regulations mentioned in
the study index card can also be used for 7 or less.
For each deviation a detailed motivation ought to be drawn up. In that case one
should point out that the skill for this subcompetency is proven to be
insufficient, if the student didn't pass the partim that is considered to be
important for certain subcompetencies.
Lecturer(s)
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