BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access

The Full PRA Course: From Zero to Confident Administrator

This is the in-depth companion to the exam-prep cheat sheet — 22 modules that walk through the entire PRA solution from first principles, in order, with the reasoning behind every setting, real screenshots from the official Lab Guide, and diagrams for the parts that are easier to see than to read. Read it top to bottom once and you should understand PRA, not just recognize its checklist.

How to use this course

Go in order the first time — each module builds on the last (Module 15's Jump Technology assumes you already know what an Asset Group is from Module 11). After that, use the sidebar to jump straight to whatever you need to refresh. Every module ends with a "why it matters" callout and a pitfalls box — those are the two things worth re-reading before the exam.

Course map

Part 1 · Foundations

01Architecture OverviewHow the pieces fit 02Logging In & Navigating the Consoles/login · Access Console

Part 2 · Appliance & Site Configuration

03Appliance Updates & Configuration/appliance interface 04Security & Site ConfigurationLab 16 05Site-Wide Configuration SettingsBranding, portal, defaults 06Backup and FailoverHA pairs, restore 07Email Configuration & Admin AlertsSMTP, alert triggers 08Security ProvidersLDAP · RADIUS · SAML · Kerberos

Part 3 · Identity & Access Console

09Local Users & AccountsLab 22 10Access Console Deep DiveLab 04

Part 4 · Assets & Jump Technology

11Asset GroupsLab 05–07 12Asset Policies: Schedule & ApprovalLab 08–09 13Asset RolesLab 10 14Creating AssetsLab 11–14 15Jump Technology & Jump ClientsLab 15 16VaultCredential injection & rotation

Part 5 · Policies & Governance

17Session PoliciesLab 17–19 18Group PoliciesLab 23–26 19Teams & Canned ScriptsLab 20–21 20Vendor GroupsLab 27–30

Part 6 · Operations

21Access ReportsAuditing & compliance 22TroubleshootingCommon failure modes

Related

Already comfortable with the concepts and just drilling for the practical exam? The exam-prep cheat sheet covers the same ground as a fast checklist instead of a course.