Overview

To establish the skills and understanding required to design and configure a Windows Server based enterprise network. To build the skills required to design, configure and manage a single domain network.

Requisites

Prerequisites
TNE10005 Network Administration
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Assess a secure network access strategy
  • Configure advanced IP address management using DHCP and DNS
  • Troubleshoot network access
  • Appraise Windows Server deployment and migration strategies
  • Manage Server role requirements
  • Manage Server and Data Security
  • Appraise a policy strategy within an Active Directory infrastructure

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Lecture		 2.00  12 weeks  24
Live Online
Lecture		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Class		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Lab		 2.00  12 weeks  24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		 6.5 12 weeks  78
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assessment Individual  20 - 30%  1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
Assessment Individual  20 - 30%  1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
Examination Individual  40 - 60%  1,2,3,4,6,7 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass the unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:

(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) At least 40% in the Theory Assessment, and 
(iii) A Pass grade for the Skills Assessment. The criteria for passing the Skills Exam is available in the Unit Outline.

Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (ii) and (iii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Deploying and Maintaining Server Images
  • Advanced Network Services, DHCP and DNS
  • Active Directory Domain Services, Sites and Replication
  • Group Policy Infrastructure
  • Network Policy Server and Network Access Protection
  • Update Management
  • Advanced File Services
  • Active Directory Certificate Services
  • Active Directory Rights Management Services
  • Active Directory Federation Services
  • High Availability with Network Load Balancing and Failover Clustering

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.