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Play by Play: Just Enough Administration (JEA)

by Ryan Puffer and Jason Helmick

In this course, you will learn how to define roles and create JEA endpoints. You will learn how to register and test these JEA constrained endpoints, and how to review detailed logs and transactions of usage.

What you'll learn

Restricting administrative access to only the tools needed to perform specific maintenance has always been a challenge. Often it was simpler just to give someone complete administrative control over the entire server, drastically reducing security. Now, it's easier than ever before to restrict admins to only the tools necessary using Just Enough Administration (JEA). In this course, you will learn how to define roles and create JEA endpoints. You will learn how to register and test these JEA constrained endpoints, and how to review detailed logs and transactions of usage.

About the authors

Ryan Puffer is a Program Manager for the Windows Server Product Team.

Jason Helmick is an author for Pluralsight. His IT career spans more than 25 years or enterprise consulting on a variety of technologies, with a focus on strategic IT business planning. He’s a highly successful IT author, columnist, lecturer, and instructor, specializing in automation practices for the IT pro. Jason is a leader in the IT professional community, and serves as board member and COO/CFO of PowerShell.Org. Jason’s publications include Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches, and he h... more

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