Course Outline
Module 1: Attacks, breach detection, and Sysinternals tools
- Understanding attacks
- Detecting security breaches
- Examining activity with the Sysinternals tools
Module 2: Protecting credentials and privileged access
- Understanding user rights
- Computer and service accounts
- Protecting credentials
- Privileged Access Workstations and jump servers
- Local administrator password solution
Module 3: Limiting administrator rights with Just Enough Administration
- Understanding JEA
- Verifying and deploying JEA
Module 4: Privileged access management and administrative forests
- ESAE forests
- Overview of Microsoft Identity Manager
- Overview of JIT administration and PAM
Module 5: Mitigating malware and threats
- Configuring and managing Windows Defender
- Restricting software
- Configuring and using the Device Guard feature
Module 6: Analyzing activity with advanced auditing and log analytics
- Overview of auditing
- Advanced auditing
- Windows PowerShell auditing and logging
Module 7: Deploying and configuring Advanced Threat Analytics and Microsoft Operations Management Suite
- Deploying and configuring ATA
- Deploying and configuring Microsoft Operations Management Suite
- Deploying and configuring Azure Security Center
Module 8: Secure Virtualization Infrastructure
- Guarded fabric
- Shielded and encryption-supported virtual machines
Module 9: Securing application development and server-workload infrastructure
- Using SCT
- Understanding containers
Module 10: Planning and protecting data
- Planning and implementing encryption
- Planning and implementing BitLocker
- Protecting data by using Azure Information Protection
Module 11: Optimizing and securing file services
- File Server Resource Manager
- Implementing classification and file management tasks
- Dynamic Access Control
Module 12: Securing network traffic with firewalls and encryption
- Understanding network-related security threats
- Understanding Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
- Configuring IPsec
- Datacenter Firewall
Module 13: Securing network traffic
- Configuring advanced DNS settings
- Examining network traffic with Message Analyzer
- Securing and analyzing SMB traffic
Requirements
- Completed courses 740, 741, and 742, or the equivalent.
- A solid, practical understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and Domain Name System (DNS).
- A solid, practical understanding of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) principles.
- A solid, practical understanding of Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization fundamentals.
- An understanding of Windows Server security principles.
Audience
This course is for IT professionals who need to securely administer Windows Server 2016 networks. These professionals typically work with networks that are configured as Windows Server domain-based environments, with managed access to the internet and cloud services.
Students who seek certification in the 70-744 Securing Windows server exam also will benefit from this course.
Job role: Administrator
Preparation for exam: 70-744
Testimonials (8)
Overview of Risk topics and preparing for exam
Leszek - EY GLOBAL SERVICES (POLAND) SP Z O O
Course - CRISC - Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
A wide range of knowledge of the lecturer.
Marcin Szklarski - Santander Consumer Bank
Course - CCSK Plus (Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge - Plus)
Pushing changes on an ongoing basis, when on the 3rd day I started to get more lost than before and it was harder to spot the error quickly, I was quickly able to check out the latest changes and stay up to date with the material
Paulina
Course - Advanced Java Security
Machine Translated
Lap Qradar
Sutthikan Noisombat - NTT
Course - IBM Qradar SIEM: Beginner to Advanced
Accessing tools and being able to ask questions to someone friendly who I felt wouldn't judge me
Kiara
Course - Open Source Cyber Intelligence - Introduction
The simple explanation of the trainer
Mohammed salem - Palestinian Police
Course - Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Advanced
Very good knowledge and character.
Constantinos Michael
Course - Java and Web Application Security
Very good to understand how a hacker would potentially analyse sites for weakness and tools they might employ .