Preparation Guide
Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0

The Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 certification exam measures your ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot information systems that incorporate Windows NT Server version 4.0 in a simple computing environment. A simple computing environment is typically a homogeneous LAN. It might include one or more servers, a single domain, and a single location; and it might have file-sharing and print-sharing capabilities. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the following job skills.

Planning

Plan the disk drive configuration for various requirements. Requirements include:

• Choosing a file system
• Choosing a fault-tolerance method

Choose a protocol for various situations. Protocols include:

• TCP/IP
• NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport
• NetBEUI

Installation and Configuration

Install Windows NT Server on Intel-based platforms.

Install Windows NT Server to perform various server roles. Server roles include:

• Primary domain controller
• Backup domain controller
• Member server

Install Windows NT Server by using various methods. Installation methods include:

• CD-ROM
• Over-the-network
• Network Client Administrator
• Express versus custom

Configure protocols and protocol bindings. Protocols include:

• TCP/IP
• NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport
• NetBEUI

Configure network adapters. Considerations include:

• Changing IRQ, IObase, and memory addresses
• Configuring multiple adapters

Configure Windows NT Server core services. Services include:

• Directory Replicator
• License Manager
• Other services

Configure peripherals and devices. Peripherals and devices include:

• Communication devices
• SCSI devices
• Tape device drivers
• UPS devices and UPS service
• Mouse drivers, display drivers, and keyboard drivers

Configure hard disks to meet various requirements. Requirements include:

• Allocating disk space capacity
• Providing redundancy
• Improving performance
• Providing security
• Formatting

Configure printers. Tasks include:

• Adding and configuring a printer
• Implementing a printer pool
• Setting print priorities

Configure a Windows NT Server computer for various types of client computers. Client computer types include:

• Windows NT Workstation
• Microsoft Windows� 95
• Microsoft MS-DOS�-based

Managing Resources

Manage user and group accounts. Considerations include:

• Managing Windows NT groups
• Managing Windows NT user rights
• Managing Windows NT groups
• Administering account policies
• Auditing changes to the user account database

Create and manage policies and profiles for various situations. Policies and profiles include:

• Local user profiles
• Roaming user profiles
• System policies

Administer remote servers from various types of client computers. Client computer types include:

• Windows 95
• Windows NT Workstation

Manage disk resources. Tasks include:

• Copying and moving files between file systems
• Creating and sharing resources
• Implementing permissions and security
• Establishing file auditing

Connectivity
Configure Windows NT Server for interoperability with NetWare servers by using various tools. Tools include:

• Gateway Service for NetWare
• Migration Tool for NetWare

Install and configure Remote Access Service (RAS). Configuration options include:

• Configuring RAS communications
• Configuring RAS protocols
• Configuring RAS security
• Configuring Dial-Up Networking clients

Monitoring and Optimization

Monitor performance of various functions by using Performance Monitor. Functions include:

• Processor
• Memory
• Disk
• Network
• Identify performance bottlenecks.
  

Troubleshooting

Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve installation failures.
Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve boot failures.
Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve configuration errors.
Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve printer problems.
Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve RAS problems.
Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve connectivity problems.
Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve resource access problems and permission problems.
Choose the appropriate course of action to take to resolve fault-tolerance failures. Fault-tolerance methods include:

• Tape backup
• Mirroring
• Stripe set with parity
• Disk duplexing