Overview/Description
Microsoft Windows Vista offers enhanced authentication mechanisms to allow legitimate users to log on to systems. These authentication mechanisms include using smart cards, biometrics, and username and password credentials. Once a user is logged onto the computer, Vista authorization allows the user specific permissions to access resources on that specific computer or on the network. Vista also includes a new feature called User Account Control, which provides a way to elevate privileges on the computer to perform specific administrative tasks, such as install an application. This course discusses authentication and authorization, and how to troubleshoot them using auditing. It also explains User Account Control and how to configure it at the computer and domain level.
Target Audience
Support personnel supporting Windows Vista; technical professionals.
Prerequisites
3 to 5 years experience as tier 2 or team-lead/technical desktop support technician; passed an entry level desktop support exam, such as 70-620 TS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuring; hands on experience with Windows Vista deployment, managing security, troubleshooting network-related issues