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Hyper-V Security

Hyper-V Security

By : Eric Siron, Andy Syrewicze
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Hyper-V Security

Hyper-V Security

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By: Eric Siron, Andy Syrewicze
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Overview of this book

Hyper-V Security is intended for administrators with a solid working knowledge of Hyper-V Server, Windows Server, and Active Directory. An administrator with a functional environment will be able to use the knowledge and examples present in this book to enhance security.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. Introducing Hyper-V Security
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1. Introducing Hyper-V Security
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The importance of Hyper-V security
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Basic security concerns
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A starting point to security
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Hyper-V terminology
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Acquiring Hyper-V
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Summary
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2. Securing the Host
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2. Securing the Host
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Understanding Hyper-V's architecture
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Choosing a management operating system
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Disabling unnecessary components
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Using the Windows Firewall
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Relying on domain security
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Leveraging Group Policy
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Using security software
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Configuring Windows Update
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Employing remote management tools
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Following general best practices
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3. Securing Virtual Machines from the Hypervisor
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3. Securing Virtual Machines from the Hypervisor
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Using the Hyper-V Administrators group
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Leveraging PowerShell Remoting
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Using custom PowerShell Remoting endpoints
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4. Securing Virtual Machines
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4. Securing Virtual Machines
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Understanding the security environment of VMs
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Leveraging Generation 2 virtual machines
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Employing anti-malware on a virtual machine
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Using Group Policy with virtual machines
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Limiting exposure with resource limitations
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Applying general best practices
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5. Securing the Network
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5. Securing the Network
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Understanding SSL encryption
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Leveraging network hardware
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Using the virtual switch's isolating technologies
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Employing Hyper-V virtual switch ACLs
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Configuring the Windows Firewall
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Using management tools remotely
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Using Hyper-V with IPsec
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Configuring virtual network adapter protections
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Encrypting cluster communications
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Securing Hyper-V Replica traffic
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6. Securing Hyper-V Storage
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6. Securing Hyper-V Storage
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Configuring NTFS security for VM storage
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Securing SMB 3.0 shares for VM storage
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Securing iSCSI connections
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Using Secure Boot
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Using BitLocker
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Understanding the role of backup
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7. Hyper-V Security and System Center VMM
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7. Hyper-V Security and System Center VMM
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Enhancing Hyper-V host security through VMM
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Securing the VMM installation
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Network virtualization and multi-tenancy
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Providing secure self-service with the Windows Azure Pack
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8. Secure Hybrid Cloud Management through App Controller
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8. Secure Hybrid Cloud Management through App Controller
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System requirements
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Installing App Controller
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App Controller's role-based security model
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Index
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Using the Hyper-V Administrators group

Beginning with the 2012 series of servers, Hyper-V Server or any Windows Server with the Hyper-V role enabled will have an automatically created local security group named "Hyper-V Administrators." The purpose of this account is to allow you to assign the capability to manage Hyper-V and its virtual machines without opening the floodgates all the way to allow complete control over the host.

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Using Group Policy to control Hyper-V Administrators

If you followed the guidance from the previous chapter, you may have assigned the "WS2012 Member Server Security Compliance 1.0" baseline to your Hyper-V hosts. If you made no changes to that, it prevents...

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