Windows 7 Administration (70-680) Part 2: Initial Security Config
Part 2 of 4 in the Windows 7 Administration (70-680) series. This in-depth course will teach you the essentials of Windows 7 administration.
What you'll learn
Part 2 of 4 in the Windows 7 Administration (70-680) series. This in-depth course will teach you the essentials of Windows 7 administration. You'll walk away able to address deployment challenges and optimize Windows 7 for your environment, including addressing hardware and software compatibility, protecting Windows 7 systems, optimizing performance for remote users, best practices for granting secure access to network resources and managing file and folder permissions. To get the most out of this course, you should have a solid understanding of networking, and some experience with systems administration will be helpful but is not required.
Table of contents
- Introduction 5m
- Deconstructing Basic Disks 3m
- Master Boot Record vs. GUID Partition Table Disks 6m
- Understanding Dynamic Disks 4m
- Dynamic Disk Volume Types 10m
- Managing Storage Volumes 5m
- Creating Storage Volumes with the Disk Management Tool 13m
- Checking Disks for Errors and Defragmenting Disks 5m
- What We Covered 1m
- Introduction 2m
- Managing Network Connections 7m
- Managing Wireless Connectivity in Windows 7 6m
- TCP/IP Recap 6m
- Configuring TCP/IP Settings 6m
- IP Addressing 8m
- IPv6 Recap 6m
- Managing TCP/IP Settings from the Command Line 7m
- Configuring Network Adapters 4m
- Configuring Internet Connection Sharing 4m
- Troubleshooting Network Connectivity 7m
- What We Covered 1m
- Introduction 2m
- Network Profiles/Network Location Awareness 5m
- Windows Firewall Purpose and Capabilities 2m
- Allowing New Programs Access 13m
- Configuring Firewall Notification Settings 7m
- Remote Desktop 10m
- Remote Assistance 8m
- Windows Remote Management Service (WinRM) 7m
- WinRM and PowerShell 3m
- What We Covered 1m
- Introduction 2m
- Configuring User Account Control 7m
- Configuring UAC with Group Policy and Security Policy 7m
- Configuring Removable Device Policies 2m
- Understanding Credential Manager 8m
- Changing Execution Context and Raising Privilege Levels 3m
- Windows 7 Account Policies and User Rights 10m
- Windows 7 Local Groups 2m
- Creating a Password Reset Disk 5m
- Understanding Smart Card Policies 3m
- What We Covered 1m
- Introduction 3m
- An Overview of Updates 3m
- Configuring Important Update Settings 5m
- Reviewing Update History 2m
- Deciding Which Updates to Install 3m
- Uninstalling Updates 3m
- Using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 5m
- Using Group Policy to Configure Updates 3m
- WSUS and Windows Updates 5m
- What We Covered 1m
About the author
Scott is the Founder and Managing Consultant of THE 1610 Group. By night (and sometimes weekends, lunch, and everything in between!) Scott writes technical articles for CNet's TechRepublic, TechTarget, and TechGenix. For TechRepublic, for whom he has written hundreds of articles, Scott writes weekly in the Servers and Storage area, monthly in the IT Leadership area and in other areas on an ad hoc basis. Scott also writes for TechTarget's SearchCIO-Midmarket site and is the lead author for Tec... more