MCSE (Cloud Platform And Infrastructure)

This certification validates that you have the skills needed to run a highly efficient and modern data center, with expertise in cloud technologies, identity management, systems management, virtualization, storage, and networking.

Earning an MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure certification qualifies you for such jobs as cloud administrator, cloud architect, computer support specialist, and information security analyst.

Securing Windows Server 2016 course covers the topic of enhancing the security of the IT infrastructure in detail. At the start, this course focuses on the importance of assuming that network breaches have occurred already, and then goes on to brief the students on how to rectify the breach and protect administrative credentials and rights to make sure that the system administrator can perform the necessary tasks to avoid such occurrences in future.

Ideal Candidate:

Candidates for this course have good Windows client and server operating system knowledge and basic AD DS and networking experience in an enterprise/small business (SMB) environment together with application configuration experience or students who attend MCSA training.

At Course Completion:

• Secure Windows Server.
• Protect credentials and implement privileged access workstations.
• Limit administrator rights with Just Enough Administration(VMM).
• Manage privileged access.
• Mitigate malware and threats.
• Analyze activity with advanced auditing and log analytics.
• Deploy and configure Advanced Threat Analytics and Microsoft Operations Management Suite.
• Configure Guarded Fabric virtual machines (VMs).
• Use the Security Compliance Toolkit (SCT) and containers to improve security.
• Plan and protect data.
• Optimize and secure file services.
• Secure network traffic with firewalls and encryption.
• Secure network traffic by using DNSSEC and Message Analyzer.

Course Outline:

• Module 1: Implementing Server Hardening
• Configure disk and file encryption
• Implement server patching and updating solutions
• Implement Control Flow Guard
• Protect credentials
• Create security baselines
• Module 2: Secure a Virtualization Infrastructure
• Implement a Guarded Fabric solution
• Implement shielded and encryption –supported VM’s
• Module 3: Secure a Network infrastructure
• Configure windows Firewall
• Implement a software-defined Distributed Firewall
• Secure network traffic
• Module 4: Manage Privileged Identities
• Implement Just in Time administration
• Implement Just Enough administration
• LAPS client deployment
• Module 5: Implement threat detection solution
• Configure advanced audit policies
• Configure the audit PNP activity policy
• Install and configure Microsoft advanced threat analytics
• Port Mirroring
• Install and Configure ATA Gateway on a Dedicated Server
• Module 6: Implement Workload specific security
• Install and configure Nano Server
• Configure Windows Remote Management
• Windows Server 2016 and Docker