Course Outline
1 - Installing & Configuring DCs
- Overview of AD DS
- Overview of AD DS DCs
- Deploying DCs
- Lab: Deploying and administering AD DS
2 - Managing Objects in AD DS
- Managing user accounts
- Managing groups in AD DS
- Managing computer accounts
- Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
- Implementing and managing organizational units
- Lab: Deploying and administering AD DS
- Lab: Administering AD DS
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
4 - Implementing & Administering AD DS Sites & Replication
- Overview of AD DS replication
- Configuring AD DS sites
- Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication
- Lab: Managing and implementing AD DS sites and replication
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
6 - Managing User Settings with GPOs
- Implementing administrative templates
- Configuring Folder Redirection and scripts
- Configuring Group Policy preferences
- Lab: Managing user settings with GPOs
7 - Securing AD DS
- Securing domain controllers
- Implementing account security
- Audit authentication
- Configuring managed service accounts (MSAs)
- Lab: Securing AD DS
8 - Deploying & Managing AD CS
- Deploying CAs
- Administering CAs
- Troubleshooting and maintaining CAs
- Lab: Deploying and configuring a two-tier CA hierarchy
9 - Deploying & Managing Certificates
- Deploying and managing certificate templates
- Managing certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery
- Using certificates in a business environment
- Implementing and managing smart cards
- Lab: Deploying certificates
10 - Implementing & 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
11 - Implementing & 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
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
13 - Monitoring, Managing, & Recovering AD DS
- Monitoring AD DS
- Managing the AD DS database
- Recovering AD DS objects
- Lab: Recovering objects in AD DS
Target Audience
This course is primarily intended for existing IT professionals who have some AD DS knowledge and experience and who aim to develop knowledge about identity and access technologies in Windows Server 2016. The secondary audience for this course includes IT professionals who are looking to consolidate their knowledge about AD DS and related technologies, in addition to IT professionals who want to prepare for the 70-742 exam.