Consulting & Traning Group

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Active Directory® Domain Services

Lesson 1:  Active Directory Administrative Center

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the benefits of ADAC over its MMC-based predecessor, Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC)?
• How does ADAC enable task-based and data-driven navigation?
• What are elements of the ADAC Graphical User Interface (GUI) and how are they used?
• What are the requirements for using ADAC?
• How do you use ADAC to perform complex queries?

Lesson 2:  Active Directory Module for PowerShell

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the advantages of the PowerShell environment?
• What are the important concepts that inform PowerShell?
• How can PowerShell aid in the management of Active Directory?
• What are the requirements for installing and using the Active Directory module for PowerShell?

Lesson 3:  Active Directory Domain Services Best Practices Analyzer

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What is the Best Practices Analyzer?
• What information does the BPA scan for in the AD DS role service?
• How can the BPA be invoked from either Server Manager or PowerShell?
• How can BPA reports be viewed and archived?

Lesson 4:  Active Directory Recycle Bin

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the challenges for restoring AD objects?
• What advantages does the Active Directory Recycle Bin have over other methods for restoring AD objects?
• What are the requirements for enabling and using the Active Directory Recycle Bin?
• What are the basic procedures for enabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin and recovering deleted objects?

Lesson 5:  Managed Service Accounts

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the issues commonly faced with service account management, and how do managed service accounts address these issues?
• What are the requirements for using managed service accounts?
• How do you manage and create manage service accounts?

Lesson 6:  Authentication Mechanism Assurance

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What is authentication mechanism assurance?
• How is assurance of identity asserted in an X.509 certificate?
• How does authentication mechanism assurance use the information in digital X.509 certificate?
• What are the requirements and considerations for deployment?

Lesson 7:  Offline Domain Join

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the benefits of offline domain join?
• How do you deploy domain-joined computers using offline domain join?
• What are the requirements for implementing offline domain join?

Prerequisites

• Experience with Microsoft® Windows Server and client operating systems
• Familiarity with Active Directory.
• Familiarity with Windows Server 2008