Active Directory and Windows Server 40+ Hour with Labs

Domain Controllers (DC), Global Catalog, FSMO, Groups, Users, Security, Domains and Forests ,Trusts, GPO, much more..

What you'll learn
Domain Controllers, Operations Masters, GC
Managing Users Accounts and Properties
Managing Groups, Computers and OUs
Managing Advanced AD DS infrastructure
Much more…

Requirements
Familiarity with general Windows and Microsoft server administration and technologies
Description
This course is aimed to IT Pros and is supposed to give the viewer the complete information they need to know about Active Directory (AD DS) and its key concepts. The goal is to provide coverage of basic and advanced AD DS deployments, how to deploy a distributed AD DS environment and configure AD DS components.

This course will be updated monthly.

The course is targeted to help learning Active Directory and do your job more efficiently.

It's all in 1 course and it consists of:

• Install and configure domain controllers

• Manage objects in AD DS by using graphical tools and Windows PowerShell

• Implement AD DS in complex environments

• Implement AD DS sites, and configure and manage replication

• Implement and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs)

• Manage user settings by using GPOs

• Secure AD DS and user accounts

• Implement and manage a certificate authority (CA) hierarchy with AD CS

• Deploy and manage certificates

• Implement and administer Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

• Implement and administer Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)

• Implement synchronization between AD DS and Azure AD

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and establish business continuity for AD DS services

New courses on Active Directory will be added here!



After completing this course, you will be able to:

Describe the components of AD DS.

Describe AD DS domains.

Describe OUs and their purpose.

Describe AD DS forests and trees and explain how you can deploy them in a network.

Explain how an AD DS schema provides a set of rules that manage the objects and attributes that the AD DS domain database stores.

Describe Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

Identify the tools available for administering AD DS.

Describe what is new for on-premises Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2016.

What is a domain controller?

What is a global catalog?

Give an overview of domain controller SRV records

AD DS sign-in process

What are operations masters?

Transfer and seize FSMO roles

Deploy a domain controller

Install a domain controller from Server Manager

Install a domain controller on a Server Core installation of Windows Server

Install a domain controller by installing from media

Clone domain controllers

Add Another domain controllers

Install a domain controller and manage FSMO roles with Powershell

Create user accounts.

Configure user account attributes.

Manage user accounts.

Create user profiles.

Manage inactive and disabled user accounts.

Explain user account templates.

Use user account templates to manage accounts.

Perform all these operations with Powershell

Group types and scopes

Default groups

Special identities

Computer accounts

Control permissions to create computer accounts

Join a computer to a domain

OU hierarchy

ADDS permissions

Deploying a domain controller in Azure IaaS

Managing objects in complex AD DS deployments

AD DS domain functional levels

AD DS forest functional levels

Deploying new AD DS domains

Demonstration: Installing a domain controller in a new domain in an existing forest

Considerations for implementing complex AD DS environments

Upgrading a previous version of AD DS to Windows Server 2016

Migrating to Windows Server 2016 AD DS from a previous version

Implement Group Policy

Implement administrative Group Policy (GPOs) templates

Group Policy Troubleshooting

Group Policy Deployment Strategies

Group Policy Scripting

Configure Folder Redirection, software installation, and scripts

Configure Group Policy preferences

Item-level targeting with Group Policy (GPOs)

Securing domain controllers

Deploying an RODC

Implementing account security

Password policies

Account lockout policies

Fine-grained password and lockout policies

PSO precedence and resultant PSO

Implementing audit authentication

Account logon and logon events

Configuring managed service accounts

Challenges of using service accounts

Overview of managed service accounts

Configuring group MSAs

Deploy and manage certificate templates.

Manage certificate deployment, revocation, and recovery.

Use certificates in a business environment.

Implement and manage smart cards.

Much more…

Who this course is for:
Active Directory Administrators
System Administrators
Automation Specialists
Power Users
IT Specialists