Securing the Local Administrator Account (LAPS Password Manger) [Windows Server 2019]
I (tobor), demonstrate how to secure the local Administrator account in a domain environment using LAPS password manager.
LAPS Backup Script
https://github.com/OsbornePro/BackupScripts/blob/main/BackupLAPS.ps1
LAPS Installer
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=46899
LAPS Get Started with Setup Script from Video
https://github.com/OsbornePro/ConfigTemplates/blob/main/LAPS-Setup.ps1
If you use SCCM you can use the below commands to push out LAPS
# Deploy LAPS to x64 device
msiexec /q /i \servershareLAPS.x64.msi
# Deploy LAPS to x86 device
msiexec /q /i \servershareLAPS.x86.msi
# Create a custom admin account during its set up to manage
msiexec /q /i \servershareLAPS.x86.msi CUSTOMADMINNAME=ITLocalAdmin
0:00 Intro Summary
0:34 Download LAPS
1:05 Intro to LAPS-Setup.ps1 Script used for setting up LAPS
1:45 Install LAPS on a Primary Domain Controller
2:01 Create the LAPS Network Share
3:40 See if the LAPS ADMX group policy file exists
4:11 Install LAPS on your Primary Domain Controller
5:20 Updating the AD Schema for LAPS
6:18 See which AD OU’s can read the LAPS attribute “ms-Mcs-AdmPwd”
7:45 Remove or add Extended Rights Permissions in ADSI for LAPS
8:52 LAPS Backup Script (Optional)
10:30 Summarize Importance of LAPS Backups
10:47 Create LAPS Security Group in AD
11:00 Edit LAPS Group Policy Settings
15:03 Edit Security Options Group Policy Settings
18:18 Group Policy to Install LAPS on client devices
20:01 Applying the GPO to OU
20:42 Thanks for watching!
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