Project Complete, Reflections
As the semester comes to its conclusion, so does our project. We chose to build an Active Directory domain because it is an industry standard…
Senior Project
As my senior project for UNK, I chose to create a virtual Active Directory domain environment to simulate an actual use-case. A fictional organization was created as a basis for the AD configuration. This project was done with one fellow student.
The domain consisted of 3 VMs: 1 server, 2 clients. Several users were created to test for various different group policy and security group configurations. Shared folders were created with security groups to manage and grant access to these shares. OUs were also used to allow for various GPO configurations and limit access where appropriate – the idea was to give users only the access they needed to perform their work effectively. Server hardening was also done by disabling services, increasing the password length, and more.
Materials
• Slide Show Presentation
Documentation & Presentation
The technical aspects of the project are now pretty much complete. We have a functional domain that meets all of the testing requirements. It is…
Powershell Integration and Testing
This week was quite productive. We downloaded the Powershell scripts I wrote for work so we could begin implementing some test-cases using both Powershell and the…
Sprint 1 Complete
Today marks the official conclusion of Spring 1 and the mid-point for the project. We’ve accomplished a number of things during the first half of…
SCCM Followup & Server Hardening
This week we continued our break from GPOs by following up on the research into SCCM. We’ve decided to postpone implementation of SCCM for the…
SCCM Research
This week we took a break from setting up group policy objects to review System Center Configuration Manager and see whether we’d have the time…
More Group Policies
We have been finishing up on the creation and setup of departmental shared drives and their automated mappings with GPOs. Default GPOs have been refined…
Planning and Configuration
The second week is coming to a close. We have mostly fleshed out the organizational structure of the Nimbus Organization. The Call Center and Headquarters…
Setting Up the Environment
This week has been primarily about getting all of the VMs set up. We have successfully created an Active Directory domain with the Windows Server…
Project Startup
Active Directory Domain Sr. Project Team members: Chase & Logan Our project will be a virtual Active Directory domain, complete with a server and 3…