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Why this Group Policy course?

Microsoft doesn't have its own course dedicated to Group Policy. Microsoft's own "Official Curriculum" on Active Directory has very little emphasis on Group Policy is arguably the most important part of day-to-day Active Directory administration.

Very few other training courses tap deep into the well of Group Policy to really ensure that students can confidently implement this powerful technology. Not only will the concepts be taught in an understandable way, but they are reinforced with demonstrations as well as hands-on labs to get the skills out of the lab and into practice!

This material is battle-tested in companies around the world. It’s gathered from hundreds of Active Directory and Group Policy administrators managing thousands of servers. And the latest information from Microsoft is provided whenever a new development is on the way.

How is this course different than our other courses?

This course has "Intensive" in the name, so come prepared to work. We don't take many breaks, and lunch is provided so you ca lunch over labs. By the time this course is done, you're going to KNOW Group Policy. For a less-intensive experience, check out our three-day Less Intensive Group Policy training and workshop. That course has much of the same material (plus a little extra on Active Directory essentials at the beginning.)

Once you've taken this course (or the three-day Less Intensive course) you would be a good candidate for our other courses: One-Day Advanced Course and Group Policy Security Course.

Additionally, since this is the "Fundamentals" version of the course, you might want to also add-on our "Vista Group Policy Catch-up" class if you're starting to also roll out Vista.

BRIEF OUTLINE (for extended Outline, see PDF)

• Group Policy Overview (and Labs)

• Group Policy Essentials (and Labs)

• Group Policy Theory (and Labs)

• Special Group Policy Processing (and Labs)

• Group Policy Troubleshooting (and Labs)
  

• Group Policy Software Installation (and Labs)

• Group Policy Security Implementation (and Labs)

• Creating the perfect desktop with Group Policy (and Labs)

TIMING

The Group Policy Intensive Workshop is really a three day course, packed into two days.
Here is the breakdown of the class:

• 33% Lecture / knowledge transfer
• 33% Demonstration of concepts
• 33% Hands-on lab time applying concepts into practice
• 1% Time to catch your breath!

This training approach helps students understand and reinforce the concepts at multiple levels of learning before putting their knowledge into practice in production.

WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO BRING

While not strictly required, this class is enhanced if the attendees each have their own machine bring their own laptop to class. This is so we can perform real-world workshop experiments to solidify the concepts learned during the lecture and demonstrations. Each attendee should come to class with a laptop with at least the following specifications:

• Windows XP or Windows 2000 pre-loaded
• User has local administrative logon rights to the laptop
• Pentium III at 500 Mhz (Pentium 4 at 1Ghz or Pentium Centrino at 1Ghz Recommended)
• 512 MB of RAM (1GB STRONGLY RECOMENDED)
• 6GB free hard drive space

Click here for a downloadable PDF outline of the Two-Day Intensive Course.

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