| Welcome to Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure | vii |
| Before You Begin | viii |
| Using the MCSE Readiness Review | ix |
| Exam Objectives Summary | xvi |
| Getting More Help | xviii |
| Objective Domain 1: Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting Active Directory Services | 1 |
| Tested Skills and Suggested Practices | 1 |
| Further Reading | 3 |
| Objective 1.1: Install, configure, and troubleshoot the components of Active Directory services. | 5 |
| Questions | 8 |
| Answers | 14 |
| Objective 1.2: Back up and restore Active Directory services. | 21 |
| Questions | 22 |
| Answers | 24 |
| Objective Domain 2: Installing, Configuring, Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting DNS for Active Directory Services | 27 |
| Tested Skills and Suggested Practices | 28 |
| Further Reading | 29 |
| Objective 2.1: Install, configure, and troubleshoot DNS for Active Directory Services. | 31 |
| Questions | 33 |
| Answers | 37 |
| Objective 2.2: Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot DNS. | 43 |
| Questions | 45 |
| Answers | 46 |
| Objective Domain 3: Installing, Configuring, Managing, Monitoring, Optimizing, and Troubleshooting Change and Configuration Management | 49 |
| Tested Skills and Suggested Practices | 50 |
| Further Reading | 52 |
| Objective 3.1: Implement and troubleshoot group policy. | 55 |
| Questions | 57 |
| Answers | 58 |
| Objective 3.2: Manage and troubleshoot user environments by using group policy. | 61 |
| Questions | 63 |
| Answers | 67 |
| Objective 3.3: Manage and troubleshoot software by using group policy. | 73 |
| Questions | 75 |
| Answers | 81 |
| Objective 3.4: Manage network configuration by using group policy. | 89 |
| Questions | 90 |
| Answers | 93 |
| Objective 3.5: Deploy Windows 2000 by using Remote Installation Services (RIS). | 97 |
| Questions | 99 |
| Answers | 104 |
| Objective 3.6: Configure RIS security. | 111 |
| Questions | 112 |
| Answers | 119 |
| Objective Domain 4: Managing, Monitoring, and Optimizing the Components of Active Directory | 125 |
| Tested Skills and Suggested Practices | 126 |
| Further Reading | 128 |
| Objective 4.1: Manage Active Directory objects. | 131 |
| Questions | 134 |
| Answers | 146 |
| Objective 4.2: Manage Active Directory performance. | 157 |
| Questions | 159 |
| Answers | 162 |
| Objective 4.3: Manage and troubleshoot Active Directory replication. | 167 |
| Questions | 169 |
| Answers | 170 |
| Objective Domain 5: Configuring, Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Active Directory Security Solutions | 173 |
| Tested Skills and Suggested Practices | 174 |
| Further Reading | 175 |
| Objective 5.1: Configure and troubleshoot security in a directory services infrastructure. | 177 |
| Questions | 179 |
| Answers | 193 |
| Objective 5.2: Monitor and analyze security events. | 209 |
| Questions | 210 |
| Answers | 211 |
| GLOSSARY | 213 |
| INDEX | 229 |
