After completing Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Analyzing the Technical Environment, the user should be able to:

	Analyze the structure of IT management
	Analyze a company's funding and outsourcing practices
	Assess the available users and connectivity between locations
	Assess a company's equipment inventory
	Analyze the network's name resolution services

Analyzing the IT Management Structure

	Structural elements of IT management
	Types of IT administration
	Decision-making process
	Change-management process

Funding and Outsourcing

	Funding model
	Outsourcing

Examining Users and Connections

	Analyzing the technology architecture
	User and resource distribution
	Network topology
	Bandwidth
	Protocol analysis

Inventorying Equipment

Physical network

Name Resolution Services

	Determining services on the network
	IP addressing schemes

This course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice in Windows 2000
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to Windows 2000
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

Completion of the following series, a passing score on the core MCSE exams, or equivalent experience:

	Windows 2000 Professional MCSE 70-210
	Windows 2000 Server MCSE 70-215
	Windows 2000 Network Administration MCSE 70-216
	Windows 2000 Active Directory MCSE 70-217

Completion of these courses in this series:

Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Analyzing Business Requirements (W21901)

	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Analyzing Performance and Access (W21903)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Analyzing Security Considerations (W21904)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Analyzing the Impact of Active Directory (W21905)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Analyzing Client Management Requirements (W21906)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Directory Naming and DNS Placement (W21907)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Designing Directory Service Architecture (W21908)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Designing a Site Topology and Service Locations (W21909)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Designing an OU Management Structure (W21910)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Designing a Group Policy Management Structure (W21911)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Planning for Coexistence with Other Directories (W21912)
	Windows 2000 Directory Design MCSE 70-219: Schema Modification Policy and Implementation Plan (W21913)

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