BeyondTrust - Secure Remote Access and Privileged Access Management

Knowledge Enables Success

Gain the foundational knowledge needed to administer, configure, and utilize your BeyondTrust solution for optimum performance. BeyondTrust University training is designed to maximize the value of your BeyondTrust solutions by educating your users on best practices for configuring and using our products.

The AD Bridge Foundations course is designed for the IT security management professional tasked with administering, monitoring and reporting on AD Bridge. Participants learn how to install and configure all product components, including the Management Console, Reporting Database and operating system Agents. They will connect a Unix host to Active Directory, create and configure Group Policy Objects, configure Active Directory users for Unix/Linux logon via console, SSH & PuTTY.

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Flexible Training Options

This course is available in the following formats:

  • Private Virtual - 12 hours over 3 days

  • Private On-site - 3 days (up to 10 seats)

All courses come with manuals and access to BeyondTrust University’s education portal. Private sessions have up to 10 seats available.

Key Learning Objectives

  • Architecture Overview – Understand the architecture, traffic flow, and general functionality of AD Bridge.

  • Initial Configuration – Learn about the logging and management tools of AD Bridge and how to configure them properly.

  • Extend Group Policy Objects (GPO) – Understand how to create GPO(s) that manage users and their attributes automatically.

  • Manage Identity Agents – Learn about agent services and how to manage and troubleshoot issues.

Get Certified while earning CPE credits

Participants who successfully complete the AD Bridge Foundations training are eligible to take the associated BeyondTrust Certification exam and earn up to 12 hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. Learn more about our certification program and see all of BeyondTrust University's digital badges with Credly here.

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Laying the Foundation

Course Overview and Objectives

Lesson 1: Technical Overview

Lesson 2: Deployment Overview

Unit 2: Installation and Configuration

Lesson 1: Management Tools

Lesson 2: Provisioning Users

Lesson 3: Cells

Lesson 4: Agent Deployment

Unit 3: Group Policy & Managing Users

Lesson 1: GPO Configuration

Lesson 2: User Management

Unit 4: Managing Identity Agents

Lesson 1: Agent Architecture

Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Logins

Lesson 3: Agent Troubleshooting

Lesson 4: Troubleshooting SSO Logins