Active Directory is a system which offers centralized control of your computers. 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
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
