Manage Windows Infrastructure With Active Directory

Be job ready as a Windows administrator. Manage your Windows infrastructure with Active directory & Windows Server 2012

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 3.4

- Install and configure Windows Server 2012 R2
- Install and configure Active Directory Domain Controllers
- Manage Active Directory Domain Services objects

What you'll learn

Install and configure Windows Server 2012 R2
Install and configure Active Directory Domain Controllers
Manage Active Directory Domain Services objects
Run Active Directory Domain Services
Integrate DNS with Active Directory
Improve your project and career prospects

* Requirements

* Access to a physical or virtual machine to install the required software
* Basic information about IT and networking processes
* Desire to learn something new and continuous improvement

Description

This Windows and administration course will teach you how to deploy and manage sophisticated Windows Active Directory Domain (ADDS) Infrastructure. 

This course is designed to teach you the ins and outs of Windows Server and Active Directory and setting up the necessary services for your Windows network, even if you have little to no experience with it.

Master Windows Server, Active Directory, Various Windows Administrative Tools, Services and much more. Get familiar with Windows administration techniques and take your IT administration career to the next level.

While there are plenty of networking and IT related courses that focus on generic Active Directory concepts practices - it's hard to find a comprehensive course like this one, which focuses on teaching you Windows Server and Active Directory Domain Services from the ground up using some of the most useful services in the Windows Server ecosystem.

This course is designed for all levels of networking and IT practitioners who want to improve their skills, implement sophisticated and collaborative working environment in their organizations, and continue to be in great demand as networking and IT engineers.

Just a few of the things you'll learn:

  • Understand what Windows Server and Active Directory Services are all about
  • How To Install, Configure And Operationalize Windows Server and Active Directory
  • Windows Server tools, services and roles
  • How to manage your ADDS objects
  • How to integrate DNS services with AD

Improve Your IT Skills, Become More Marketable, And Make More Money

Regardless of what your level of experience is; whether you work in a small startup or large corporation - this in-depth course is designed to provide you with everything you need to take your IT skills to the next level.

Windows Server is a tried enterprise operating system which powers a large portion of enterprises and small to mid-range companies. Active Directory is one of the core features which enables collaborative, secure and accessible network environment for every department of the organization. 

Over the years Microsoft has put in a lot of effort and investment into making Windows Server a very robust and scalable system which can scale to global scale in a multi-user and multi-team environments. 

By honing these skills, you will be chased by recruiters and companies who are looking to hire professionals with experience on Windows Server and Active Directory. This course shows you how.

Contents and Overview

This course aims at teaching networking, IT, software and DevOps engineers what it takes to improve your skills, experience, and techniques to earn more money.

You will start with the basics and tackle how to install and configure Windows Server and AD. You will get familiar with the Windows Server ecosystem. You will get familiar with a bunch of very useful services and management tools in the Windows Server ecosystem. You'll then dive into the different hands-on exercises to implement a real world networked environment for a Windows domain.

You'll use these tools and frameworks to master how to properly design an end to end Windows domain environment, which:

  • Secures your infrastructure
  • Enables single-sign on for network domain users
  • Enables fine grained permission control over every network resource
  • Enables high availability and fault tolerance of key networking services

By the end of this master course, your confidence as a networking and IT engineer will soar. You'll have a thorough understanding of Windows Server and Active Directory, and you can use them to their fullest potential to take small to large, simple to complex Windows domain environments and be a part of this IT revolution and take your career to the next level.

Who this course is for:

  • IT Administrators
  • Networking engineers
  • Software Developers and DevOps Engineers
  • Tech Founders and Co-Founders (Technical or Non-Technical)

Course content

6 sections • 36 lectures

Introduction Preview 01:29

Becoming an Online Instructor Preview 09:05

Course overview Preview 01:34

Prepare for the course Preview 02:10

Get ready for Windows Server And Active Directory Preview 00:37

Introduction to Windows Server Preview 06:47

Download Windows Server ISO image Preview 06:30

Install Windows Server Preview 11:02

Change Windows Server host name Preview 06:16

Configure storage on Windows Server Preview 09:27

Configure storage on Windows Server (contd.) Preview 08:22

Configure storage on Windows Server (contd.) Preview 07:14

Configure printers on Windows Server Preview 11:41

Test your knowledge - Windows Server

Introduction to ADDS Preview 08:04

ADDS infrastructure Preview 05:39

Install ADDS Preview 08:15

Install ADDS (contd.) Preview 09:31

ADDS objects Preview 06:34

Configure DHCP Preview 11:41

Configure DHCP (contd.) Preview 08:25

Test your knowledge - Active Directory Domain Services

Manage AD Objects Preview 08:04

Manage AD Objects (contd.) Preview 03:45

ADDS Authentication Preview 05:25

ADDS Authentication (contd.) Preview 09:36

AD FSMO roles Preview 11:35

Transfer AD FSMO roles Preview 10:41

Test your knowledge - Administration of ADDS

Windows DNS service Preview 02:34

Domain vs. workgroup Preview 07:05

Install DNS service Preview 10:46

DNS zones Preview 04:04

Integrate DNS with AD Preview 11:58

Test your knowledge - DNS service