Description

The enterprise administrator involved in the design or restructuring of a Windows Server 2008 Active Directory infrastructure must have a good understanding of the Active Directory Directory Services (AD DS) – both the logical and physical components. This course covers the key logical AD DS design considerations, including the characteristics and number of forests and domains to implement, the choice of functional levels to configure, updating the Active Directory schema, and the options for establishing trust between multiple forests. It also outlines guidelines for designing the site topology composed of Active Directory site, site link, and site link bridge objects, as well as recommendations for the optimal placement of domain controllers and server roles in the enterprise infrastructure. This course covers the objectives for Microsoft exam 70-647 PRO: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator. Passing the prerequisite MCTS exams and this Professional Series exam completes the requirements for the MCITP: Enterprise Administrator certification.