Modules

Active Directory Infrastructure

Lessons

• Introduction to Active Directory
• New Features Windows Server 2008 R2
• Active Directory under the hood
• Active Directory Forest and Trees
• Active Directory system requirements
• Installing Active Directory
• Installing Active Directory on Server Core
• Global Catalog
• Operation Master Roles
• Moving operational master roles
• Operation Master Role and Global Catalog Placement
• Seizing operational master roles
• Settings an external time source
• Domain functional levels
• Forest Functional Levels
• Upgrading Active Directory
• Adding a child domain
• Active Directory Trusts
• Sites and Subnets
• Active Directory Replication

Maintaining Active Directory Objects

Lessons

• Creating a user
• Computer Accounts
• Windows Groups
• Group Types
• Default Local Groups
• Built-in Groups Domain Controllers and Server
• Domain Groups
• Special Identities
• AGDLP
• AGUDLP
• Universal Group Caching
• Contacts
• Protected Admin
• Service Accounts
• Managed Service Accounts
• Offline Domain Join
• OU and Shadow Groups
• Delegation of Control
• Active Directory Command Line Tools
• CSVDE and LDIFDE
• PowerShell
• VBScript
• Active Directory Migration Tool
• RSAT and Snap-ins

Group Policy

Lessons

• Group Policy Introduction
• Group Policy New Features
• Configuring Group Policy
• Installing Group Policy Tools
• Group Policy Processing Order
• Group Policy Enforced and Blocked
• Group Policy Loopback Processing
• Group Policy Preferences
• Group Policy Starter GPOs
• Group Policy Filtering
• Group Policy Replication
• Group Policy Restricted Groups
• Local Group Management with Preferences
• Group Policy Software Deployment Concepts
• Group Policy Software Deployment
• AppLocker
• Optimization
• Troubleshooting Group Policy
• Security Templates
• Security Configuration Wizard
• Windows Auditing
• Active Directory Auditing
• Active Directory Password Polices
• Fine-Grained Password Policies
• Deny Domain Local Group

DNS

Lessons

• Windows DNS Install Requirements
• DNS install on Windows Server 2008 R2
• DNS Namespace
• Recursive and Iterative Queries
• Configuring Root Hints on Windows
• DNS Zones
• Windows DNS zone Demonstration
• Creating DNS Records using Microsoft DNS
• DNS Time to live, aging and scavenging
• DNS Delegation Using Windows DNS
• DNS Round Robin and Netmask Ordering
• DNS GlobalNames
• DNS and Active Directory
• DNS Forwarding and Conditional Forwarding
• DNS and Active Directory Partitions
• DNS Split Brain

Federation Services

Lessons

• Claim Based Identity Systems
• Claims
• Federation Services Terminology
• AD FS Features
• AD FS Minimum Requirements and Prerequisites
• AD FS Components
• Installing Enterprise CA for AD FS on Windows Server 2008 R2
• Installing AD FS on Windows Server 2008 R2
• Setting up HighCost Training AD FS 2008 R2
• Relying Party Trust Theory
• AD FS Configuring a Relying Party Trust Windows Server 2008 R2
• AD FS Claims Provider Trust
• Claims Provider Trust Demonstration

Certificates

Lessons

• What is new in Certificate Services 2008 R2
• Components of Certificate Services
• Standalone and Enterprise CA’s
• Setup CRL Distribution Points