Windows Server and Active Directory Administration

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About Course

12 months of access. Your one-time payment gives you access to this course for 12 months from the day you are enrolled. It does not renew automatically. Want the whole catalogue? All-access membership is coming soon.

How this course works

  • 12 months of access from the day you enrol
  • Self-paced lessons, hands-on labs and resources
  • Certificate of completion when you finish
  • Secure checkout with card (Stripe) or PayPal

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Active Directory still runs identity in most organizations. This course takes you from help desk tasks to real administration: designing an OU structure, managing users and groups, building and troubleshooting Group Policy, and running DNS, DHCP and file services.

I focus on the habits that keep an environment healthy: backups you can restore, patching, monitoring and least privilege.

Use scripts at your own risk. The PowerShell scripts and commands in this course are provided for educational purposes only, “as is” and without warranty of any kind. Always review and test them in a non-production environment before use. You are solely responsible for any script or command you run in a production environment and for any resulting data loss, service interruption or other damage. Okowil Solutions Inc. accepts no liability for the use of this material. Read the full terms.

What Will You Learn?

  • Install and configure Windows Server roles
  • Manage users, groups, computers and OUs
  • Build and troubleshoot Group Policy
  • Run DNS, DHCP and file shares with correct permissions
  • Back up, patch and secure domain controllers

Course Content

Windows Server Foundations
Choose the right roles, edition and installation option, build a server properly, and manage it remotely with the standard tools.

  • Server roles, editions and when to use them
  • Installing and configuring a server
  • Server Manager, Windows Admin Center and remote management
  • Module 1 quiz: Windows Server Foundations

Active Directory Domain Services
Understand how Active Directory is put together, manage users, groups and computers properly, and design an OU structure that survives reorganizations.

Group Policy
Learn how Group Policy is processed, build the policies most organizations need, and troubleshoot settings that do not apply.

Core Infrastructure Services
Run the services every Windows network depends on: DNS, DHCP and file shares with sound permissions.

Keeping It Healthy
Protect what you have built with backups you can restore, a steady patching and monitoring routine, and an administrative model based on least privilege.