70-291 Resources

Hope these links help people easily find the information they need to gain a better understanding of the material presented on the 70-291 exam. Good luck to everyone planning to take this exam in the future!
DNS
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/dns/default.mspx (Technical Library)
http://207.46.196.114/windowsserver/en/library/19a63021-cc53-4ded-a7a3-abaf82e7fb7c1033.mspx?mfr=true (How DNS Works)
http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ (DNS Reference)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291382 (Q&A)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811118 (Webcast on Conditional Forwarding and Stub Zones)
http://www.petri.co.il/install_and_configure_windows_2003_dns_server.htm (Configuring Server 2003 DNS)
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DNS_Conditional_Forwarding_in_Windows_Server_2003.html (Conditional Forwarding)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a3cf0184-0594-4e78-8247-609f038434381033.mspx?mfr=true (Forwarding)
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DNS_Stub_Zones.html (Stub Zones)
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/wintcp/wtcpname.html (Order of name resolution)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/26aa93c2-4d61-4476-9eb9-7e6b5ecd2f431033.mspx?mfr=true (Name Resolution)
IPSEC
http://blogs.msdn.com/James_Morey/
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/6ea5e4b9-13a3-48bc-bb2e-0f801501c5f51033.mspx?mfr=true
http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/iguide-ipsec.html (Very good detail oriented site regarding IPSEC technologies)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/207e34c8-f715-4aa8-8f26-e06bd1eca8081033.mspx?mfr=true (Adding, Removing, Modifying filters)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/6ea5e4b9-13a3-48bc-bb2e-0f801501c5f51033.mspx?mfr=true (What's new in Server 2003 IPSEC)
http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/technet/network/ipsec/ipsecfaq.mspx (FAQ)
Routing and Remote Access
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/rras/default.mspx (RRAS Home Page)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/fc353fbb-4df4-4b36-b14a-20cbbad434941033.mspx?mfr=true (Introduction to Remote Access Policies)
http://computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/services/DHCP_Relay_Agent.htm (DHCP Relay Agent)
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/NAT_Windows_2003_Setup_Configuration.html (Configuring NAT)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a7a09a2c-8ec1-48fb-85f0-6363e42fd7801033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure RIP)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a7a09a2c-8ec1-48fb-85f0-6363e42fd7801033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure OSPF)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/29cde9b2-3ccd-41b6-a5ea-d17397e55aee1033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure PPTP)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/504b979d-1aec-4ad6-b091-fb24fa9311c41033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure L2TP)
(W)SUS
http://www.wsuswiki.com/ (Repository of (W)SUS Information)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3BA03939-A5A9-407B-A4B0-1290BA5182F8&displaylang=en (Official Documentation for WSUS)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/default.mspx (WSUS Home Page)
DHCP
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DHCP_Server_Windows_2003.html (Tutorial on Installation)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/3967ddab-0b28-4959-8b4d-3052c178731b1033.mspx?mfr=true (Superscopes)
http://www.shudnow.net/2007/11/20/dhcp-scope-vs-superscope/ (Scope Vs Superscope)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/252b4139-6a25-41c6-906e-812731d9475e1033.mspx?mfr=true (Back up database)
http://computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/services/DHCP_Relay_Agent.htm (DHCP Relay Agent)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/978d0fa4-b5a4-4d12-82e0-7832b1ddb1b11033.mspx?mfr=true (Best Practices, How to, Concepts, Troubleshooting, Checklists, Etc.)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/cnet/cncb_dhc_lwvd.mspx?mfr=true (Managing DHCP Options)
Subnetting
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164015 (Understand TCP/IP and Subnetting Basics)
http://www.learntosubnet.com/
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16824
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18425
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21227
Miscellaneous
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816592 (Configure Dynamic DNS with or without DHCP)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb643123.aspx (IAS/Radius)
DNS
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/technologies/featured/dns/default.mspx (Technical Library)
http://207.46.196.114/windowsserver/en/library/19a63021-cc53-4ded-a7a3-abaf82e7fb7c1033.mspx?mfr=true (How DNS Works)
http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ (DNS Reference)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291382 (Q&A)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811118 (Webcast on Conditional Forwarding and Stub Zones)
http://www.petri.co.il/install_and_configure_windows_2003_dns_server.htm (Configuring Server 2003 DNS)
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DNS_Conditional_Forwarding_in_Windows_Server_2003.html (Conditional Forwarding)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a3cf0184-0594-4e78-8247-609f038434381033.mspx?mfr=true (Forwarding)
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DNS_Stub_Zones.html (Stub Zones)
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/wintcp/wtcpname.html (Order of name resolution)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/26aa93c2-4d61-4476-9eb9-7e6b5ecd2f431033.mspx?mfr=true (Name Resolution)
IPSEC
http://blogs.msdn.com/James_Morey/
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/6ea5e4b9-13a3-48bc-bb2e-0f801501c5f51033.mspx?mfr=true
http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/iguide-ipsec.html (Very good detail oriented site regarding IPSEC technologies)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/207e34c8-f715-4aa8-8f26-e06bd1eca8081033.mspx?mfr=true (Adding, Removing, Modifying filters)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/6ea5e4b9-13a3-48bc-bb2e-0f801501c5f51033.mspx?mfr=true (What's new in Server 2003 IPSEC)
http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/technet/network/ipsec/ipsecfaq.mspx (FAQ)
Routing and Remote Access
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/rras/default.mspx (RRAS Home Page)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/fc353fbb-4df4-4b36-b14a-20cbbad434941033.mspx?mfr=true (Introduction to Remote Access Policies)
http://computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/services/DHCP_Relay_Agent.htm (DHCP Relay Agent)
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/NAT_Windows_2003_Setup_Configuration.html (Configuring NAT)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a7a09a2c-8ec1-48fb-85f0-6363e42fd7801033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure RIP)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/a7a09a2c-8ec1-48fb-85f0-6363e42fd7801033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure OSPF)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/29cde9b2-3ccd-41b6-a5ea-d17397e55aee1033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure PPTP)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/504b979d-1aec-4ad6-b091-fb24fa9311c41033.mspx?mfr=true (Configure L2TP)
(W)SUS
http://www.wsuswiki.com/ (Repository of (W)SUS Information)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3BA03939-A5A9-407B-A4B0-1290BA5182F8&displaylang=en (Official Documentation for WSUS)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updateservices/default.mspx (WSUS Home Page)
DHCP
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/DHCP_Server_Windows_2003.html (Tutorial on Installation)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/3967ddab-0b28-4959-8b4d-3052c178731b1033.mspx?mfr=true (Superscopes)
http://www.shudnow.net/2007/11/20/dhcp-scope-vs-superscope/ (Scope Vs Superscope)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/252b4139-6a25-41c6-906e-812731d9475e1033.mspx?mfr=true (Back up database)
http://computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/services/DHCP_Relay_Agent.htm (DHCP Relay Agent)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/978d0fa4-b5a4-4d12-82e0-7832b1ddb1b11033.mspx?mfr=true (Best Practices, How to, Concepts, Troubleshooting, Checklists, Etc.)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/cnet/cncb_dhc_lwvd.mspx?mfr=true (Managing DHCP Options)
Subnetting
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164015 (Understand TCP/IP and Subnetting Basics)
http://www.learntosubnet.com/
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16824
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18425
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21227
Miscellaneous
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816592 (Configure Dynamic DNS with or without DHCP)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb643123.aspx (IAS/Radius)
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Comments
Thanks buddy. That'll keep me busy for a while!
Thank you so much for your efforts.
Highly recommend for those who will take 291.
Keep it up.
thank you.
tak
P.S can this become a sticky post?
THANK YOU WEBMASTER for having this post become sticky.
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icroyal.........I think I speak for everyone when I say thanks for putting this together as it is a valuable sticky to refer to not only while studying for 70-291 but for others who just wish to learn more about these topics.
Cheers!
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This is the best explanation of IPsec ive seen so far.
Thanks royal for sharing this with us.
nice PDF!!!!
You may learn something!
http://www.subnettingquestions.com/
Randomly generated subnet questions (with answers) to give you tons of practice before the exam.
I kept visiting every night in the week before the exam, just to be in tip-top practice.
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I've just passed 290 and i'll try to pass 291 in about a month. I have a lot to study!!!
Thanks again!!!
Marie
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Really appreciate these links mate. This will work wonders!
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