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Analyzing
Business Requirements |
Analyze the
existing and planned business models.
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Analyze the company model and the geographical
scope. Models include regional, national,
international, subsidiary, and branch offices.
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Analyze company processes. Processes include
information flow, communication flow, service
and product life cycles, and decision-making.
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Analyze the
existing and planned organizational structures.
Considerations include management model; company
organization; vendor, partner, and customer
relationships; and acquisition plans. |
Analyze
factors that influence company strategies.
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Identify company priorities.
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Identify the projected growth and growth
strategy.
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Identify relevant laws and regulations.
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Identify the company's tolerance for risk.
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Identify the total cost of operations.
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Analyze the
structure of IT management. Considerations include
type of administration, such as centralized or
decentralized; funding model; outsourcing;
decision-making process, and change-management
process. |
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Analyzing
Technical Requirements |
Evaluate the
company's existing and planned technical environment
and goals.
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Analyze company size and user and resource
distribution.
- Assess
the available connectivity between the
geographic location of worksites and remote
sites.
- Assess
net available bandwidth and latency issues.
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Analyze performance, availability, and
scalability requirements of services.
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Analyze data and system access patterns.
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Analyze network roles and responsibilities.
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Analyze security considerations.
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Analyze the
impact of infrastructure design on the existing and
planned technical environment.
- Assess
current applications.
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Analyze network infrastructure, protocols, and
hosts.
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Evaluate network services.
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Analyze TCP/IP infrastructure.
- Assess
current hardware.
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Identify existing and planned upgrades and
rollouts.
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Analyze technical support structure.
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Analyze existing and planned network and systems
management.
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Analyze the
network requirements for client computer access.
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Analyze end-user work needs.
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Analyze end-user usage patterns.
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Analyze the
existing disaster recovery strategy for client
computers, servers, and the network. |
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Designing a
Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure |
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Modify and
design a network topology. |
Design a
TCP/IP networking strategy.
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Analyze IP subnet requirements.
- Design
a TCP/IP addressing and implementation plan.
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Measure and optimize a TCP/IP infrastructure
design.
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Integrate software routing into existing
networks.
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Integrate TCP/IP with existing WAN requirements.
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Design a DHCP
strategy.
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Integrate DHCP into a routed environment.
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Integrate DHCP with Windows 2000.
- Design
a DHCP service for remote locations.
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Measure and optimize a DHCP infrastructure
design.
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Design name
resolution services.
- Create
an integrated DNS design.
- Create
a security-enhanced DNS design.
- Create
a highly available DNS design.
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Measure and optimize a DNS infrastructure
design.
- Design
a DNS deployment strategy.
- Create
a WINS design.
- Create
a security-enhanced WINS design.
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Measure and optimize a WINS infrastructure
design.
- Design
a WINS deployment strategy.
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Design a
multi-protocol strategy. Protocols include IPX/SPX
and SNA. |
Design a
Distributed file system (Dfs) strategy.
- Design
the placement of a Dfs root.
- Design
a Dfs root replica strategy.
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Designing for
Internet Connectivity |
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Design an
Internet and extranet access solution. Components of
the solution could include proxy server, firewall,
routing and remote access, Network Address
Translation (NAT), connection sharing, Web server,
or mail server. |
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Design a
load-balancing strategy. |
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Designing a
Wide Area Network Infrastructure |
Design an
implementation strategy for dial-up remote access.
- Design
a remote access solution that uses Routing and
Remote Access.
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Integrate authentication with Remote
Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS).
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Design a
virtual private network (VPN) strategy. |
Design a
Routing and Remote Access routing solution to
connect locations.
- Design
a demand-dial routing strategy.
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Designing a
Management and Implementation Strategy for Windows
2000 Networking |
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Design a
strategy for monitoring and managing Windows 2000
network services. Services include global catalog,
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
services, Certificate Services, DNS, DHCP, WINS,
Routing and Remote Access, Proxy Server, and Dfs. |
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Design network
services that support application architecture. |
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Design a plan
for the interaction of Windows 2000 network services
such as WINS, DHCP, and DNS. |
Design a
resource strategy.
- Plan
for the placement and management of resources.
- Plan
for growth.
- Plan
for Decentralized resources or centralized
resources.
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