NT for Unix Technical Users: Transition and Integration

Accelerated Training

About this Course

Overview

 Making the switch? There's lots to learn -- new ways of thinking about data and computing, new ways to get your work done.

This course covers a variety of basic Windows NT tasks that a technical user of the Unix operating system will find useful when transitioning to a Windows NT environment and integrating the NT environment into the current Unix environment. Brief lectures are accompanied by hands-on exercises. Topics:

  • NT and Unix Comparisons
  • Transitioning to NT
  • Files and Folders
  • Using and Customizing Menus and Icons
  • Security and User Management
  • System Configuration and Monitoring
  • NT and Unix Integration
  • Basic Networking and Troubleshooting

Courseware

 There is a substantial workbook for this course. It is complete with labs, examples, discussion topics, an extensive bibliography and resource list.

Format
  • Two full days.
  • Emphasis on practical skills.
  • Lots of hands-on.
  • You have an NT-equipped PC and access to a Unix server.
  • Over half the classroom time is spent on labs and exercises.
  • NT's major elements are covered.
  • You practice using each technique and facility presented in the class.

Audience

 This course is for Unix people who are getting started working with Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. They include:
  • Experienced Unix users.
  • Engineers.
  • Administrators of Unix systems, of networks, of databases.
  • Software developers.
  • IT and non-IT Unix users.
Attendees are productive technical people. Their goal is to transition to the same comfort level and productivity on a new computing platform.

This course answers such questions as, "Here's the way I'm used to getting my work done. Now, how do I do the same things in this new environment?" This class speaks to Unix people in their own language.

Prerequisites

 Check the boxes for the prerequisites you satisfy.
You have experience using Unix
You are familiar with networking basics (ftp, telnet, TCP/IP, etc.)
You have some awareness of system administration issues.
You know the basics of scripting (DOS, shell, perl, etc.)
You can edit a text file (with notepad, vi, etc.)
If you checked four boxes or more, you're well-equipped to get the most out of this class!

Outline

 Module 1: Vocabulary
Module 2: Usage Basics and Beyond
Module 3: Essential Concepts
Module 4: System Administration
Module 5: Networking
Module 6: User Management
Module 7: Security
Module 8: Network and Process Administration
Module 9: NT/Unix Integration
Module 10: The Big Picture

Objectives

 Upon completion of this course, you'll be able to:
  • Explain major differences between Unix and NT.
  • Transition from Unix on your desktop to NT on your desktop, and get your work done in this new environment.
  • Set up services from either platform to the other, integrating the two environments on a network.
In detail, the objectives are to learn to:
  • Describe the basic differences between Unix and Windows NT
  • Boot the system
  • Log on
  • Locate and use help information
  • Customize menus
  • Create shortcuts
  • Work from the command line
  • Create users and groups
  • Create user profiles
  • Create files and folders
  • Control access to files and folders
  • Browse the network
  • Share folders
  • Map drives
  • Set environment variables
  • View and change the system configuration
  • Monitor the system
  • Perform basic system and network troubleshooting
  • Prepare for system recovery
  • Establish mutual access between Unix and NT files
  • Set up a print service
  • Set up a name service for an NT client
  • Set up an e-mail service
  • Install the telnet service
  • Perform batch processing

For MPE Audiences

 For audiences whose technical experience is on the HP 3000's MPE operating system, extended course materials are available. To support them in their transition from MPE and integration of MPE with NT, these topics are covered:
  • Integrated file systems with Samba
  • Print service on MPE for NT
  • Login access via telnet and WRQ Reflection
  • Security issues
Please note the special requirements for MPE in the Classroom Setup information below.

Classroom Setup

 For effective delivery of this course, the classroom should be equipped with:
  • A workbook for each student
  • A whiteboard or flipchart
  • An NT-equipped PC for each student
  • An NT-equipped PC for the instructor
  • Student and instructor accounts are members of the administrator group on the NT boxes
  • A data projector for the instructor's computer
  • A web browser on each computer
  • Connection to the Internet
  • A Unix box (needn't be physically present in the classroom)
  • An account for each student on the Unix box
  • All the above computers mutually accessible on a network
  • Software installed (or available for installation) on the NT machines:

    Required:

    • Windows NT 4.0
    • Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3

    Optional:

    • Windows NT Resource Kit 4.0 with Supplements 1 and 2
    • MKS Tool Kit

  • Software installed (or available for installation) on the Unix machine:

    • Samba
    • Sendmail
    • POP3

  • For MPE audiences wishing to do the extended lab exercises, an MPE server with manager.sys access (or Samba pre-configured) is needed. We don't require exclusive use of this machine, and we don't compromise its security. Please call to plan and implement this at least three weeks before the class.

Site

 The course can be taught in your classroom, anywhere in the world. Travel outside the San Francisco Bay Area requires reimbursement of the instructor's travel expense.

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Dan Keller Technical Services
2248 International Blvd., Oakland
California, USA 94606
tel: 415 / 861-4500