Email – jtoone@cs.uah.edu

Text: All-In-One MCSA Windows 2003 Certification

Authors: Stephen Giles, Damir Bersinic, & Rob Schrimger

Meeting Time: Monday and Wednesday 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM and by appointment

Class# Date Lecture Assigned Reading / Exam

1 5/30 Installing Windows XP and Server 2003 Chapter 1

2 6/4 Upgrading to Windows XP and Server 2003 Chapter 2

3 6/6 Managing Hardware Configuration Chapter 3

4 6/11 Managing Printers, User Preferences, and Desktops Chapters 4 & 5

5 6/13 Managing Windows Networking Chapter 6

6 6/18 First Exam (no lecture) Exam 1

7 6/20 Managing Windows Network Services Chapter 7

8 6/25 Managing Routing and Remote Access Chapter 8

9 6/27 Introduction to Active Directory Chapter 9

10 7/2 Managing Users, Groups, and Disk Resources Chapters 10 & 11

4/4 No Class (4^th of July holiday)

11 7/9 Managing Shared Resources, Internet Information Server,

and Remote Administration Chapters 12 - 14

12 7/11 Second Exam (no lecture) Exam 2

13 7/16 Introduction to Group Policy Chapter 15

14 7/18 Managing Users, Computers and Software Chapter 16

15 7/23 Using Group Policy to Manage Security and

Secure Network Communications Chapters 17 & 18

16 7/25 Preventing Disasters and Recovering from Them Chapters 19 & 20

17 7/30 Managing Software Updates and Licensing and

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Server 2003 Chapters 21 & 22

18 8/3 Friday 8:30 – 10:30 Final Exam Final Exam

Grading Policy

Exam One 25%

Exam Two 25%

Final Exam 25%

Lab Assignments 25%

100%

Lab Assignments

Students will be grouped in teams for the lab assignments. All lab assignments will deal with the design and implementation of a Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain. The laboratory exercises will begin after the first exam and continue through the rest of the term.

General

You are expected to attend each class! If you must be absent, it is your responsibility to obtain class notes from a classmate. If you must miss an exam, you must notify the instructor prior to the exam date. Illness on an exam date will require a doctor’s excuse in order to take a makeup exam.

Academic Misconduct will be dealt with in a manner according to the Code of Conduct outlined in the UAH Student Handbook.

Notice: Any student with a disability that will require special attention or accommodation should inform the instructor as soon as possible, preferably within the first week of class.