Week 1  5/14,5/16

  A Brief History of System Administration (pp. 1264-1273 ULSA)
  Chapter 1 -- Where to Start (pp. 1-28, ULSA)
  Chapter 2 -- Scripting and the Shell (pp. 29-76, ULSA) 

  Chapter 1 -- What's New with Windows Server 2008 and 2008R2 (pp. 1-15 MWS2008R2)
  Chapter 2 -- Installing and Upgrading to Windows Server 2008R2 (pp. 17-109 MWS2008R2)

  The Evolution of the Unix Timesharing System (here)


Week 2  5/21,5/23

  Chapter 3 -- Booting and Shutting Down (pp. 77-102 ULSA)
  Chapter 4 -- Access Control and Rootly Powers (pp. 103-119 ULSA)
  Chapter 5 -- Controlling Processes (pp. 120-139 ULSA)

  Chapter 3 -- The New Server: Introduction to Server Core (pp. 111-162 MWS2008R2)


Week 3  5/28,5/30

  Chapter 6 -- The Filesystem (pp. 140-173 ULSA)
  Chapter 7 -- Adding New Users (pp. 174-205 ULSA)

  Chapter 4 -- Windows Server 2008 IPv4: What Has Changed? (pp. 165-178 MWS2008R2)
  Chapter 5 -- DNS and Naming in Server 2008 and Active Directory (pp. 179-225 MWS2008R2)


Week 4  6/4,6/6

  Chapter 8 -- Storage (pp. 206-281 ULSA)
  Chapter 14 -- TCP/IP Networking (pp. 447-509 ULSA)
  Chapter 16 -- Network Hardware (pp. 531-551 ULSA)

  Chapter 6 -- Creating the Simple AD: The One-Domain, One-Location AD (pp. 227-276 MWS2008R2)
  Chapter 7 -- Creating and Managing User Accounts (pp. 279-356 MWS2008R2)


Week 5  6/11,6/13

  Chapter 17 -- DNS: The Domain Name System (pp. 552-688 ULSA)
  Chapter 18 -- The Network File System (pp. 690-718 ULSA)

  Chapter 8 -- Group Policy: AD's Gauntlet (pp. 359-417 MWS2008R2)
  Chapter 10 -- Files, Folders, and Shares (pp. 431-468 MWS2008R2)


Week 6  6/18,(6/20)

  Chapter 19 -- Sharing System Files (pp. 719-741 ULSA)
  Chapter 20 -- Electronic Mail (pp. 742-858 ULSA)

  (midterm)


Week 7  6/25,6/27

  Chapter 21 -- Network Management and Debugging (pp. 859-894 ULSA)
  Chapter 22 -- Security (pp. 896-954 ULSA)

  Chapter 11 -- Creating and Managing Shared Folders (pp. 471-515 MWS2008R2) 
  Chapter 12 -- SYSVOL: Old and New (pp. 517-536 MWS2008R2)


Week 8  7/2,(7/4)

  Chapter 23 -- Web Hosting (pp. 956-979 ULSA)

  Chapter 13 -- Sharing Printers on Windows Server 2008R2 Networks (pp. 539-593 MWS2008R2)

  (holiday)

Week 9  7/9,7/11

  Chapter 24 -- Virtualization (pp. 983-1010 ULSA)
  Chapter 26 -- Printing (pp. 1032-1084 ULSA)

  Chapter 14 -- Remote Server Administration (pp. 595-625 MWS2008R2)


Week 10  7/16,7/18

  The Real World

  Chapter 27 -- Data Center Basics (pp. 1085-1096 ULSA)
  Chapter 30 -- Cooperating with Windows (pp. 1135-1161 ULSA)

  Chapter 15 -- Connecting Windows Clients to the Server (pp. 627-680 MWS2008R2)
  Chapter 16 -- Working the Web with IIS 7.0 and 7.5 (pp. 683-742 MWS2008R2)


Week 11  7/23,7/25

  Chapter 9 -- Periodic Processes (pp. 283-291 ULSA)
  Chapter 10 -- Backups (pp. 292-337 ULSA)
  Chapter 12 -- Software Installation and Management (pp. 362-414 ULSA)
  Chapter 13 -- Drivers and the Kernel (pp. 415-444 ULSA)



Week 12  7/30,(8/1)

  Chapter 11 -- Syslog and Log Files (pp. 340-361 ULSA)

  Chapter 17 -- Watching Your System (pp. 745-791 MWS2008R2)

  (final)