HardHat™ Windows Server 2008 R2 Advanced Active Directory Design and Implementation

This is course is intended for: IT professionals designing and implementing Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Domain Services Students seeking a complete understanding of Windows Server Active Directory Management

Before taking this course, students should successfully complete the following courses or have equivalent experience with systems networking and systems configuration:

HH9108 R2 Active Directory Domain Services Administration
HH9208 R2 Windows Server 2008 Implementing, Managing, and Troubleshooting Servers and Infrastructure ​

After completing this course you will able to:

• Design and implement a single domain forest
• Design and implement a multiple domain tree and a multiple tree forest.
• Administrate AD DS object using Group Policy Management Console and PowerShell
• Replication topology, force replication, and determine the results of replication conflicts
• Seize FSMO roles in the event of the loss of a domain controller
• Implement and restore AD DS using the Active Directory Recycle Bin
• Understand additional Active Directory Role options
• Design and implement Active Directory Federated Services between two AD DS forests
• Conduct migration within in a forest and collapse domains between forests​

1. Designing and implementing a single Active Directory Domain Services Forest and Domain Design

• Active Directory Review
• Designing DNS to support AD DS
• Designing AD DS
• Best Practices AD DS Implementation
• Documentation Standards

2. Designing and implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Enterprise Forest and Domain Design

• Forest Model Design
• Designing and Implementing a Multiple Domain Tree
• Designing and Implementing a Multiple Tree Forest
• Designing and Implementing Multiple Forests
• Designing and Implementing Trust Relationships

3. Designing, Creating and Administrating Active Directory Objects

• Designing Delegation of Administrative Control
• Designing and Creating Active Directory Objects
• Designing and Implementing Group Policy Objects

4. Configuring Active Directory Domain Services Sites and Replication

• How Replication works
• Controlling Replication within a single site
• Designing and Implementing AD DS Sites
• Considerations for RODC placement

5. Designing and Managing DC Placement and Flexible Single Masters of Operations roles (FSMO)

• Domain Controller Placement Design
• Deploying Domain Controllers running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core
• Designing and Implementing Operations Masters placement

6. Designing and Maintaining Active Directory and High Availability

• Plan and implement a maintenance strategy for the AD DS Database
• Performing backup and restore operations for AD DS
• AD DS Reanimation vs. Active Directory Recycle Bin
• Configure AD using the Best Practice Analyzer
• Designing High Availability for AD DS
• Implementing and troubleshooting High Availability for AD DS

7. Additional AD DS Roles Overview

• Designing and Implementing IDA Solutions
• Designing and Implementing AD Certificate Services
• Designing and Implementing AD Lightweight Directory Services
• Designing and implementing AD Rights Management Services
• Designing and implementing AD Web Services
• Designing and implementing AD Authentication Mechanism Assurance

8. Designing and Implementing AD Federation Services

• Overview of AS FS Deployment Scenarios
• Designing and Implementing AD FS Claims
• Designing and Implementing Active Directory Federated Services

9. Designing and Implementing an Active Directory Domain Services Migration Strategy

• Designing a migration strategy
• Using PowerShell to Migrate Server Roles
• Using Active Directory Migration Tools to migrate users and groups
• Troubleshooting Migration strategies​