1. Network Operating System Administration
2nd semester

2. Instructors Lectures : Mashael AlSaleh,MSc Email: ksu.cap333@gmail.com
Office: Basement, B6
Labs: Mashael AlSaleh, Areej Albdeljabar

3. Academic Dishonesty
Unless otherwise explicitly specified, all written assignments or code that is submitted is to be entirely the students own work. Using any code or copying any assignment from others is strictly prohibited. This includes the use of code others have submitted in the past. Any violation of this rule will be dealt with by a severe grade penalty (minus penalty not zero).

4. Academic Policies
There will be no replacement Exams unless the student has a serious situation (death, Birth, etc). Thus, a dedicated committee is responsible of approving it!
Warning: The replacement exam will cover everything (comprehensive)!
There will be no replacement Quizzes.

5. Course Blog
cap333.wordpress.com

6. Text Book
6425B: Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Domain Services [This is the main textbook]
Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 ebook

7. Grading Scheme Grading and Evaluation Criteria
40 % of the grade is based on a final examination.
35 % of the grade is based midterms
20% Midterm 1
15% Midterm 2
25% of the grade is based on completing case project assignments sheets + lab quizzes
15% Assignments
10% Lab
Assignments can be theoretical or practical.
They can be assignment of one student or 2 students (try to find your partner)

8. Important Dates Midterm1 exam: Wednesday 14/3/2012 (21/4/1433) 12-1:15
Midterm2 exam: Tuesday 1/5/2012 (10/6/1433) 12-1:30

9. خدمة تواصل من جامعة الملك سعود
Cap 333:
Group#10973
It 455:
Group# 25381

10. Course Contents Introduction to network
Introduction to network operating system
Administering Active Directory
Managing Group Policy
Securing Active Directory
Administering DNS
Administering Active Directory Domain Controllers
Managing Sites and Active Directory Replication
Monitoring and Troubleshooting Active Directory 

11. Course Learning Outcomes:
This course requires the student to demonstrate the following:   
1. Installing and maintain server operating system in client-server network 
2. Apply business organization's needs to logical and physical structure of network. 
3. Organize, manage and control network objects, such as Organizational units, users and computers into Active Directory. 
4. Identify and troubleshoot Active Directory group types and scopes. 

12. Course Learning Outcomes
5.Incorporate Group Policy into Active Directory to manage and control various configurations, such as desktop settings, security, scripts, folder redirection and software deployment. Manage and trouble shoot group policy inheritance. 6. Understand ,install and troubleshoot most important network services such as Domain Controller and DNS. 7. Configure sites, subnet and active Directory replication.