{"id":298,"date":"2024-01-21T13:37:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2024-08-16T13:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:03:36","slug":"how-to-build-your-microsoft-ad-configuration-manager-pentesting-lab-in-30-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/21\/how-to-build-your-microsoft-ad-configuration-manager-pentesting-lab-in-30-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build Your Microsoft AD\/Configuration Manager + Pentesting Lab in 30 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This lab kit from Microsoft contains evaluation software designed for IT professionals interested in assessing Windows 10 deployment and management products. I find it useful not only for learning AD & Configuration Manager but also for studying pentesting. Lab contains the following VM below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Server Name<\/td>Roles & Products<\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
HYD-CLIENT1<\/td>Windows 11, Version 23H2 Domain Joined<\/td><\/tr>
HYD-CLIENT2<\/td>Windows 11, Version 23H2 Domain Joined<\/td><\/tr>
HYD-CLIENT3<\/td>Windows 11, Version 23H2 Workgroup<\/td><\/tr>
HYD-CLIENT4<\/td>Windows 11, Version 23H2 Workgroup<\/td><\/tr>
HYD-CLIENT 5, 6<\/td>Bare metal (No Installations)<\/td><\/tr>
HYD-CM1<\/td>Microsoft Configuration Manager 2303 Windows Deployment Services Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 11, Version 22H2 Windows Software Update Services Microsoft SQL Server 2022<\/td><\/tr>
HYD-DC1<\/td>Active Directory Domain Controller, DNS, DHCP, Certificate Services<\/td><\/tr>
HYD-GW1<\/td>Remote Access for Internet Connectivity<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Source:Windows 11 and Office 365 Deployment Lab Kit | Microsoft Evaluation Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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1. Download the lab from Microsoft from the link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windows 11 and Office 365 Deployment Lab Kit | Microsoft Evaluation Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. For your workstation, I’m using Windows 10. Install Hyper-V by navigating to the Control Panel, clicking on ‘Program Features,’ and checking ‘Hyper-V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Create an External Virtual Switch in Hyper-V . Launch the Hyper-V Console and under Actions<\/strong>, click Virtual Switch Manager<\/strong>. Select External<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Download and Extract the ZIP File.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Run the setup as an administrator. Click ‘Next’ and wait until the installation is completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Lastly set VMs Virtual switch to External 2 to provide internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bonus Lab:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the setup for Windows AD\/Configuration Manager training is complete. I have added a host, Kali203, for learning pentesting. To install it on Hyper-V, follow the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. On HypeV click Action Quick Create<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Select installation source. Click link below to download Kali iso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.kali.org\/docs\/virtualization\/install-hyper-v-guest-vm\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Click Connect<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. If an error is encountered below, proceed to step 5 to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Edit Kali VM setting, uncheck Enable Secure Boot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6.Proceed with the basic installation using the default settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. For partition select Guided – use entire disk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Software selection by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. Installation competed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Enjoy…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This lab kit from Microsoft contains evaluation software designed for IT professionals interested in assessing Windows 10 deployment and management products. I find it useful not only for learning AD & Configuration Manager but also for studying pentesting. Lab contains the following VM below. Server Name Roles & Products HYD-CLIENT1 Windows 11, Version 23H2 Domain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-transparent-header":"default","prose-style":"enable","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-labs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":834,"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hackmybox.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}