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Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Migration Strategy
Course: CCT222

First Term: 2003 Fall
 Lec + Lab   1 Credit(s)   2 Period(s)   1.7 Load  
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S


Description: Information and skills necessary to select and design a migration strategy from Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 to an Active Directory. Includes planning processes, restructuring and upgrade strategies as well as deployment techniques



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Differentiate between a domain upgrade and a domain restructure. (I)
2. Identify and prioritize migration goals. (II)
3. Examine methods for migration. (II)
4. Explain the process for planning a domain upgrade. (III)
5. Create a strategy for maintaining network services during an upgrade. (IV)
6. Compare and contrast inter-forest and intra-forest restructure scenarios. (V)
7. Describe domain restructure tools. (V)
8. Identify and perform domain pre-restructuring planning tasks. (VI)
9. Determine restructuring object movement order. (VI)
10. Develop a strategy to ensure reliability of network services during a domain restructuring. (VII)
11. Create a migration project plan. (VIII)
12. Test and pilot a migration plan. (VIII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Migration Strategy
   A. Introduction
   B. Upgrading vs. Restructuring
      1. Flexibility
      2. Procedures
      3. Benefits
   C. Planning
      1. Importance of Step Definition
      2. Efficiency
II. Migration Path
   A. Existing Domain
      1. Domain Model
      2. Existing Trust Relationships
      3. Domain Controllers
      4. Accounts and Administration
   B. Current Network Environment
      1. Information Store Inventory
      2. Hardware/Software Inventory
      3. Network Infrastructure
      4. Domain Name System (DNS) Infrastructure
      5. Servers
      6. Applications
      7. Security
   C. Goals
      1. Business
      2. Migration
      3. Mapping
   D. Active Directory Design
      1. Goal Conflicts
      2. Design Conflicts
      3. Conflict Resolution
   E. Migration Paths
      1. Domain Upgrade
      2. Domain Upgrade Then Restructure
      3. Domain Restructure
   F. Upgrades
      1. Decision Points
      2. Evaluation
   G. Restructure
      1. Decision Points
      2. Evaluation
      3. Options
III. Domain Upgrade Strategy
   A. Definition
   B. Use
   C. Design Analyzation
      1. Single vs. Multiple Forests
      2. Site Design
      3. Administrative Plan
      4. Security Plan
   D. Planning
      1. Path Determination
      2. Recovery Plan
      3. Order Determination
      4. Controller Strategy
      5. Native Mode
      6. Post-Upgrade Tasks
IV. Operations Impact
   A. Network Service
      1. Maintenance
      2. DNS Services
      3. Resolution Services
      4. Local Area Network (LAN) Manager Replication
      5. Remote Access
      6. Interactions
      7. Logon Scripts
   B. Security
      1. Resource Access Components
      2. Trust Relationships
      3. Policy Application
      4. User Profiles
5. Client Support
   C. Applications
      1. Compatibility Test
      2. Service Packs
      3. Upgrades
      4. Limitations
   D. Leveraging
      1. Active Directory Connector
      2. Exchange 5.5
   E. Performance
      1. Replication Traffic
      2. Authentication Traffic
      3. Optimization
   F. Minimization of Impact
      1. Reliability
      2. Account Migration Issues
V. Restructuring Domains
   A. Overview
   B. Domain Security
      1. Security Identifiers (SIDs)
      2. Discretionary Access Control Lists (DACLs)
      3. SID Resolution
   C. Inter-Forest Restructuring
      1. Scenarios
      2. Requirements
      3. Restrictions
      4. Cloning
      5. Domain Controllers
   D. Intra-Forest Restructuring
      1. Scenarios
      2. Restructuring
      3. Restrictions
   E. Security Principals
      1. Moving
      2. Cloning
      3. Computers
      4. Local Accounts
      5. Domain Controllers
   F. Tools
      1. Active Directory Migration Tool
      2. Clone Principal
      3. Netdom
      4. Lightweight Graphics Tool (Ldp)
      5. MoveTree VI Restructure Strategy
   A. Overview
   B. Pre-Restructuring Tasks
      1. Existing Domain Examination
      2. Choose Methodology
      3. Deploy Target Environment
      4. Recovery Plan
      5. Select Tools
      6. Document Security Principal Details
      7. Security Principal Detail Migration
   C. Order
      1. Users and Groups
      2. Computers
      3. Member Servers
      4. Domain Controllers
   D. Post-Restructuring Tasks
      1. Redefine DACLs
      2. SID History
      3. Target Domain Conversion
      4. Decommissioning
VII. Domain Restructure
   A. Overview
   B. Maintaining Reliability
   C. Account Migration Issues
   D. Leveraging Existing Directory Information
VIII. Migration Strategy
   A. Overview
   B. Creation
      1. Migration Project Plan
      2. Project Planning Documents
   C. Installation Strategy
   D. Migration Plan
      1. Testing
      2. Piloting
   E. Smooth Transition Plan
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date:  5/27/2003

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