20744 Securing Windows Server 2016
This course teaches IT professionals how they can enhance the security of the IT infrastructure that they administer.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is for IT professionals who need to administer Windows Server 2016 networks securely. 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.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Secure Windows Server.
Secure application development and a server workload infrastructure.
Manage security baselines.
Configure and manage just enough and just-in-time (JIT) administration.
Manage data security.
Configure Windows Firewall and a software-defined distributed firewall.
Secure network traffic.
Secure your virtualization infrastructure.
Manage malware and threats.
Configure advanced auditing.
Manage software updates.
Manage threats by using Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) and Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS).
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COURSE OUTLINE
1 - ATTACKS, BREACH DETECTION, AND SYSINTERNALS TOOLS
Understanding attacks
Detecting breaches
Examining activity with the Sysinternals tool
Lab : Basic breach detection and incident response strategies
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
Lab : User rights, security options, and group-managed service accounts
Lab : Configuring and deploying LAPs
3 - LIMITING ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS WITH JUST ENOUGH ADMINISTRATION
Understanding JEA
Verifying and deploying JEA
Lab : Limiting administrator privileges by using JEA
4 - PRIVILEGED ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE FORESTS
ESAE forests
Overview of Microsoft Identity Manager
Overview of JIT administration and PAM
Lab : Limiting administrator privileges with PAM
5 - MITIGATING MALWARE AND THREATS
Configuring and managing Windows Defender
Restricting software
Configuring and using the Device Guard feature
Deploying and using the EMET
Lab : Securing applications by using AppLocker, Windows Defender, Device Guard Rules, and the EMET.
6 - ANALYZING ACTIVITY WITH ADVANCED AUDITING AND LOG ANALYTICS
Overview of auditing
Advanced auditing
Windows PowerShell auditing and logging
Lab : Configuring advanced auditing
7 - DEPLOYING AND CONFIGURING ADVANCED THREAT ANALYTICS AND MICROSOFT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SUITE
Deploying and configuring ATA
Deploying and configuring Microsoft Operations Management Suite
Lab : Deploying ATA and Microsoft Operations Management Suite
8 - SECURE VIRTUALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Guarded Fabric
Shielded and encryption-supported virtual machines
Lab : Guarded Fabric with administrator-trusted attestation and shielded VMs
9 - SECURING APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND SERVER-WORKLOAD INFRASTRUCTURE
Using Security Compliance Manager
Introduction to Nano Server
Understanding containers
Lab : Using Security Compliance Manager
Lab: Deploying and Configuring Nano Server
10 - PLANNING AND PROTECTING DATA
Planning and implementing encryption
Planning and implementing BitLocker
Lab : Protecting data by using encryption and BitLocker
11 - OPTIMIZING AND SECURING FILE SERVICES
File Server Resource Manager
Implementing classification management and file-management tasks
Dynamic Access Control
Lab : Quotas and file screening
Lab : Implementing Dynamic Access Control
12 - SECURING NETWORK TRAFFIC WITH FIREWALLS AND ENCRYPTION
Understanding network-related security threats
Understanding Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Configuring IPsec
Datacenter Firewall
Lab : Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
13 - SECURING NETWORK TRAFFIC
Network-related security threats and connection-security rules
Configuring advanced DNS settings
Examining network traffic with Microsoft Message Analyzer
Securing SMB traffic, and analyzing SMB traffic
Lab : Securing DNS
Lab : Microsoft Message Analyzer and SMB encryption
14 - UPDATING WINDOWS SERVER
Overview of WSUS
Deploying updates by using WSUS
Lab : Implementing update management
Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.
