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Working With Windows NT 4.0

Overview

This course is intended for students with some previous exposure to at least one other operating system. This course will explore and explain the structure and operation of the Windows NT operating system. It covers material that you could not easily learn by simply "pointing and clicking" in the NT environment. This material includes the various architectural components of the NT system, as well as how they interact with each other.

In this course, the NT system model, its relationship to networks and domains, user administration and system maintenance are discussed. The text coverage is backed up through the extensive use of pictures, animations, and exercises. This course also covers the system management utilities you will need to run in setting up and maintaining an NT system. The average amount of time to complete the on-line materials is 10 to 12 hours. In addition, the materials may be reviewed at any time to provide reinforcement and greater retention.

Objectives

Upon successful conclusion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Know the difference between clients and servers, and how this relates to the Windows NT Workstation and NT Server products.
• Know the difference between kernel-mode operations and user-mode operations, as well as the difference between applications and subsystems.
• Describe what is meant by "process management," and know the difference between multiprocessing and multitasking, processes and threads.
• Know what the Windows NT Executive is.
• Describe how the logon process works, and how the User Manager can be used to alter this process.
• Manage access to shared resources on an NT system.
• Set up disk partitions and perform system backups.
• Manage a Windows NT network, and be familiar with the seven layers of the OSI Network Model.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Windows NT Introduction
Windows family of products Client/Server Introduction * A Fictional Client/Server Example * Client/Server Principles in a Computer Network Overview of NT Architecture * NT Server vs NT Workstation

Lesson 2: Process Management
Operating System Model * Multitasking * Multiprocessing Executive Operations * Windows NT Executive * Object Oriented Model * Process Objects * Threads * Object Security * Local Procedure Call Facility * Virtual Memory Manager * I/O Manager * Summary of NT Executive * Workshop Exercise -- The Registry Editor Logon and Process Creation * What is a Logon? * Types of Logons * Win32 Subsystem * Compatibility with DOS * Compatibility With Windows * More On the Win32 Subsystem

Lesson 3: User Administration
User Administration Overview * Logon Process * Group Membership * NT Components Controlling User Access User Manager * User Properties * Changing User Properties * Setting Dial-in Information * Workshop Exercise * Group Properties * Workshop on Groups User Policy * Audit Policy * Account Policy * Workshop on Password History * Workshop on Lockouts

Lesson 4: Server Administration
Resource Management * Resource Administration * Shared Resources * Resource Security * Workshop On File Permissions Server Management * Disk Administrator * Database Backup

Lesson 5: Network Management
NT Network Model * OSI Network Model * Illustrating the Seven OSI Layers * Interprocess Communication * Session Layer * Lower Layers * Sample Network Call * Interactions Between Components Network Control * Network Protocols: TCP/IP * Network Management Tools * Workshop on TCP/IP -- Local Computer * Workshop on TCP/IP -- Remote Computer Network Group Administration * Domain Management * Workshop on Domains * Trust Relationships Between Domains Prerequisites The user must be generally able to navigate through a GUI application by clicking buttons and selecting menu items.

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