CBT Nuggets Server 2008 Active Directory

CBT Nuggets Server 2008 Active Directory(70-640)
Whether you’re an experienced database administrator getting up-to-speed on Server 2008 or a brand-new network admin learning Active Directory from the ground up, this is the series for you. James Conrad's video series: Configuring Active Directory for Windows Server 2008, includes plenty of tools to help you shine as an administrator.

James starts by giving you a nuts-and-bolts background understanding of this terrific Microsoft product, including:
installation
configuring Domain Name Systems (DNS)
terminology
basic security and maintenance

Then he shows you how to:
manage and monitor Group Policy Objects (GPO) to support users’ accounts
modify and manipulate accounts using Account Automation
backup and recover "lost" data
automate your system
measuresystem performance

Finally he takes you on an in-depth tour of advanced concepts that utilize:
Server Core
Read-Only domain controllers
Server Manager
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

Server 2008 gives you tools unavailable in previous versions of Active Directory. For example, you can create an extranet directory for outside users that separates them from the enterprise server. And you can use Lightweight Directory Services and Active Directory Rights Management Services to protect documents from insecure distribution such as printing or forwarding email, opening, modifying, printing, or taking other actions.

In no time, you'll be an expert administering Windows Server 2008 roles and features

James Conrad's training in mapped to Microsoft MCTS exam 70-640. Passing the exam also moves you closer to two MCITP certifications: (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator and (MCITP): Server Administrator.


Exam pack 70-640 contains the following videos:

Series Introduction

Introduction to Active Directory

Installing Active Directory

Server Core

Read Only Domain Controllers

Operations Masters

Domain Functional Level, Forest Functional Level

Automating Active Directory Accounts Part 1 (free video!)

Automating Active Directory Accounts Part 2

Managing User Accounts

Groups and Computer Accounts

Replication and Sites

UPN and Trusts

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services

Active Directory Rights Management Services

Active Directory Federation Services

DNS Part 1

DNS Part 2

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services Part 1

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services Part 2

Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services Part 3

Configuring Backup and Recovery

Backup and Active Directory Maintenance

Create and Apply Group Policy Objects

GPO Account and Audit Policy

GPO Software and Templates

Monitoring Active Directory