After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand AD RMS architecture, and the role the product plays as part of a wider infrastructure.
• Understand the AD RMS interaction model with other Microsoft technologies.
• Understand how several other Microsoft technologies use AD RMS to protect documents and email messages.
• Understand how to use AD RMS on server applications such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Microsoft Exchange Server.
• Create, manage, and distribute rights policy templates as an AD RMS administrator.
• Understand the different trust relationships that can extend AD RMS protection beyond your infrastructure.

Module 1: Why Rights Management

• This module provides an overview of Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). The overview describes how the product works, the business reasons for using AD RMS, and the technology that you use to deploy an AD RMS environment.

Lessons

• A Bit of History
• Business Reasons for AD RMS
• What AD RMS Does
• AD RMS Usage Scenarios
• AD RMS Technology Overview

Module 2: AD RMS Architecture, Installation, and Provisioning

• This module covers the basic architecture and concepts of AD RMS. Most of the concepts introduced in this module will be covered in more detail in other modules later in the course. The student will also learn the procedure for deploying AD RMS servers, as well as the permissions required for the accounts that are used in the deployment and management of AD RMS.

Lessons

• AD RMS Components Overview
• AD RMS Bootstrapping Process
• AD RMS Publishing and Licensing Process
• AD RMS Service Connection Point (SCP)
• AD RMS Topology
• AD RMS Prerequisites
• Installing and Provisioning AD RMS

Module 3: Active Directory Rights Management Clients and Information Rights Management on Desktop Applications

• This module begins by describing the AD RMS client software, its requirements, and how to deploy it. Next, the module identifies the rights management components on client machines and the bootstrapping process the AD RMS client performs for each user. The module then discusses how Information Rights Management (IRM) is provided in the Microsoft Office system, the XPS format, Window Mobile 6.0, and read-only access in Windows Internet Explorer. The module ends with a discussion of registry keys in AD RMS.

Lessons

• OS Versions and AD RMS Clients
• Microsoft Office IRM
• XPS IRM
• Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer and Rights-managed HTML
• Office Viewers and AD RMS

Module 4: Rights Policy Templates and the Super Users Group

• This module provides an introduction to rights policy templates and the concepts regarding protecting and consuming content that is protected by templates. These templates are used to standardize security policies and protect information according to the latest policy.

Lessons

• Introduction to Rights Policy Templates
• Creating Rights Policy Templates
• Protecting Content Using Templates
• Consuming Content Protected by Templates
• The Super Users Group

Module 5: Information Rights Management on Server Applications

• This module shows how AD RMS integrates with server-side applications, that use AD RMS to automatically protect and license content. This module covers the following server products:
  * Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
  * Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
  * AD RMS Bulk Protection Tool + FCI

Lessons

• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 IRM
• Email Protection in Exchange Server 2007
• New AD RMS Features in Exchange Server 2010
• AD RMS Bulk Protection Tool and File Classification Infrastructure

Module 6: Managing Trust

• This module discusses the trust architecture in AD RMS, how trusted user domains operate, and the types of trusts that are available—including Active Directory Federation Services (FS).

Lessons

• Introduction to AD RMS Trust Policies
• Trusted User Domains
• Trusted Publishing Domains
• AD RMS and Active Directory Federation Services
• Windows Live ID Trust