Course Description

This five-day, instructor-led course teaches IT professionals how they can enhance the security of the IT infrastructure that they administer. This course begins by emphasizing the importance of assuming that network breaches have occurred already, and then teaches you how to protect administrative credentials and rights to help ensure that administrators can perform only the tasks that they need to, when they need to.

This course explains how you can use auditing and the Advanced Threat Analysis feature in Windows Server 2016 to identify security issues. You will also learn how to mitigate malware threats, secure your virtualization platform, and use deployment options such as Nano server and containers to enhance security. The course also explains how you can help protect access to files by using encryption and dynamic access control, and how you can enhance your network’s security.

Target Student

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.

Pre-requisites

Students should have at least two years of experience in the IT field and should have:

• Completed courses M20740, M20741, and M20742, or the M20743 upgrade course 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.

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).

Course Content

Module 1: Breach detection and using the Sysinternals tools

This module frames the course so that students are thinking about security in environments where the infrastructure’s basis is predominantly Microsoft products. The module begins with teaching students about the “assume breach” philosophy and getting them to understand the different types of attacks that can occur, including attack timelines and vectors. Additionally, it gets students thinking about key resources, how they respond when they detect an incident, and how an organization’s direct needs and legislative requirements dictate its security policy.
Lessons

• Understanding attacks
• Detecting security breaches
• Examining activity with the Sysinternals tools

Lab : Basic breach detection and incident response strategies

• Identifying attack types
• Exploring the Sysinternals tools

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the types of attacks that can occur.
• Describe breach detection.
• Describe how to detect a breach by using the Sysinternals tools.

Module 2: Protecting credentials and privileged access

This module covers user accounts and rights, computer and service accounts, credentials, Privileged Access Workstations, and the Local Administrator Password Solution. In this module, students will learn about configuring user rights and security options, protecting credentials by using Credential Guard, implementing Privileged Access Workstations, and managing and deploying Local Administrator Password Solution to manage local administrator account passwords.
Lessons

• Understanding user rights
• Computer and service accounts
• Protecting credentials
• Understanding privileged-access workstations and jump servers
• Local administrator-password solution

Lab : User rights, security options, and group-managed service accounts

• Configuring user rights and account-security options
• Configuring restricted groups
• Delegating privileges
• Creating group Managed Service Accounts
• Locating problematic accounts

Lab : Configuring and deploying LAPs

• Installing local administrator password solution (LAPs)
• Installing and configuring LAPs
• Deploying and testing LAPs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure user rights.
• Implement computer and service accounts.
• Protect credentials.
• Describe how to configure Privileged Access Workstations and jump servers.
• Configure the Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS).

Module 3: Limiting administrator rights with Just Enough Administration

This module explains how to deploy and configure Just Enough Administration (JEA), which is an administrative technology that allows students to apply role-based access control (RBAC) principles through Windows PowerShell remote sessions.
Lessons

• Understanding JEA
• Verifying and deploying JEA

Lab : Limiting administrator privileges by using JEA

• Creating a role-capability file
• Creating a session-configuration file
• Creating a JEA endpoint
• Connecting and testing a JEA endpoint
• Deploying a JEA configuration to another computer

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand JEA.
• Verify and deploy JEA.

Module 4: Privileged Access Management and administrative forests

This module explains the concepts of Enhanced Security Administrative Environment (ESAE) forests, Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM), and Just In Time (JIT) Administration, or Privileged Access Management(PAM).
Lessons

• Understanding ESAE forests
• Overview of MIM
• Implementing JIT and Privileged Access Management by using MIM

Lab : Limiting administrator privileges by using Privileged Access Management

• Using a layered approach to security
• Exploring MIM
• Configuring a MIM web portal
• Configuring the Privileged Access feature
• Requesting privileged access

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand enhanced security administrative environment forests.
• Understand MIM.
• Understand how to implement JIT and Privileged Access Management by using MIM.

Module 5: Mitigating malware and threats
This module explains how to configure the Windows Defender, AppLocker, and Device Guard features.
Lessons

• Configuring and managing Windows Defender
• Using software restricting policies (SRPs) and AppLocker
• Configuring and using Device Guard
• Using and deploying the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit

Lab : Securing applications by using AppLocker, Windows Defender, Device Guard Rules, and the EMET.

• Configuring Windows Defender
• Configuring AppLocker
• Configuring and deploying Device Guard
• Deploying and using EMET

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure and manage Windows Defender.
• Use Software Restricting Policies and AppLocker.
• Configure and use Device Guard.
• Use and deploy the EMET.

Module 6: Analysing activity by using advanced auditing and log analytics

This module explains how to use advanced auditing and Windows PowerShell transcripts.
Lessons

• Overview of auditing
• Understanding advanced auditing
• Configuring Windows PowerShell auditing and logging

Lab : Configuring encryption and advanced auditing

• Configuring auditing of file-system access
• Auditing domain logons
• Managing the configuration of advanced audit policies
• Windows PowerShell logging and auditing

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understanding auditing.
• Understand advanced auditing.
• Audit and log Windows PowerShell.

Module 7: Analysing activity with Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics feature and Operations Management Suite

This module explains the Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics tool and the Microsoft Operations Management suite (OMS), and details how you can use them to monitor and analyse the security of a Windows Server deployment.
Lessons

• Overview of Advanced Threat Analytics
• Understanding OMS

Lab : Advanced Threat Analytics and Operations Management Suite

• Using ATA and OMS
• Preparing and deploying ATA
• Preparing and deploying OMS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand Advanced Threat Analytics.
• Understand OMS.

Module 8: Securing your virtualization an infrastructure
This module explains how to configure Guarded Fabric virtual machines (VMs), including the requirements for shielded and encryption-supported VMs.
Lessons

• Overview of Guarded Fabric VMs
• Understanding shielded and encryption-supported VMs

Lab : Deploying and using Guarded Fabric with administrator-trusted attestation and shielded VMs

• Deploying Guarded Fabric VMs with administrator-trusted attestation
• Deploying a shielded VM

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand Guarded Fabric VMs.
• Understand shielded and encryption-supported VMs.

Module 9: Securing application development and server-workload infrastructure
This module details the Security Compliance Manager, including how you can use it to configure, manage, and deploy baselines. Additionally, students will learn how to deploy and configure Nano Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Windows Server Containers.
Lessons

• Using Security Compliance Manager
• Introduction to Nano Server
• Understanding containers

Lab : Using Security Compliance Manager

• Configuring a security baseline for Windows Server 2016
• Deploying a security baseline for Windows Server 2016

Lab : Deploying and Configuring Nano Server and containers

• Deploying, managing, and securing Nano Server
• Deploying, managing, and securing Windows Server containers
• Deploying, managing, and securing Hyper-V containers

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand Security Compliance Manager.
• Describe Nano Server.
• Understand containers.

Module 10: Protecting data with encryption
This module explains how to configure Encrypting File System (EFS) and BitLocker drive encryption to protect data at rest.
Lessons

• Planning and implementing encryption
• Planning and implementing BitLocker

Lab : Configuring EFS and BitLocker

• Encrypting and recovering access to encrypted files
• Using BitLocker to protect data

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Plan and implement encryption.
• Plan and implement BitLocker.

Module 11: Limiting access to file and folders
This module explains how to optimize file services by configuring File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) and Distributed File System (DFS). Students will learn how to protect a device’s data by using encryption or BitLocker. Students also will learn how to manage access to shared files by configuring Dynamic Access Control (DAC).
Lessons

• Introduction to FSRM
• Implementing classification management and file-management tasks
• Understanding Dynamic Access Control (DAC)

Lab : Configuring quotas and file screening

• Configuring FSRM quotas
• Configuring file screening

Lab : Implementing DAC

• Preparing DAC
• Implementing DAC

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand FSRM.
• Implement classification management and file-management tasks.
• Understand DAC.

Module 12: Using firewalls to control network traffic flow
This module explains the firewalls that are present on Windows Server.
Lessons

• Understanding Windows Firewall
• Software-defined distributed firewalls

Lab : Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

• Creating and testing inbound rules
• Creating and testing outbound rules

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe Windows Firewall.
• Understand software-defined distributed firewalls.

Module 13: Securing network traffic
This module explains how to secure network traffic and how to use Microsoft Message Analyzer, Server Message Block (SMB) encryption, and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).
Lessons

• Network-related security threats and connection-security rules
• Configuring advanced DNS settings
• Examining network traffic with Microsoft Message Analyzer
• Securing SMB traffic, and analysing SMB traffic

Lab : Connection security rules and securing DNS

• Creating and testing connection security rules
• Configuring and testing DNSSEC

Lab : Microsoft Message Analyzer and SMB encryption

• Using Microsoft Message Analyzer
• Configuring and verifying SMB encryption on SMB shares

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand network-related security threats and connection security rules.
• Configure advanced DNS settings.
• Examine network traffic with Microsoft Message Analyzer.
• Secure SMB traffic, and analyze SMB traffic.

Module 14: Updating Windows Server
This module explains how to use Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to deploy updates to Windows Servers and clients.
Lessons

• Overview of WSUS
• Deploying updates by using WSUS

Lab : Implementing update management

• Implementing the WSUS server role
• Configuring update settings
• Approving and deploying an update by using WSUS
• Deploying Windows Defender definition updates by using WSUS

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand WSUS.
• Deploy updates with WSUS.