Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Training

Video 1 - Welcome to Windows Server 2008 Active Directory About Your Instructor and Train Signal Whats Covered in this Course? The Globomantics Scenario Video 2 - What is Active Directory? What is Active Directory and Why Should I Care? What is a Domain? What is a Server Role? What is DNS? Video 3 - Installing Server 2008 and Active Directory (The First Two Domain Controllers: Installing Server 2008 and Active Directory) Building the Brain of the Globomantics Network Hardware Requirements Server 2008 Editions Bare Metal Installation Process Windows Server 2008 Installation Initial Configuration Task List Installation of ADDS Administrator Passwords Renaming Default-First-Site-Name Setting Up a Second Domain Controller Can We Talk? Replication Testing Video 4 - Setting Up Remote Desktop on Your Personal Vista Client (Because You Dont Want to Have to Go into the Server Room Every Time You Need to Do Something) The DCs Are Up and Running Now What? Renaming Vista Client Computer Name Joining Vista Client to Globomantics Domain Troubleshooting Connection Problem Troubleshooting RPC Server Error Why Remote Desktop is Just Great Setting Up Remote Desktop Shortcut

Video 5 - Creating OUs, User, and Computer accounts and Groups The DCs Are Up and Running Now What? Part 2 Whats an OU Again? Creating an Organizational Unit Deleting on OU Creating User Accounts Introducing DSADD Creating Users Using a Script Creating Users Using Excel Template Creating Computer Accounts Difference Between OUs and Groups Creating Groups in AD Adding Users and Computers into Groups Video 6 - Setting Up Share Folders and Printers, Mapping Drives, and Creating Permissions (Setting Up Share Folders and Printers, Mapping Drives, and Wrestling with Permissions: Sharing Stuff on Servers) Setting Up a Member Server File Server Partitions Creating Shared Folders Share Level Permissions Using Share and Storage Management MMC Using Windows Explorer to Create Shared Folders Testing Shared Folders Groups and Permissions: Good Idea that Could Go Very Wrong Making a Group a Member of Another Group Share Level vs. NTFS Permissions What is Inheritance Creating NTFS Permissions Checking NTFS Permissions Rules for Share Level and NTFS Permissions Moving Folders Mapping a Shared Drive Checking Group Memberships Creating and Sharing Printers Adding a Printer What Globomantics.com Looks Like Now

Video 7 - Group Policy Objects (Get Your Control Freak On: Staring to Control What Your Users Can and Cant Do through Group Policy) Group Policy Objects Group Policy Management Console Default Domain Policy Local Vs. Domain Policy Configuring Domain Level Policy Linking GPOs GPOs Processing Order Setting Up Coachs Fave Four Policies Desktop Wallpaper Policy Preventing Users from Installing Software Removable Storage Policy Testing Our Policies Video 8 - Security Filtering and Setting Up OUs for Better Group Policy Implementation (How to Make Your Boss Mad and then Fix it Really Fast : Setting Up Your Organizational Units for Better Group Policy Implementation, Security Filtering for GPOs Using Groups, and Making Your Boss Happy Again) Hank is Angry! A Little Reorganization: Option 1, 2 or 3? Using a Combination of Techniques Reorganizing Users & Computers Running gpupdate Command Checking DCs Replication Testing Our Reorganized Active Directory Video 9 - Locking Down Machines at the Computer Level and Mapping Drives (Make Your Life Easier with Computer Policies and Preferences: Locking Down Machines at the Computer Level and Mapping Drives with Group Policy Preferences) Quick Review of Our Network Policy Settings to Computer Lockdown Reorganizing Computer OUs Creating Computer GPOs Loopback Processing Group Policy Intervals Testing Computer GPOs Mapping Network Drives with Preferences Testing Preferences Mapped Drives

Video 10 - Using GPOs to Install Software (How to Push Software onto a Lot of Machines without Getting Up from Your Desk: Using Group Policy Objects to Install Software and Adjusting Group Policy that Affects Group Policy at the Domain Level) You are Here: a Quick Look at What Weve Built Our Scenario Options for Installing Software What You Need for a Software Installing GPO Steps for Creating GPO for Software Installation Creating a Shared Folder for Foxit.msi Package Creating and Linking a New GPO to the NYComputers OU Testing Our New GPO Software Installation The Group Policy for Group Policy?! Default Domain Policy Settings Where Were at Now Video 11 - Domain and Fine Grained Password Policies (Whats My P@ssw0rd Again? Domain Password Policies, Fine Grained Password Policies, and a Little Password Management Thrown in for Good Measure) The Default Domain Password Policy Account Lockout Policy Letting Your Boss Use Whatever Password He/She Wants A Little Password Management Goes a Long Way Server 2008 Functional Level Video 12 - Providing Permissions to an Account for Administrative Tasks (Passing the Buck: Providing Permissions to an Account for Administrative Tasks without Giving Away All Your Thunder) Giving Someone Else the Ability to Reset Passwords Additional Built-In Groups in OUs Delegation of Control Wizard Additional Built-In Groups Demo Installing RSAT to a Vista Client for Easy Server Management Configuring RSAT for Vista

Video 13 - Windows Server Backup, WBADMIN, and NTDSUTIL (Creating Backup Solutions Before Stuff Blows Up: How to Use Windows Server Backup, WBADMIN, and NTDSUTIL to Create Backup Media) An Hour of Prevention Prevents an Ounce of Pink Slip WBADMIN Stronger Tools and More Options NTDSUTIL Super-Powered Utility for Lots of Operations The Globomantics Backup Strategy Installing Windows Server Backup on DC2 Windows Server Backup Setup and Configuration Selecting Backup Once Wizard System State Backup with WBADMIN Creating Install for Media (IFM) Media Backup Conclusion and Wrap Up Video 14 - Moving Operations Masters and Adding a DC with IFM (Reducing Single Points of Failure: Changing Up the Operations Masters and How to Add a Domain Controller with IFM) A Little Future Planning to Prevent Major Problems What Are Operations Masters? Restructuring the Globomantics DCs a Bit Moving PDC Emulator and RID to DC2 Building DC3 with IFM Media Verifying DC3 Configuration Video 15 - Monitoring, Auditing, and Maintaining Your AD Database (Stuff to Make Your Active Directory Life Just a Little More Predictable: Monitoring, Auditing, and Maintaining Your Active Directory Database) Watching Your AD Stuff Your Monitoring Toolbox Task Manager Event Viewer Performance Monitor Reliability Monitor Data Collector Sets Watch Whos Doing What to Your Active Directory Enabling Auditing for Our New Your OU Steps for Defragging Your AD Database Defragging Your AD Database with NTDSUTIL

Video 16 - Adding a Child Domain and Configuring Replication (Creating the Chicago Location: Adding a Child Domain, Creating Sites and Subnets, and Configuring Replication with the Mother Ship) Before We Begin Creating Chicago Site in AD Creating Subnet for Chicago Office Installing Domain Controller for Chicago Configuring Replication Video 17 - Creating Universal Groups and the AGUDLP Strategy (How to Give People Access to Stuff thats 790 Miles Away: Creating Universal Groups, the AGUDLP Strategy, and Making Sure Your People Can Log in Anywhere in Your Enterprise) Time for Some More Users! Organizing Users into Groups The Types of Groups Setting Up Your Groups for Access Between Domains AGUDLP Setup Checking Our Settings Making Sure Your Users Can Log in Anywhere in Your Enterprise Turning on Universal Group Membership Cashing Video 18 - Building a Read-Only Domain Controller (Creating the Dallas Branch Office: Building a Read-Only Domain Controller for a Less Secure Location) Dallas OU and Site Structure What is a Read-Only Domain Controller? Building RODC for Dallas Server Core Installation Running dcpormo on Server Core Verifying Our Installation Configuring RODC Setting Up Users What Weve Built so Far Video 19 - Restoring OUs and User Accounts (Bringing an OU and Users Back from the Dead: How to Restore Individual Organizational Units and User Accounts AFTER Theyve Been Deleted) Okay, Who Killed Off the Ops Department? The Two Types of Restorations Authoritative Restore Checking Our Recovery Files and Objects How to Put Resurrected Users Back Into Groups Using Backlinks?

Video 20 - Strategies for Recreating a Domain Controller (What Do You Do When a Domain Controller Blows Up? Strategies to Use When Recreating a Dead Domain Controller) And the Inevitable Happens Seizing Operations Masters for Quick Restoration of Functionality Possible Solutions for Restoring Domain Controllers Video 21 - Upgrading a Server 2003 Machine to Server 2008 (Get Your Old Domain Controllers Up to Date: Upgrading a Server 2003 Machine to Server 2008) Hank Just Bought a Company in Tokyo! Advantages of the Server 2008 Domain Functional Level The Upgrade Process Preparing Tokyo DC for Upgrade Upgrading Tokyo DC to Windows Server 2008 Video 22 - Connecting Two Active Directory Networks (Connecting the Continents: How to Connect Two Active Directory Networks for Fun and Profit {and By Using Trusts and DNS}) Tokyo is Now a Server 2008 Network So Now What? Our Two Options to Connect Tokyo and New York What You Need for a Trust Trust Directions The Globomantics/Verde Petra Solution: Trusts Creating a Stub Zone Raising Forest Functional Level Creating Trusts Checking and Updating User Permissions Video 23 - Certification: Its Really Not that Scary (What It is, What to Expect, and How to Prepare) The New Generation of Server 2008 Certifications The Upgrade Paths for MCSAs/MCSEs How to Sign Up for a Microsoft Exam 70-640 Exam Prep Tips Video 24 - Domain Name Service (A Primer on Domain Name Service and How it Fits in with Active Directory) A Quick Overview of DNS What are DNS Zones Really? The Different Kinds of DNS Records Forward Lookup Zones Reverse Lookup Zones Conditional Forwarders Forwarders and Root Hints Global Name Zones: the WINS Killer (Kind of)

Video 25 - AD Certificate Services 101 (A Primer on Active Directory Certificate Services and Public Key Infrastructure) Lets Talk Security Lions and Tigers and Keys and Certificates, Oh My! Respect My Authori-tay! Im Sorry, Dave, I Cant Do That. Your Certificate Has Been Revoked Video 26 - Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services 101 (A Primer on AD LDS) What is AD LDS? What Might it Look Like on a Network? What is an Instance of AD LDS? Video 27 - AD Rights Management 101 (A Primer on Digital Rights Management in Server 2008) What is Rights Management? Some Additional Notes About RMS