Program Overview

Introduction to ITE527 Server Administration

The aim of this subject is to enable students to plan, deploy, optimise and maintain Microsoft Servers. Students will learn how to analyse network performance and create an optimisation strategy, design and apply a network security policy, analyse and configure Core Network Services, and design and implement an Active Directory solution. Students will also prepare for Microsoft industry certification exams during this subject.

Subject Outlines

Subject Outlines are available for recent sessions, noting that these outlines and assessment tasks are updated each session.

Availability

This subject is available in Session 2, with 60 students, and is offered online and at the Wagga Wagga Campus.

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system for this subject is HD/FL.

Duration

The duration of this subject is one session.

School

This subject is part of the School of Computing and Mathematics.

Enrolment Restrictions

This subject is only available to students enrolled in IT Masters relevant courses.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to create a plan for server installation
• be able to deploy, manage, and maintain a network server
• be able to critically analyse network performance and create an optimisation strategy
• be able to create, critically analyse and apply a network security policy
• be able to design and configure an Active Directory solution
• be able to critically analyse and configure Group Policy and core network services

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Server installation and configuration
• Network security Policies
• Active Directory
• Group Policy
• Virtualization
• File and print services
• Domain Controllers
• Network access protection
• Audit policies
• Service authentication
• Network deployment