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Agenda

Notes, decisions and action items

John Echeveste (Unlicensed)

  • Dell not shipping machines with Windows 10 starting June.

    • Pushing Windows 11 with Datto.

  • Using Identity API for NetID name mapping script

    • Reminder about Powershell and MAUG github repos

  • Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 EoL - Sam

    • What issues are people facing?

Andrew Espinoza

  • Alex Mook described ARIT' current remote workstation solution. Uses mixture of Citrix, VPN, etc.

    • Wants one solution.

    • Looking at netscaler (citrix), splashtop (datto), RDP proxy

  • Mehrshad Moghimi provided this doc about AWS workspaces and gave a setup demo

    • AWS_Workspaces - Google Docs

    • Using retail pricing for an estimate is advised as it gives you the higher threshold of cost, but there is a discount for campus cloud

  • While not remote workstation, Library uses Azure Lab Services for remote classroom labs. Ask Andrew Espinoza if interested.

  • SOC has Guacamole as an RD gateway solution, best-effort service.

  • Appstream is also an option if a full desktop environment is not needed.

  • ITS offers screenconnect as a service. Usage increased during the pandemic.

    • Site license. Tom Howard in ITS is the person to contact.

  • On-prem Windows Remote Desktop Service is possible, but not compatible with campus AD.

    • NPS in a one-way trust would need to setup and managed in the netid.ucsb.edu domain.

John Echeveste (Unlicensed)

Endpoint Topics:

  • Tenable/Nessus client deployment for all endpoints.

  • FireEye Agent client deployments for all endpoints

  • Bitlocker

  • LAPS and local account password management

  • Kerberos hardening patches / roadmap

  • Roger Padilla Kerberos and netlogin updates and roadmap

    • Blog post for Kerberos and Netlogon

    • currently in phase 1 of deployment

    • patch tuesday updates did include an issue

    • some current clients (ex, linux) will be affected

    • also some legacy Windows Operating Systems will be affected

    • Alex Mook will check with Mike Franklin about rules to put in place for Splunk to assist with Auditing

  • John Echeveste (Unlicensed) Nessus endpoint deployments. Who has started deploying?

    • Ken (ARIT?) has deployed to over 1000 endpoints

    • Alex Mook and his team have been dealing with the reports. It’s a bit overwhelming

    • Don Kileen is happy to report back to SOC for better reporting

      • are rreports coming daily or monthly

      • is it possible to get access to tenable dashboard/interface?

    • deploying for endpoints is trickier due to the installer wanting to use network security contact (at home host, or on wireless)

  • FireEye agent deployment

    • Time to start deploying

    • No plans to renew the Sophos licenses at this time

  • Bitlocker - built in full disk encryption.

    • is typically required for mobile devices with sensitive information

    • John Echeveste (Unlicensed) ITS/ETS starting to roll out for all endpoints

      • GPO requirement to have recovery key escrowed to AD

      • only on endpoints with TPM

      • so far, not performance issues for endpoints

      • also putting the recovery key with Datto RMM

      • only a solution for domain-joined computers

    • Andrew Espinoza and Dan O'Brien also deploying at the library

    • Jim Woods is there an existing recovery document/KB that we could reference or point to?

  • LAPS - Local Admin Password Solution

    • Use case is for student techs accessing endpoints, and being able to restrict access and rotate quickly

    • randomize and escrow (and encrypt) your local admin passwords in your Active Directory

    • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/laps/laps-overview

    • built-in to Windows 11

    • Will be built-in to AD and Windows Server (current or coming?)

      • Will need to extend your AD schema

      • Will need to add a client to your computers (endpoints? servers?)

      • Be careful about permissions

    • There is also MacOS LAPS

      • escrow keys to an MDM provider (Jamf)

Jim Woods

Windows Authentication and AD horror show stories

  • Campus outage issues

    • Andrew Espinoza Library EZ-Proxy depends on Campus LDAP

    • Sam Hunter Campus AD was down. Secondary location for Pub Safety will be used for additional resiliency

    • DR sites in the Cloud

    • Alex Mook Backup systems like Cohesity and Rubrik can restore to the cloud. Need the rest of the infrastructure to use that as a proper DR site.

    • Andrew Espinoza Domain Endpoints (Client)- dependencies on on-premise DCs

    • Hank Rayner - Storage replication between local sites

    • Is there an RCA yet for the outage? Coming soon

    • Glen Nason (Unlicensed) - recovery of systems and the order, based on dependancies to sequence the recovery

  • SHI check-in and gripes

Alex Mook

  • Infrastructure as Code

  • Endpoint and Helpdesk topics

    • What’s a pressing need?

    • Any tools or tricks to share?

  •  Jim Woods will host the next meeting
  •  Most groups using SCCM for imaging, Datto or other tools for config
    •  ARIT and ETS have recurring issues with SCCM, “it’s a beast”
    •  Library, ARIT and ETS all looking to migrate or upgrade in the near future
    •  ARIT, ETS, and SA all using SCCM for multiple domains
  •  Get SCCM admins access to shared resource page
  •  HelpDesk Endpoint Topics for next meeting, pressing needs and tools/tricks
  •  Future topics:
    •  Workspaces
    •  Bitlocker
    •  LAPS and local account password management
    •  Windows 11 and infrastructure support for it
    •  Tenable/Nessus
    •  User onboarding/offboarding, lifecycle management

John Echeveste (Unlicensed)

John Echeveste (Unlicensed)

  • PSA for EOL and EOS of Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2

  • PSA - EOL for SQL Server 2012

  • SHI issues

  • Remote Management, Patching and Software Deployment

    • Survey of what people are using now

    • DATTO Demo

  • Moving local User Ids to netid

    • Why? How? What are the drawbacks?

  •  Action Item: Migrating Local users IDs to Campus NetIDs

Sam Hunter

  • PSA for EOL and EOS of Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2

  • Splunk for Windows

    • M365/AzureAD App Demo

    • Splunk “Apps” to look at M354, InfoSec, Observability

    • Mike Franklin has a custom Dashboard for On-premise Active Directory

    • Audit Rules shared best practices request

  •  Action Item: add custom Splunk AD dashboards to Github Repo
  •  Action Item: Could we create a shared AD Dashboard?

John Echeveste (Unlicensed)

  • IE 11 EOL

  • Fireeye rollout

  • Monitoring Survey

    • SCOM (Systems Center Operations Manager) (no current users)

    • LogicMonitor - a few users

    • Naggios - a few users

    • Zabbix - a few users

  • Patching

    • Roger Padilla to talk about Windows patch rollouts in ETS

    • ARIT is using Datto

Andrew Espinoza

  • Microsoft Licensing (MCCA) Information sharing

  • Encryption, Certificates, and PKI infrastructure

  • Available Lightning Talks

    • Interfacing between Campus Identity API and your local Active Directory using Powershell

Andrew Espinoza

  • About Campus AD

  • How to set up a One-way Trust with Selective Authentication

Jim Woods

  • Initial kickoff

  • Introductions

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