Preparation Guide for Exam 70-220

Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network

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	Exam news
	Audience profile
	Credit toward certification
	Preparation tools and resources
	Skills measured

Exam news

Exam 70-220 became available on July 20, 2000.

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Audience profile

Candidates for this exam operate in medium-sized to very large computing environments that use the Windows 2000 network operating system. They have a minimum of one year of experience implementing and administering network operating systems in environments that have the following characteristics:

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Credit toward certification

When you pass the Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network exam, you achieve Microsoft Certified Professional status. You also earn credit toward the following certifications:

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Preparation tools and resources

In addition to your hands-on experience working with the product, we recommend that you use the following tools and training to help you prepare for this exam.

Classroom training for this exam

Microsoft Press self-paced training products

Microsoft certified practice tests

Microsoft online resources

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Skills measured

This exam measures your ability to analyze the business requirements for security and design a security solution that meets business requirements. Security includes:

Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed in the following matrix. The matrix shows which Official Microsoft Learning Products may help you reach competency in the skills being tested in the exam.

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= The course provides a general introductory overview of this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work.     = The course includes some material to prepare you for this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work.     = The course includes material to prepare you for this task.

Skills measured by Exam 70-220	Course 2150	Course 2153B	Course 2830
Analyzing Business Requirements
Analyze the existing and planned business models. • Analyze the company model and the geographical scope. Models include regional, national, international, subsidiary, and branch offices. • Analyze company processes. Processes include information flow, communication flow, service and product life cycles, and decision-making.
Analyze the existing and planned organizational structures. Considerations include management model; company organization; vendor, partner, and customer relationships; and acquisition plans.
Analyze factors that influence company strategies. • Identify company priorities. • Identify the projected growth and growth strategy. • Identify relevant laws and regulations. • Identify the company's tolerance for risk. • Identify the total cost of operations.
Analyze business and security requirements for the end user.
Analyze the structure of IT management. Considerations include type of administration, such as centralized or decentralized; funding model; outsourcing; decision-making process; and change-management process.
Analyze the current physical model and information security model. • Analyze internal and external security risks.
Analyzing Technical Requirements
Evaluate the company's existing and planned technical environment. • Analyze company size and user and resource distribution. • Assess the available connectivity between the geographic location of work sites and remote sites. • Assess the net available bandwidth. • Analyze performance requirements. • Analyze the method of accessing data and systems. • Analyze network roles and responsibilities. Roles include administrative, user, service, resource ownership, and application.
Analyze the impact of the security design on the existing and planned technical environment. • Assess existing systems and applications. • Identify existing and planned upgrades and rollouts. • Analyze technical support structure. • Analyze existing and planned network and systems management.
Analyzing Security Requirements
Design a security baseline for a Windows 2000 network that includes domain controllers, operations masters, application servers, file and print servers, RAS servers, desktop computers, portable computers, and kiosks.
Identify the required level of security for each resource. Resources include printers, files, shares, Internet access, and dial-in access.
Designing a Windows 2000 Security Solution
Design an audit policy.
Design a delegation of authority strategy.
Design the placement and inheritance of security policies for sites, domains, and organizational units.
Design an Encrypting File System strategy.
Design an authentication strategy. • Select authentication methods. Methods include certificate-based authentication, Kerberos authentication, clear-text passwords, digest authentication, smart cards, NTLM, RADIUS, and SSL. • Design an authentication strategy for integration with other systems.
Design a security group strategy.
Design a Public Key Infrastructure. • Design Certificate Authority (CA) hierarchies. • Identify certificate server roles. • Manage certificates. • Integrate with third-party CAs. • Map certificates.
Design Windows 2000 network services security. • Design Windows 2000 DNS security. • Design Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services (RIS) security. • Design Windows 2000 SNMP security. • Design Windows 2000 Terminal Services security.
Designing a Security Solution for Access Between Networks
Provide security-enhanced access to public networks from a private network.
Provide external users with security-enhanced access to private network resources.
Provide security-enhanced access between private networks. • Provide security-enhanced access within a LAN. • Provide security-enhanced access within a WAN. • Provide security-enhanced access across a public network.
Design Windows 2000 security for remote-access users.
Designing Security for Communication Channels
Design an SMB-signing solution.
Design an IPSec solution. • Design an IPSec encryption scheme. • Design an IPSec management strategy. • Design negotiation policies. • Design security policies. • Design IP filters. • Define security levels.

Note This preparation guide is subject to change at any time without prior notice and at the sole discretion of Microsoft. Microsoft exams might include adaptive testing technology and simulation items. Microsoft does not identify the format in which exams are presented. Please use this preparation guide to prepare for the exam, regardless of its format.

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