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CNT 56 IMPLEMENTING WINDOWS 2008 NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - MCTS Microsoft Certification 70-642 -

Course CNT 56, CRN  22781. Number of times this course may be taken for credit: 2.
Our class meets on Wednesdays in Room 804. Lecture: 06:00 PM - 08:15 PM. Lab: 08:25 PM - 09:45 PM.

The Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration course maps to the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) 70-642 certification exam.
This course also helps prepare for the following Microsoft certifications: MCP, MCSE, and MCSA.
Obtaining the Official Microsoft Certification.
You may schedule, and take a test at any time of the year by contacting Prometric www.2test.com or Vue at vue.com.
Ask the instructor about discount vouchers.

This course will enable students to install, configure, manage, and support a network infrastructure that uses the Microsoft Windows Server products. The course focuses heavily on TCP/IP and related services including DHCP server, DNS server, WINS, network security protocols, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), and remote access. This course also enables a student to configure Windows as a network router, configure Internet access for a network, and configure a Web server. The student will also learn to enable network connectivity between NetWare, Macintosh, and UNIX networks.

Prerequisites: none, but strongly recommended: Computer Networking Technology 55 (Windows Server) and CNT 52 Networking Fundamentals.
Before entering this course, the student should be able to:
- perform local and distributed Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 operating system installation and configuration;
- administer a Windows workgroup, including security issues;
- set up auditing of files and folders;
- analyze TCP/IP and other network protocols;
- implement network protocols and services, including virtual private networks (VPNs), routing and remote access, and Terminal Services;
- ensure system security through policies and security configuration tools.

Text and Materials

70-642: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration with Lab Manual and MOAC Labs Online by Microsoft Official Academic Course ISBN 978-0-470-87502-5

This package is also recommended for self-study. Advanced students may want to purchase the virtual labs only.

What are MOAC Labs Online?
Students are provided with a computer on which they do the lab work. For the proficient students who want the convenience of skipping the setup work, MOAC Labs Online provide a hosted emulation environment. These labs are the hands-on software experience that can replace the class room computers. All lab exercises are hosted on virtual machine on Microsoft servers. Only a browser and an Internet connections are required for their use. Students may log into their virtual lab from home. While MOAC Labs Online help by eliminating lab set up, less advanced students should also learn to setup the computers.
MOAC Activation Guide here as MS Word document.

HOW TO ENROLL AT LAS POSITAS COLLEGE.
1- To attend LPC , you must first enroll as a student at Las Positas College,. If you are a student and did not attend last semester, you must re-enroll.
2- After you have enrolled yourself as a student and obtained a student ID number, you may register classes yourself online by using the CLASS-WEB online registration system.
You may also register a class in person at the Admission Office, Building 700.
More info, call 925.424.1500, or send a fax: 925.606.6437.
Admissions Office Email: lpcarcom @ iserver.clpccd.cc.ca.us
International students may download the application forms and instructions from here.
- The Cisco Networking Academy courses are here.
- The online courses for all disciplines are here.


HOW TO CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR
Moh Daoud email:
Expect a response to questions within 24 hours.
Phone: ____________
OFFICE HOURS AND WORK SCHEDULE in your Blackboard page https://clpccd.blackboard.com/webapps/login/
Paper mail: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Drive, Livermore, CA 94551
Website: http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/mdaoud/
This page is located at www.laspositascollege.edu > Faculty & Staff at the top right of screen > Faculty Websites in the left column.

Your Student Email Account
If you are an enrolled student, a Google gmail account has been created for you.
It can be found at The Zone Information Page on the LPC home page. You can also bypass The Zone and get access to your email directly at http://stumail.clpccd.edu.
You may get to your school email by going to gmail.com and enter your regular Class-web username and password.
I f you prefer, your school email can be forwarded to your personal email.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- analyze information and develop theories about interdependencies in a Windows network infrastructure;
- understand connectivity issues between operating systems including NetWare, Macintosh and UNIX;
-. explain the differences between intranets and extranets and describe the situations in which each would be used;
- implement the automation of Internet Protocol (IP) address;
-. configure a DNS client, WINS client, and DHCP client;
- use group policies to deploy and manage software in a Windows environment;
- use troubleshooting tools such as Network Monitor;
- understand and implement Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP);
- install and configure RIS and create an RIPrep image;
-. resolve network connectivity problems;
- resolve TCP/IP problems;
-. troubleshoot routing problems.

Why You Should Consider Microsoft Certification
The Information Technology (IT) market is rebounding, and tech salaries are going up.
- Actual expertise in technology areas
- Opportunity to begin and advance careers quickly.
- Stand out. A Microsoft credential gives proof of the specific, real-world technology skills employers are looking for today.
- Earn more. IT workers savvy in Microsoft technology earn larger salaries than their IT counterparts,
and each Microsoft certification earned takes one further along the path to professional recognition.
- Feel good. Certified individuals can feel more confident in their problem-solving skills and ability to help boost company productivity.
- Be productive. Certified individuals help increase customer satisfaction, reduce network downtime, and push service to a higher level,
giving organizations a competitive advantage. Students can take select Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exams at discounted prices.
The Microsoft Certification page is here.
- Second shot (free retake) is back at any Prometric testing center. Register for second shot promotion at http://www.prometric.com/Microsoft/SS_MCP_form.htm?s=ssm
You'll receive a code for a retake. No limit per peron. The Academic discount price is $60 instead of $125.
Take the test through VUE or Prometrics. Or call VUE 1 800 837-8734, or Prometric 1 800 755-3926.
- A Technet offer: Technet for $99 ($250 savings). More on www.microsoft.4me.com/technetcrosoft4me.com/technet

A List of Microsoft Certifications by Name
How the certifications enable IT professionals to display and validate their skills and experience.

Day	Date	Lecture	Lab	Homework
1	Wed., Aug. 17, 2011	Welcome. Orientation. Agenda. Syllabus. Course Outline. Student Services. Review of IP Addressing. Overview of DNS and DHCP.	Lab Setup	Read chapter 1 for next meeting
2	Wed., Aug. 24, 2011	Lesson 1: Introduction to Networking Concepts	Lab. 1	Blackboard Practice Test 1 Read Chapter 2
3	Wed., Aug. 31, 2011	Lesson 2: Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Lab. 2	Blackboard Practice Test 2 Read Chapter 2
4	Wed., Sept. 07, 2011	Lesson 2: Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008	Lab. 2	Blackboard Practice Test 2 Read Chapter 3
5	Wed., Sept. 14, 2011	Lesson 3: Configuring and Managing the DHCP Server Role	Lab. 3	Blackboard Practice Test 3 Read Chapter 3
6	Wed., Sept. 21, 2011	Lesson 3: Configuring and Managing the DHCP Server Role	Lab. 3	Blackboard Practice Test 3 Read Chapter 4
7	Wed., Sept. 28, 2011	Lesson 4: Configuring and Managing the DNS Server Role	Lab. 4	Blackboard Practice Test 4 Read Chapter 4
8	Wed., Oct. 05, 2011	Lesson 4: Configuring and Managing the DNS Server Role	Lab. 4	Blackboard Practice Test 4 Read Chapter 5
9	Wed., Oct. 12, 2011	Lesson 5: Configuring Routing and Remote Access (RRAS) and Wireless Networking	Lab. 5	Blackboard Practice Test 5 Read Chapter 5
10	Wed., Oct. 19, 2011	Mid-term exam. Covers Chapters 1 - 5.	Lab. 5	Blackboard Practice Test 5 Read Chapter 6
11	Wed., Oct. 26, 2011	Lesson 6: Configuring File Services	Lab. 6	Blackboard Practice Test 6 Read Chapter 6
12	Wed., Nov. 02, 2011	Lesson 6: Configuring File Services	Lab. 6	Blackboard Practice Test 6 Read Chapter 7
13	Wed., Nov. 09, 2011	Lesson 7: Configuring Print Services	Lab. 7	Blackboard Practice Test 7 Read Chapter 8
14	Wed., Nov. 16, 2011	Lesson 8: Maintaining and Updating Windows Server 2008	Lab. 8	Blackboard Practice Test 8 Read Chapter 8
	Wed., Nov. 23, 2011	Thanksgiving Holiday (No instruction)tion)
15	Wed., Nov. 30, 2011	Lesson 9: Securing Data Transmission and Authentication	Lab. 9	Blackboard Practice Test 9 Read Chapter 8
16	Wed., Dec. 07, 2011	Lesson 10: Maintaining Network Health	Lab. 10	Blackboard Practice Test 10 Read Chapter 8
17	Wed., Dec. 14, 2011	Final Exam. Covers chapters 6 - 10.	Lab. 11	Blackboard Practice Test 11
	Sign up early for the next semester.	Classes fill up quickly.

IMPORTANT DATES THIS SEMESTER
January 17 Instruction Begins
January 21 Instruction Begins - Saturday Classes
February 17, 18, & 20* Presidents’ Weekend Holiday (no instruction)
March 29 Faculty Flex Day (No instruction for classes before 4pm. Evening classes are held as scheduled.)
April 7 Saturday Classes Meet
April 9-14 Spring Break (no instruction, no Saturday Classes)
May 19 Final (Saturday Classes only)
May 21 - 25 Final Exam Period (Full-term classes) Click for PDF
May 28* Memorial Day (no instruction/no final examinations)

Saving copies of your class work
Use any flash drive for saving your handouts, labs, PowerPoint presentations, and other notes.
Also recommended:
a few blank writable CDs or DVDs to create your own live CDs (Operating system running off a CD).
If you are in class where you install operating systems on virtual machines and wish to save copies, you should bring a much larger USB external drive. I like to shop at websites like Newegg.com and tigerdirect.com.
To locate the class PowerPoint Presentations, notes and other student materials used in our class, do the following.
From any computer on campus, double click on the Student Files icon Marvin the Martian, double click on your instructor's folder, double click on your class folder .
Printing your work at the school
If you wish to print your work at school, you would need to purchase a computer print card from the bookstore or computer lab.
- Color printing   is also available in Room 803- $.50 per page from PCs at pods L and M.
Evaluation and Grading
Final grades are determined through a weighted average of midterm and final examinations, quizzes, laboratory assignments, homework assignments, and class attendance and participation.
The online Blackboard practice quizzes can be taken multiple times. They count towards your final grade. Your best score will be kept for final computation. The quizzes are located at http://clpccd.blackboard.com/

Late Coursework:
All assignments are to be turned in on the due date. Students may be allowed to make up any late work by prior arrangement with the instructor. I try to accommodate most students, but very few excuses are accepted.
Grading:
90%+ = A
80% to 89% = B
70% to 79% = C
60% to 69% = D
59% & below = F
Posting of Grades: Final grades will be posted on the school website; usually within two weeks of the end of semester. If you need your grade sooner, contact the instructor.

Parking Permits Available Online
Parking permits must be purchased on CLASS-Web. You will need the license number and description of the vehicle you wish to purchase a permit for and a printer to print your temporary permit. The actual hanging permit will be mailed to the address you provide when applying for your permit. Vehicles not displaying a valid permit, (hanging-type semester permit, temporary permit or daily permit from parking lot machines,) will be cited, even you own a parking permit. If you left it at home, you may buy a daily permit or contact the security office in building 1500 and ask for instructions.
Permit Costs for Fall and Spring Semester Permits. Vehicles: $30 per semester. Motorcycles: $15 per semester. Vehicles visiting: 30 minutes free in marked spaces only. In other student parking space: $2 per day. Park your car head-in only, do not park backwards, or you'll be cited.

Adding/Dropping a course
You may use CLASS-Web on the Internet to drop/add a course from the school home page at https://bw4.clpccd.cc.ca.us/pls/OWA_PROD/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin . CLASS-Web is an online system that allows students to register, add, and drop classes, review academic schedules, check grades, view unofficial transcripts, access financial aid information, and pay student fees online.
Remember! If you enroll in a class and decide not to attend, you are responsible for dropping the class. Don’t assume you will be dropped by your instructor or that the system will drop you automatically.
Students who want to drop but fail to drop or withdraw before the scheduled deadline will receive a letter grade for the course; usually an F.

California Education Code (Title 5) on Excessive Absences
" A student absent for a total of four consecutive or six cumulative instructional hours and/or two consecutive weeks of instruction may be dropped from that course by the instructor. This action constitutes an official termination of class enrollment and will be recorded."
"The instructor may not initiate the withdrawal of a student from the class after the automatic "W" date (Friday of the twelfth instructional week)"
Many of the labs can be done only with the instructor in the class room. By missing class or leaving early, you lose attendance/participation points and lab points that cannot be made up.
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Missed Classes
The student is responsible for obtaining material distributed on class days when he/she was absent. This can be done by contacting a classmate who was present or by contacting the instructor. Most lab handouts are in the Marvin computer class folder and can be had any day during the semester.

Academic Honesty
All work that you submit in this course must be your own, it is a violation of academic integrity to copy someone else's work or to permit another person to copy your work. If any similarity in form or notation is noticed, the instructor retains the right to give a failing grade for the assignment, exam, and/or course.
Students found cheating (fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in an academic assignment) and/or plagiarizing (using another’s work as your own) will receive a zero for the assignment or exam and the incident will be reported to the dean of student services. LPC's policy on academic dishonesty can be found at http://www.laspositascollege.edu/facultystaff/honesty.php

Need for Assistance
If you have any condition, such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined it, or which will require academic accommodations, please notify me as soon as possible for special arrangements.

Classroom Etiquette
Pagers and cell phones should be either turned off or set to silent mode during class. Take your emergency calls outside the class room. Please, put away your smartphones, Ipods, mp3 player during class times. You may bring a laptop computer to class for class work only; not for playing games, chatting, reading the news, checking sports results, watching cartoons or funny videos. During lectures, you are expected to participate; but, please take a turn. It is a an annoying distraction to whisper to the classmate next to you while the instructor talk to the class
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Free Microsoft Software
- The MSDN Academic Alliance offers free MS software to LPC students who are enrolled in computing and business classes. Ask your instructor for login information.. The list of software packages is HERE. The downloaded software will be a large ISO file that you will burn to a blank DVD. For instructions on burning DVD or CDs, go to your instructor's folder on Marvin and get the How to Burn ISO files Word document.
https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Products.aspx
- The Microsoft developer, designer and gaming tools are available on DreamSpark.com. Not 30-day trial versions; they’re the complete and full professional grade versions. Dreamspark and MSDN AA are not the same.
- Other discounted software for students only: www.collegesoftware.org or www.journeyEd.com, both take you to the same deals. JourneyEd.com offers both Microsoft and non Microsoft products, some at an 85% discount. At JourneyEd, sign up as a Chabot student, same W number. I'm told that LPC is not found in their records.
- Windows 7 Upgrade for $29.99 for students, instead of $64.95 at www.win741.com You are eligible if you have a valid .EDU e-mail OR an e-mail address through one of the educational institutions.
- Check the Microsoft Student Store.
- If you’re a student and you don't have access to MSDN AA, you could join the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for $19. As part of the membership you get access to most of the MSDNAA catalog. You also get access to thousands of technical books.

Resources, programs, and services available to Las Positas College students

Admissions and Records (925) 424-1500 dearney @ laspositascollege.edu Building 700 Applications • Registration • Records Assessment / Tutorials and Testing (925) 424-1475 ptrummel @ laspositascollege.edu Building 1000 Tutors • Instructors • Placement Testing Associated Students (ASLPC) (925) 424-1490 staff @ aslpc.com Building 1700 Student Government • Meetings • Activities Athletics (925) 424-1252 snavarro @ laspositascollege.edu Room 2115 Intramurals • Intercollegiate Sports • Classes CalWORKs (925) 424-1432 ktomlinson @ laspositascollege.edu Building 900 Housing Scholarship • Child Care • CalWORKs Jobs Campus Safety and Security Emergency (925) 424-1699 Business (925) 424-1690 Room 1605 Parking• Student Escorts • Lost and Found

Career / Transfer Center (925) 424-1423 lcamp @ laspositascollege.edu Building 900 Career Testing • Career Information • Transfers Computer Center (925) 424-1144 gjohns @ laspositascollege.edu Room 803 Early Childhood Education (925) 424-1187 (925) 424-1135 Room 2136 Training • Professional Development English Center cahre @ laspositascollege.edu Building 400 Developmental English • Instructors/Staff EOPS / CARE (925) 424-1593 dscott @ laspositascollege.edu Room 1504 Book Grants • Priority Registration • Counseling Financial Aid/Veteran's Office (925) 424-1580 lpcfinaid @ laspositascollege.edu Room 1509 Registration Fee Waivers • Grants • Loans

Library (925) 424-1151 Building 2000 Reference • Research Skills Instruction • Internet Access • Online Databases • Print and AV Materials LPC Distance Education Support (925) 371-1142 LPCdistEd @ laspositascollege.edu Login Problems • Assignment Submission Problems • General Distance Ed Info Peer Support Network (925) 424-1217 ejones @ laspositascollege.edu Room 1200 Support Groups • Trained Listeners • Stress Help Re-Entry Student Services (925) 424-1412 bmorrissey @ laspositascollege.edu Room 704 Transitional Classes • Counseling • Support Student Health Center (925) 424-1830 Building 1700 Treatment • Advice • Referrals

The LPC Learning Resource Center, or Library
You can get off-campus access to the library databases by using your Class-web login info.
Student W10.. ID + your usual first two first name initials + first two last name initials + last four digits of your student ID.
EBSCOhost: indexes and summarizes 2,700 periodicals, and includes the full-text for 1,800 of them, providing easy access to articles from hundreds of magazines, journals and other sources. Subjects covered include business, health, multicultural issues, science, and general topics.
SIRS Researcher: provides thousands of full-text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are carefully selected from approximately 1,500 newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Graphics, including charts, maps, diagrams and drawings, are available for many of the articles.
CountryWatch: A political, economic, and business information country database.
NewsBank: Full-text articles from Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post.
RAND California: Comprehensive California statistics and reports.
Brittanica.com: Free public access to the Encyclopædia Britannica.
LPC Library Works Cited: Citation examples listed will assist you in citing sources for your research.
Searching on the Internet: This interactive lesson is intended to teach you the basics of Internet searching. During the lesson, not only will you learn general information about various ways of searching, but you will also learn about searching techniques and evaluating resources. In addition, this lesson will simulate searches to give you a feel for how they work. To complete this lesson, you will need Netscape Navigator 4.06 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Patch 1 or later. In addition, listed below are some other popular research tools on the Internet:
Digital Libraria Infomine
Internet Public Library

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