This course will guide Information Technology/Security Auditors, and Cybersecurity Professionals in designing, installing and configuring a Windows Server Active Directory Virtual Lab to enable testing, reviewing and verifying of Information Technology and Cybersecurity controls in a Windows Infrastructure.
You will learn the technical skills required to design, install and configure a Windows IT Audit lab based on Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10.
The course lab lessons are also applicable to macOS users with the option of installing Parallels Desktop for Mac to enable you setup your Windows virtual environment.
This course is also a prerequisite for the upcoming Auditing Windows Server Active Directory Security course.
- Download VMware Workstation - https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro.html
- Download Parallels for macOS - https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
- Download Windows 10 Pro - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
- Download Windows 10 Enterprise - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-10-enterprise
- Download Windows Server 2019 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2019
- Download Microsoft Edge - https://aka.ms/EdgeEnterprise
- Download the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55319
- Download the Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46899
- Download Windows Admin Center - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-admin-center
- Download LDAPSoft Active Directory (AD) Browser - https://ldapsoft.com/adbrowserfree.html
- Download Nmap - https://nmap.org/download.html
- Download Microsoft Edge Group Policy Administrative Templates - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business/download
- Download Microsoft Office/365 Group Policy Administrative Templates - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49030
Course Content
Virtualization Setup (Hyper-V, VMware, Parallels)
Windows 10 Installation & Configuration
Windows Server 2019 Installation & Configuration
LAB: Practice Exercise
Active Directory Configuration
Install and Configure Windows Audit Tools
