Introduzione

Get Hands on instruction and practice administering Active Directory technologies in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 in this 5-day Microsoft Official Course. You will learn the skills you need to better manage and protect data access and information, simplify deployment and management of your identity infrastructure, and provide more secure access to data. You will learn how to configure some of the key features in Active Directory such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Group Policy, Dynamic Access Control (DAC), Work Folders, Work Place Join, Certificate Services, Rights Management Services (RMS), Federation Services, as well as integrating your on premise environment with cloud based technologies such as Windows Azure Active Directory. As part of the learning experience, you will perform hands-on exercises in a virtual lab environment.

This course is intended for Information Technology (IT) Professionals who have Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) experience and are looking to for a single course that will further develop knowledge and skills using Access and Information Protection technologies in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. This would typically include:

AD DS Administrators who are looking to further develop skills in the latest Access and Information Protection technologies with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

System or Infrastructure administrators with general AD DS experience and knowledge who are lookig to build upon that core knowledge and cross-train into advanced Active Directory technologies in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

IT Professionals who have taken the 10967A: Fundamentals of a Windows Server Infrastructure course and are looking to build upon that Active directory knowledge.

Obiettivi del corso

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Understand available solutions for identity management and be able to address scenarios with appropriate solutions

Deploy and administer AD DS in Windows Server 2012

Secure AD DS deployment

Implement AD DS sites, configure and manage replication

Implement and manage Group Policy

Manage user settings with Group Policy

Implement certification authority (CA) hierarchy with AD CS and how to manage CAs.

Implement, deploy and manage certificates

Implement and manage AD RMS

Implement and administer AD FS

Secure and provision data access using technologies such as Dynamic Access Control, Work Folders and Workplace Join

Monitor, troubleshoot and establish business continuity for AD DS services

Implement Windows Azure Active Directory

Implement and administer Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

Prerequisiti

Before attending this course, students must have:

Experience working with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Experience working in a Windows Server Infrastructure enterprise environment

Experience working with and troubleshooting core networking infrastructure technologies such as name resolution, IP Addressing, Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Experience working with Hyper-V and Server Virtualization concepts

An awareness and understanding of general security best practices

Experience working hands on with Windows client operating systems such as Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8

Struttura del Corso

MODULE 1: Overview of Access and Information Protection

This module provides an overview of multiple Access and Information Protection (AIP) technologies and services what are available with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 from a business perspective and maps business problems to technical solutions. It also includes coverage of Forefront Identify Manager (FIM).

Lessons

After completing this module students will be able to:

Describe Access and Information Protection (AIP) Solutions in Windows Server 2012

Describe Access and Information Protection solutions in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Describe Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 R2.

Lab : Choosing an Appropriate Access and Information Protection Management Solution

MODULE 2: Advanced Deployment and Administration of AD DS

This module explains how to deploy AD DS remotely and describes the virtualization safeguards, cloning abilities and extending AD DS to the cloud.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe and perform various deployment techniques for AD DS

Deploying and Cloning Virtual Domain Controllers

Explain how new technologies in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 support virtual domain controllers

Describe Domain Controller cloning

Deploying Domain Controllers in Windows Azure

Implement AD DS using the tools provided in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Lab : Deploying and Administering AD DS

MODULE 3: Securing AD DS

This module describes the threats to domain controllers and what methods can be used to secure the AD DS and its domain controllers.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Understand the importance Securing Domain Controllers

Describe the benefit of read-only domain controllers (RODCs)

Explain and implement password and account lockout policies

Implement audit authentication

Lab : Securing AD DS

MODULE 4: Implementing and Administering AD DS Sites and Replication

This module explains how AD DS replicates information between domain controllers within a single site and throughout multiple sites. This module also explains how to create multiple sites and how to monitor replication to help optimize AD DS replication and authentication traffic.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe AD DS Replication

Configure AD DS Sites

Configure and Monitor AD DS Replication

Lab : Implementing AD DS Sites and Replication

MODULE 5: Implementing Group Policy

This module describes Group Policy, how it works, and how best to implement it within your organization.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Group Policy

Implement and administer GPOs

Describe Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing

Troubleshoot the application of GPOs

Lab : Implementing and Troubleshooting a Group Policy Infrastructure

MODULE 6: Managing User Settings with Group Policy

This module describes how to how to use GPO Administrative Templates, Folder Redirection, and Group Policy features to configure users’ computer settings.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Implement Administrative Templates

Configure Folder Redirection and scripts

Configure Group Policy preferences.

Lab : Managing User Desktops with Group Policy

MODULE 7: Deploying and Managing AD CS

This module explain how to deploy and manage Certificate Authorities (CAs) with Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Deploy Certificate Authorities (CAs)

Administer Certificate Authorities (CAs)

Troubleshoot, Maintain, and Monitor Certificate Authorities (CAs)

Lab : Deploying and Configuring a Two-Tier CA Hierarchy

MODULE 8: Deploying and Managing Certificates

This module describes certificate usage in business environments and explains how to deploy and manage certificates, configure certificate templates and manage enrolment process. 

This module also covers the deployment and management of smart cards.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Use certificates in Business Environment

Deploy and manage Certificate Templates

Manage certificates Deployment, Revocation, and Recovery

Implement and Manage Smart Cards

Lab : Deploying and Using Certificates

MODULE 9: Implementing and Administering AD RMS

This module introduces Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). It also describes how to deploy AD RMS, how to configure content protection, and how to make AD RMS–protected documents available to external users.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe AD RMS

Explain how to Deploy and Manage an AD RMS infrastructure

Explain how to Configure AD RMS Content Protection

Explain how to Configure External Access to AD RMS

Lab : Implementing an AD RMS Infrastructure

MODULE 10: Implementing and Administering AD FS

This module explains AD FS, and then provides details on how to configure AD FS in both a single organization scenario and in a partner organization scenario. This module also describes the Web Application Proxy feature in Windows Server 2012 R2 that functions as an AD FS proxy and reverse proxy for web-based applications.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe AD FS

Explain how to configure the AD FS prerequisites, and deploy AD FS services

Describe how to implement AD FS for a Single Organization

Deploy AD FS in a Business-to-Business Federation Scenario

Extending AD FS to External Clients

Deploy the Web Application Proxy

Lab : Implementing AD FS

MODULE 11: Implementing Secure Shared File Access

This module explains how to use Dynamic Access Control (DAC), Work Folders, Work place Join and how to plan and implement these technologies.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Dynamic Access Control  (DAC)

Implement DAC Components

Implement DAC for Access Control

Implement Access-Denied Assistance

Implement and manage Work Folders

Implement Workplace Join

Lab : Implementing Secure File Access

MODULE 12: Monitoring, Managing, and Recovering AD DS

This module explains how to use tools that help monitor performance in real time, and how to record performance over time to spot potential problems by observing performance trends. This module also explains how to optimize and protect your directory service and related identity and access solutions so that if a service does fail, you can restart it as quickly as possible.

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Monitor AD DS

Manage the AD DS database

Recover objects from the AD DS database

Lab : Monitoring AD DS

Lab : Recovering Objects in AD DS and Other Identity and Access Solutions

MODULE 13: Implementing Windows Azure Active Directory

This module explains the concepts and technologies in Windows Azure Active Directory and how to implement and integrate it within your organization

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe Windows Azure AD

Administer Azure AD

Lab : Implementing Windows Azure AD

MODULE 14: Implementing and Administering AD LDS

This module explains how to deploy and configure Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

Lessons

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe AD LDS

Explain how to deploy AD LDS

Explain how to configure AD LDS instances and partitions

Explain how to configure AD LDS replication

Integrating AD LDS with AD DS

Lab : Implementing and Administering AD LDS