Overview

In this unit, students establish the skills and understanding required to design and configure a Windows Server based enterprise network. Student will build the skills required to design, configure and manage a single domain network.

Requisites

Prerequisites
TNE60002 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:

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

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture		2.00 12 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Practical		2.75 12 weeks 33
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		7.75 12 weeks 93
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
ExaminationIndividual 60% 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
Online QuizIndividual 20% 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 
Practical Skills ExaminationIndividual 20% 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) At least 40% in the final exam, and(iii) A Pass grade for the Skills Exam. 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.