Active Directory On Windows Server (updated 1/2023)

Learn how to deploy and manage all aspects of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and many more technologies

What you'll learn

Deploy domain controllers

Understand OU, Domain and Forest design

Deploy Read Only Domain Controllers (RODCs)

Manage Operations Masters (FSMO)

Manage user accounts, computer accounts and groups

Deploy domain controllers using PowerShell

Plan Active Directory Sites and manage replication

Perform Active Directory migrations

Deploy and manage Certificate Services/Certification Authorities

Requirements

A basic understanding of Windows based networks.

Understand the concept of an Active Directory Domain

Description

Do you want to be a master of Active Directory? If so, this course is intended for you. This course will broaden your knowledge of active directory domain services (AD DS). You will learn how to configure some of the key features in Active Directory such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Group Policy, Dynamic Access Control (DAC), Work Folders, Work Place Join, Certificate Services, Rights Management Services (RMS), Federation Services, as well as integrating your on premise environment with cloud based technologies such as Windows Azure Active Directory.This course is beneficial for those that are already IT professionals and for those that are entering the IT field.You will learn:· Active Directory terms· Active Directory deployment· Deployment using PowerShell· User account creation and management· Computer account creation and management· Group administration· OU structuring and management· Configuring delegation· Planning Global Catalog placement· Read Only Domain Controller deployment· Managing Operations Masters (FSMO Roles)· Group Policy fundamentals· Domain and Forest functional levels· Implementation of the Active Directory Recycle Bin· Planning Active Directory site design· Configuring Active Directory sites· Planning Active Directory Trusts relationships· Creating trusts between two separate forests· Disaster preparedness and recovery of Active Directory· Restoring Active Directory objects· And more…

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 IMPORTANT: Udemy Player Settings

Lecture 3 Playback Speed

Lecture 4 (Optional) Lab Setup

Lecture 5 Wishlist

Section 2: Active Directory Overview & Terminology

Lecture 6 Active Directory Terms

Section 3: Active Directory Installation

Lecture 7 Active Directory Installation

Lecture 8 Active Directory Installation Demo

Lecture 9 Domain Controller Promotion

Lecture 10 Verifying Installation of Active Directory

Lecture 11 Installing Active Directory using PowerShell

Lecture 12 Installing Active Directory Admin Tools using PowerShell

Lecture 13 Active Directory Tools

Lecture 14 Understanding the Schema

Lecture 15 Schema Access

Lecture 16 Global Catalog

Lecture 17 Configuring the Global Catalog

Section 4: Domain Overview

Lecture 18 What is a domain?

Lecture 19 What is a forest?

Lecture 20 Domain Demo

Lecture 21 Domain Join

Lecture 22 Verify Domain Join

Section 5: Managing Active Directory Objects

Lecture 23 Managing User Accounts

Lecture 24 Managing Computer Accounts

Lecture 25 Managing Groups Types and Scopes

Lecture 26 Active Directory Containers

Lecture 27 Creating and Managing OUs

Section 6: Active Directory Login Process

Lecture 28 Active Directory Login Process

Section 7: Group Policy Fundamentals

Lecture 29 Understanding Group Policy

Lecture 30 Creating GPOs

Lecture 31 Altering Group Policy processing order

Lecture 32 Altering Group Policy processing order Demo

Section 8: Operations Master Roles

Lecture 33 Operations Master Roles

Lecture 34 Operations Master Management

Section 9: Understanding Forest and Domain Functional Levels

Lecture 35 Forest and Domain Functional Levels

Lecture 36 Managing Functional Levels

Section 10: Read Only Domain Controllers (RODC)

Lecture 37 Understanding Read Only Domain Controllers

Lecture 38 Deploying a Read Only Domain Controller

Section 11: Managing Replication using Active Directory Sites and Services

Lecture 39 AD Site overview

Lecture 40 Configuring AD Sites

Section 12: Active Directory Trust Relationships

Lecture 41 Understanding Trust Types

Lecture 42 Creating a Trust

Section 13: Backup and Restore of Active Directory

Lecture 43 Backup and Restore of Active Directory

Lecture 44 Active Directory Recycle Bin

Section 14: Active Directory Certificate Services

Lecture 45 Understanding Certificate Services

Lecture 46 Install and configure certificate services

Lecture 47 Certificate services console

Lecture 48 Certificate services advanced configuration

Lecture 49 Revoking certificates

Lecture 50 Web enrollment for certificates

This course is targeted to those that want to learn active directory deployment and administration.