Overview
This five-day instructor-led course teaches IT Pros how to deploy and configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in a distributed environment, how to implement Group Policy, how to perform backup and restore, and how to monitor and troubleshoot Active Directory–related issues with Windows Server 2016. Additionally, this course teaches how to deploy other Active Directory server roles such as Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS).
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Installing and configuring domain controllers
- Overview of AD DS
- Overview of AD DS DCs
- Deploying a domain controller
- Lab: Deploying and administering AD DS
Lesson 2: Managing objects in AD DS
- 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
- Lab: Administering AD DS
Lesson 3: Advanced AD DS infrastructure management
- Overview of advanced AD DS deployments
- Deploying a distributed AD DS environment
- Configuring AD DS trusts
- Lab: Domain and trust management in AD DS
Lesson 4: Implementing and administering AD DS sites and replication
- Overview of AD DS replication
- Configuring AD DS sites
- Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication
- Lab: Implementing AD DS sites and replication
Lesson 5: Implementing Group Policy
- 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
- Lab: Troubleshooting a Group Policy Infrastructure
Lesson 6: Managing user settings with GPOs
- Implementing administrative templates
- Configuring Folder Redirection, software installation, and scripts
- Configuring Group Policy preferences
- Lab: Managing user settings with GPOs
Lesson 7: Securing Active Directory Domain Services
- Securing domain controllers
- Implementing account security
- Implementing audit authentication
- Configuring managed service accounts
- Lab: Securing AD DS
Lesson 8: Deploying and managing AD CS
- Deploying CAs
- Administering CAs
- Troubleshooting and maintaining CAs
- Lab: Deploying and configuring a two-tier CA hierarchy
Lesson 9: Deploying and managing certificates
- Deploying and managing certificate templates
- Managing certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery
- Using certificate in a business environment
- Implementing and managing smart cards
- Lab: Deploying and using certificates
Lesson 10: Implementing and administering AD FS
- Overview of AD FS
- AD FS requirements and planning
- Deploying and configuring AD FS
- Overview of Web Application Proxy
- Lab: Implementing AD FS
Lesson 11: Implementing and administering AD RMS
- Overview of AD RMS
- Deploying and managing an AD RMS infrastructure
- Configuring AD RMS content protection
- Lab: Implementing an AD RMS infrastructure
Lesson 12: Implementing AD DS synchronization with Azure AD
- Planning and preparing for directory synchronization
- Implementing directory synchronization by using Azure AD Connect
- Managing identities with directory synchronization
- Lab: Configuring directory synchronization
Lesson 13: Monitoring, managing, and recovering AD DS
- 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