1. Creating and Managing Networks CSC 363 25 February, 1999

2. Network Software Databases –files –back end (server)

3. Network Software, Cont. Shared data files –access issues

4. Network Software, Cont. E-mail Groupware Scheduling

5. Internet Software Services E-mail Web Hosting Web Access

6. Managing User Accounts Creating Profiles/Defaults/Templates Disabling and Deleting (expire/purge) Renaming User Accounts

7. Creating and Managing Groups Importance of groups Planning for groups –expirations –other commonalities Using Built-in groups

8. Documenting the Network Diagrams Change management Asset management Licensing

9. Protecting the Network About security Security vs. ease-of-access (pick your battles) Security Planning –What are you trying to protect –What is the best way to protect it –Planning for security breaches

10. Viruses and your Network

11. Power and your Network UPSs

12. Disaster Recovery What constitutes a disaster? Escalation trees and logs

13. Backups and fault tolerance Backup policies and storage Striping (review) Mirroring (review)

14. Benchmarking and Monitoring your network Automated tools Manual checks Change management

15. Remote Access-Problem: Users on your network want to be able to dial-in from home or remote office locations and use network files and applications across the dial-up connection. How can you support this?

16. Remote Access Software and Services Installation on server (RAS) Installation on client

17. Problem You have several modems in your Windows NT server computer. What else must you do before people can call in and connect to your network?

18. Problem You can dial out of your network, but no one can dial in and connect to your network. What might be wrong and how can you fix it?

19. Problem Users can dial in to your network and access Windows NT servers, but they cannot access Novell NetWare servers. What might be wrong? How can you fix it?