Course detail

Microsoft Windows Server Systems

FIT-IW2Acad. year: 2018/2019

Detailed insight into TCP/IP, routing, NAT and Windows Firewall. Active Directory: user and computer accounts, OUs, user groups, Group Policy and management of user environments, security and delegation, administrative tastks scripting, remote software installation and Remote Installation Services, backup and restore, troubleshooting hardware, IIS. Introduction to security and cryptography, EFS, introduction to IPSec and VPN (PPTP a L2TP).

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jan M. Honzík, CSc.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability to implement, manage, maintain and support Microsoft Windows server systems as well as troubleshoot common issues.
General insight into problems of computer networks and their implementation.

Prerequisites

Common user ability to work with Microsoft Windows. Basic knowledge of administration based on IW1 course.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Attendance at any forms of education is optional. For entering the exam, students have to get at least 20 points from the semester.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To obtain strong knowledge about administering, implementing and designing Microsoft Windows server systems and network technologies based on the technologies. Course will provide students with hands on practice at lab environment. Course will provide guidance for preparation for Microsoft certification exams for server systems.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at any forms of education is optional. Exercises can be substituted in any other term (but we can not guarantee free space in the classroom - priority is given to enrolled students).

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Dauti, Bekim. Windows Server 2016 Administration Fundamentals. Birmingham: Packt Publishing, 2017.
Francis, Dishan. Mastering Active Directory : automate tasks by leveraging PowerShell for Active Directory Domain Services 2016. Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing, 2017.
Moskowitz, Jeremy. Group policy : fundamentals, security, and the managed desktop. Indianapolis, Ind: Wiley, 2010.
Petr Šetka: Mistrovství v Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Ze začínajícího správce expertem. ISBN: 80-251-0036-7
Thomas, Orin. Inside out : Windows Server 2016. Microsoft, 2016.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Peter Solár

Syllabus

  1. Instalation and upgrade, Minimal systemrequirements, RIS, sysprep a riprep - server part,RIS Instalation and configuration, WDS, Other imaging software
  2. Hardware a výkon serveru, Podpora serverového hardware, RAID, Odlišnosti hardware od stanic, Více procesorová podpora. Správce zařízení Botlencsk subsystems - procesor, paměť, disk, síť, Task manager, System monitor a Performance logs and alerts konzole
  3. Windows update services, skript, GPO distribution , Hotfix deployment methods, WUS (SUS) instalation and administration, MBSA
  4. Server network services (DHCP, TCP/IP), scopes, DHCP options, reservations, leases
  5. Server name services (WINS a DNS), DNS resource types, root servers, dns aktualization
  6. Active directory architecture, aplication, concetps: Sites, forest, domain, domain tree, Global katalog AD instalation a promotion to DC / member server
  7. Domain accounts, Default domain groups and users, Account properties, user profiles, computers in AD.
  8. Distributed file system (DFS), resources structure, distribution
  9. Group policy objects (GPO), Gpupdate, gpmc, Security Configuration Tool Set.
  10. Internet information services (IIS), WWW, virtual directory, scripts support, web configuration 
  11. Resolving problems with access to network ressources, disk quotas, permittions, network availability
  12. Restore and backup, Automatic recovery, shadow copies, network services backup
  13. Terminal services and remote administration, terminal servicec licencing, Remote desktop sessions maintaining

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jan M. Honzík, CSc.