Inspire Workshop Series with Dell & CMS
For the last couple of days we have been delivering a series of workshops written over the summer by Myself and Mike Holder from CMS Consulting. During the sessions based around AD we have been looking at fundamentals, deployment, troubleshooting and security. Tomorrow we embark on viewing the Windows Server System as a whole to leverage components for a solutions from locking down workstations, providing remote support and securing your environment. Beyond this we will be exploring creating a secure well managed infrastructure by leveraging tools like MOM and SMS as well as techniques around patch management and software deployment.
During the sessions I have been sharing various links and thought I would share them with all of you...
Introduction to Administering Active Directory
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Operations/933b109f-42c5-4f85-9462-50b23b30e326.mspx
Active Directory – Learn the Basics and Master Advanced Concepts
https://www.microsoft.com/events/series/adaug.mspx
TechNet Virtual Labs
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/traincert/virtuallab/default.mspx
Administering Active Directory Operations
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/Operations/b3d615b9-2bc9-4a4f-89cb-7697f94d527d.mspx
Best Practice Active Directory Deployment for Managing Windows Networks
www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/technologies/activedirectory/deploy/depovg/bpaddply.mspx
Windows Server 2003 Technology Centers
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/default.mspx
Windows Server 2003 Security Guide
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsserver2003/W2003HG/SGCH00.mspx
Troubleshooting Group Policy
https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810739
Group Policy Management
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/5d408499-7fc4-43db-8997-91c7de8ca06f.mspx
Microsoft Active Directory
https://www.microsoft.com/ActiveDirectory
Domain Name System (DNS) Center
https://www.microsoft.com/DNS
Microsoft Security Advisories
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/default.mspx
Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/directory/activedirectory/default.mspx
www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/featured/ad/default.mspx
Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services
www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/c283b699-6124-4c3a-87ef-865443d7ea4b.mspx
Active Directory Replication Concepts
www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/1038d210-c07c-4cde-ad08-a4079b9a8ff0.mspx
Troubleshooting Group Policy
https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810739
Loopback Processing of Group Policy
https://support.microsoft.com/?id=231287
Group Policy Management Console
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx
Replmon Overview
www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/TechRef/691910f2-a6a7-4ced-984e-972aec2cbdd2.mspx
Microsoft Active Directory Disaster Recovery
https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325560
Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 IPsec page at
https://www.microsoft.com/ipsec/
Account Passwords and Policies
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/security/bpactlck.mspx
How Certificate Services Works
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/TechRef/2d98e8a9-b019-44eb-9558-d081590bce87.mspx
Windows Server 2003 PKI Operations Guide
https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/security/ws03pkog.mspx
I will update you with more useful links over the week. Let me know if you have any others you can share with us all.