Identity with Windows Server 2016
Programme
Module 1: Installing and configuring domain controllers
- Description
- This module describes features of AD DS and how to install domain controllers (DCs)
- It also covers the considerations for deploying DCs
- Lessons
- Overview of AD DS
- Overview of AD DS domain controllers
- Deploying a domain controller
- Lab: Deploying and administering AD DS
- Deploying AD DS
- Deploying domain controllers by performing domain controller cloning
- Administering AD DS
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe AD DS and its main components
- Describe the purpose of domain controllers and their roles
- Describe the considerations for deploying domain controllers
Module 2: Managing objects in AD DS
- Description
- This module describes how to use various techniques to manage objects in AD DS
- This includes creating and configuring user, group, and computer objects
- Lessons
- Managing user accounts
- Managing groups in AD DS
- Managing computer objects in AD DS
- Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
- Implementing and managing OUs
- Lab: Managing AD DS objects
- Creating and managing groups in AD DS
- Creating and configuring user accounts in AD DS
- Managing computer objects in AD DS
- Lab: Administering AD DS
- Delegate administration for OUs
- Creating and modifying AD DS objects with Windows PowerShell
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage user accounts in AD DS
- Manage groups in AD DS
- Manage computer objects in AD DS
- Use Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
- Implement and manage OUs
- Administer AD DS
Module 3: Advanced AD DS infrastructure management
- Description
- This module describes how to plan and implement an AD DS deployment that includes multiple domains and forests
- The module provides an overview of the components in an advanced AD DS deployment, the process of implementing a distributed AD DS environment, and the procedure for configuring AD DS trusts
- Lessons
- Overview of advanced AD DS deployments
- Deploying a distributed AD DS environment
- Configuring AD DS trusts
- Lab: Domain and trust management in AD DS
- Implementing forest trusts
- Implementing child domains in AD DS
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the components of an advanced AD DS deployment
- Explain how to deploy a distributed AD DS environment
- Explain how to configure AD DS trusts
Module 4: Implementing and administering AD DS sites and replication
- Description
- This module describes how to plan and implement an AD DS deployment that includes multiple locations
- The module explains how replication works in a Windows Server 2016 AD DS environment
- Lessons
- Overview of AD DS replication
- Configuring AD DS sites
- Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication
- Lab: Implementing AD DS sites and replication
- Modifying the default site
- Creating additional sites and subnets
- Configuring AD DS replication
- Monitoring and troubleshooting AD DS replication
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how AD DS replication works
- Configure AD DS sites to help optimize authentication and replication traffic
- Configure and monitor AD DS replication
Module 5: Implementing Group Policy
- Description
- This module describes how to implement a GPO infrastructure
- The module provides an overview of the components and technologies that compose the Group Policy framework
- Lessons
- Introducing Group Policy
- Implementing and administering GPOs
- Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing
- Troubleshooting the application of GPOs
- Lab: Implementing a Group Policy infrastructure
- Creating and configuring GPOs
- Managing GPO scope
- Lab: Troubleshooting Group Policy infrastructure
- Verify GPO application
- Troubleshooting GPOs
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain what Group Policy is
- Implement and administer GPOs
- Describe Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing
- Troubleshoot GPO application
Module 6: Managing user settings with Group Policy
- Description
- This module describes how to configure Group Policy settings and Group Policy preferences
- This includes implementing administrative templates, configuring folder redirection and scripts, and configuring Group Policy preferences
- Lessons
- Implementing administrative templates
- Configuring Folder Redirection, Software Installation, and Scripts
- Configuring Group Policy preferences
- Lab: Managing user settings with GPOs
- Using administrative templates to manage user settings
- Implement settings by using Group Policy preferences
- Configuring Folder Redirection
- Planning Group Policy (optional)
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Implement administrative templates
- Configure Folder Redirection, software installation, and scripts
- Configure Group Policy preferences
Module 7: Securing Active Directory Domain Services
- Description
- This module describes how to configure domain controller security, account security, password security, and Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA)
- Lessons
- Securing domain controllers
- Implementing account security
- Implementing audit authentication
- Configuring managed service accounts
- Lab: Securing AD DS
- Implementing security policies for accounts, passwords, and administrative groups
- Deploying and configuring an RODC
- Creating and associating a group MSA
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Secure domain controllers
- Implement account security
- Implement audit authentication
- Configure managed service accounts (MSAs)
Module 8: Deploying and managing AD CS
- Description
- This module describes how to implement an AD CS deployment
- This includes deploying, administering, and troubleshooting CAs
- Lessons
- Deploying CAs
- Administering CAs
- Troubleshooting and maintaining CAs
- Lab: Deploying and configuring a two-tier CA hierarchy
- Deploying an offline root CA
- Deploying an enterprise subordinate CA
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Deploy CAs
- Administer CAs
- Troubleshoot and maintain CAs
Module 9: Deploying and managing certificates
- Description
- This module describes how to deploy and manage certificates in an AD DS environment
- This involves deploying and managing certificate templates, managing certificate revocation and recovery, using certificates in a business environment, and implementing smart cards
- Lessons
- Deploying and managing certificate templates
- Managing certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery
- Using certificates in a business environment
- Implementing and managing smart cards
- Lab: Deploying and using certificates
- Configuring certificate templates
- Enrolling and using certificates
- Configuring and implementing key recovery
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Deploy and manage certificate templates
- Manage certificates deployment, revocation, and recovery
- Use certificates in a business environment
- Implement and manage smart cards
Module 10: Implementing and administering AD FS
- Description
- This module describes AD FS and how to configure AD FS in a single-organization scenario and in a partner-organization scenario
- Lessons
- Overview of AD FS
- AD FS requirements and planning
- Deploying and configuring AD FS
- Overview of Web Application Proxy
- Lab: Implementing AD FS
- Configuring AD FS prerequisites
- Installing and configuring AD FS
- Configuring an internal application for AD
- Configuring AD FS for federated business partners
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe AD FS
- Explain how to deploy AD FS
- Explain how to implement AD FS for a single organization
- Explain how to extend AD FS to external clients
- Implement single sign-on (SSO) to support online services
Module 11: Implementing and administering AD RMS
- Description
- This module describes how to implement an AD RMS deployment
- The module provides an overview of AD RMS, explains how to deploy and manage an AD RMS infrastructure, and explains how to configure AD RMS content protection
- Lessons
- Overview of AD RMS
- Deploying and managing an AD RMS infrastructure
- Configuring AD RMS content protection
- Lab: Implementing an AD RMS infrastructure
- Installing and configuring AD RMS
- Configuring AD RMS templates
- Using AD RMS on clients
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe AD RMS
- Describe usage scenarios for AD RMS
- Describe the AD RMS components
Module 12: Implementing AD DS synchronization with Microsoft Azure AD
- Description
- This module describes how to plan and configure directory syncing between Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and on-premises AD DS
- The modules describes various sync scenarios, such as Azure AD sync, AD FS and Azure AD, and Azure AD Connect
- Lessons
- Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
- Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
- Managing identities with directory synchronization
- Lab: Configuring directory synchronization
- Preparing for directory synchronization
- Configuring directory synchronization
- Managing Active Directory users and groups
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Plan and prepare for directory synchronization
- Implement directory synchronization by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect)
- Manage identities with directory synchronization
Module 13: Monitoring, managing, and recovering AD DS
- Description
- This module describes how to monitor, manage, and maintain AD DS to help achieve high availability of AD DS
- Lessons
- Monitoring AD DS
- Managing the Active Directory database
- Active Directory backup and recovery options for AD DS and other identity and access solutions
- Lab: Recovering objects in AD DS
- Backing up and restoring AD DS
- Recovering objects in AD DS
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Monitor AD DS
- Manage the Active Directory database
- Describe the backup and recovery options for AD DS and other identity access solutions