SkillSoft Courseware Monitoring Backups and Recovery in Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 provides the ability to restart Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) so that offline perations, such as offline defragmentation of Active Directory objects, can be performed. This decreases the time it takes to perform these types of operations and provides resource management benefits for AD DS administrators, AD DS management teams, and security update planners. The AD provides various tools that help manage and control Windows Server 2008. This course discusses the use of Network Monitor, Task Manager, Event Viewer, Windows System Resource Manager, and the Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP), and demonstrates monitoring Active Directory. It also explores offline maintenance and the configuration of backup and recovery strategies including the use of Directory Services Recovery Mode (DSRM) to perform an authoritative or non-authoritative Active Directory restore. The course is one in a series that covers the objectives for Microsoft exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring. Passing this exam completes the requirements for the MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration certification, and counts as credit towards the following certifications: Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator, and the Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Server ministrator, since both MCITPs are certifications that require more than one exam.