Maricopa Community Colleges  MST255   20012-20025 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10/24/00
MST255 20012-20025 L+L 3 Credit(s) 4 Period(s)
Designing Windows Network Infrastructure
Knowledge and skills to create a networking services infrastructure design that supports network applications and the needs of an organization. Preparation for Microsoft certification examination. Prerequisites or Corequisites: MST155 or permission of instructor.
 
Course Note:Under the terms and conditions specified in the legal agreement between Microsoft Corporation and each AATP campus in the Maricopa Community College District, Microsoft requires that "all instructors of Microsoft Official Curriculum and Microsoft Approved Study Guides pass the Microsoft Certified Professional exam in the product area of the courseware being delivered."
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MST255   20012-20025 Designing Windows Network Infrastructure
1. Plan a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) solution. (I)
2. Analyze and create a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) design. (II)
3. Design a name resolution service using Domain Name System (DNS). (III)
4. Design a NetBIOS name resolution service using Windows Internet Name Service (WINS). (IV)
5. Evaluate and create an Internet connectivity solution. V)
6. Select strategies to secure a Proxy Server solution. (VI)
7. Design a functional routing solution. (VII)
8. Design remote user connectivity. (VIII)
9. Develop a Windows network management strategy. (IX)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
MST255   20012-20025 Designing Windows Network Infrastructure
    I. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Solution
        A. Windows networking overview
        B. Network foundation
        C. TCP/IP plan
        D. TCP/IP security
        E. TCP/IP design for performance
      II. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Design
          A. IP configuration solutions
          B. DHCP plan
          C. DHCP security
          D. DHCP design for performance
        III. Domain Name System (DNS) Name Resolution
            A. DNS solution
            B. DNS plan
            C. DNS security
            D. DNS design for performance
          IV. NetBIOS Name Resolution
              A. Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) solution
              B. WINS design
              C. WINS security
              D. WINS design for performance
            V. Internet Connectivity
                A. Internet connectivity solution
                B. Internet connectivity plan I. Internet connectivity security II. Internet connectivity design for performance
              VI. Proxy Server Security
                  A. Security issues with Internet connectivity
                  B. Proxy Server design
                  C. Strategies to secure a Proxy Server solution
                  D. Strategies to improve Proxy Server performance
                VII. Routing Solution
                    A. Functional routing design
                    B. Security of private network connections
                    C. Strategies to optimize router design for performance
                    D. Strategies to create a functional IP router design
                  VIII. Remote User Connectivity
                      A. Identify routing and remote access solutions
                      B. Design remote user connectivity
                      C. Secure a remote access design
                      D. Optimize a remote access design
                    IX. Windows Network Management
                        A. Develop a Windows network management strategy
                        B. Identify strategy processes
                        C. Provide E-Commerce solutions
                        D. Strategize methods of analyzing data
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