IT Training Modules


Module 3 - User authentication and authorisation. (Active Directory) CEV000601

Active Directory training is for delegates who need a better understanding of how it’s used within a domain infrastructure. This module will equip delegates with the following knowledge:

  1. What is Active Directory and a Domain?
  2. The AD infrastructure and Group Policy.
  3. How some security is implemented using AD.
  4. Configuration of domain user and computer accounts.
  5. How to use LDAP tools to connect to AD structure.

The module is structured as below:

Installation of AD (Domain Services):

  • Install guide
  • Describe Active Directory
  • Describe what a domain is and why it’s used.
  • The key elements of the AD structure

Users, Computers, Organizational Units and Sites:

  • What is a user account ?
  • What is a computer account ?
  • What is an OU and how are OU’s used ?
  • Passwords & Password Rules
  • SSID – Security Identifiers
  • Standard Accounts
  • Assigning user privileges
  • The AD recycle bin
  • User configuration from the “Administrative Center”
  • Domain, Schema and Enterprise Administrator accounts.

Security:

  • Authentication /Authorisation
  • PKI
  • Kerberos

Group Policy:

  • What is group policy ?
  • AMX, ADMX files
  • Deploying a GP
  • User Control
  • Computer Control
  • 3rd Party Software Control with GP

LDAP

  • Connecting to an LDAP service.
  • Understand the makeup of an LDAP query.

Azure AD

  • Define Azure AD concepts, including identities, accounts, and tenants.
  • Describe Azure AD features to support different configurations.
  • Understand differences between Azure AD and Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).