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Administer Active Directory Domain Services (AZ-1008)

1 day
Windows Server

Learn to deploy, manage, and secure Active Directory Domain Services, including domain controllers, AD objects, Group Policy, and user account protection.

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Course Overview

Learn to create, deploy, maintain, and secure an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment. This course covers domain controllers, forests and domains, directory objects, organizational units, Group Policy Objects, password policies, delegated permissions, and account protection.

You will also complete a guided project and module assessments while preparing for the associated Microsoft credential.

Course Benefits

  • Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers.
  • Manage forests, domains, operations masters, and domain controller site migration.
  • Create and configure users, groups, computers, organizational units, and other Active Directory objects.
  • Perform bulk user account management and maintain domain controllers.
  • Create domain-based Group Policy Objects and manage their scope and inheritance.
  • Configure domain and fine-grained password policies.
  • Configure account rights, delegate permissions, and protect privileged user accounts.
  • Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard, block NTLM authentication, and locate problematic accounts.
  • Apply Active Directory Domain Services administration skills in a guided project.

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Course Outline

  1. Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers
    1. Define Active Directory Domain Services
    2. Define Active Directory Domain Services forests and domains
    3. Deploy Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers
    4. Migrate a domain controller to a new site
    5. Manage Active Directory Domain Services operations masters
    6. Module assessment
  2. Create and manage Active Directory objects
    1. Define users, groups, and computers
    2. Define organizational units
    3. Manage objects and their properties in Active Directory
    4. Create objects in Active Directory
    5. Configure objects in Active Directory
    6. Perform bulk management tasks for user accounts
    7. Maintain Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers
    8. Module assessment
  3. Create and configure Group Policy Objects in Active Directory
    1. Define Group Policy Objects
    2. Implement Group Policy Object scope and inheritance
    3. Define domain-based Group Policy Objects
    4. Create and configure a domain-based Group Policy Object
    5. Configure a domain password policy
    6. Configure and apply a fine-grained password policy
    7. Module assessment
  4. Manage security in Active Directory
    1. Configure user account rights
    2. Configure user account rights to restrict access
    3. Delegate permissions in Active Directory
    4. Protect user accounts with the Protected Users group
    5. Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard
    6. Block Windows NTLM authentication
    7. Locate problematic accounts
    8. Module assessment
  5. Guided project: Administer Active Directory Domain Services
    1. Prepare
    2. Module assessment

Class Materials

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this Windows Server class:

Knowledge of and experience working with:

  • Windows Server
  • Core networking technologies

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