Fundamentals of Active Directory

Enhance your IT career with the 'Fundamentals of Active Directory' course, designed for network administrators and IT professionals seeking to master the architecture, design, and security of Microsoft Active Directory and its cloud integration capabilities.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Understand the industry standards and architecture of Active Directory.

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Implement and manage Active Directory in line with security protocols.

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Optimize Active Directory for cloud integration with services like Azure.

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Design and maintain effective Group Policy Objects.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 1 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Network Administrators
  • Help Desk Personnel
  • Network Support Personnel
  • Desktop Support Personnel

Description

In this one day instructor-led course, students learn how and why Active Directory was developed by Microsoft, the fundamental architecture, basic design, management, as well as security and fundamentals for cloud integration with services like Azure.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: Principles of Active Directory

  1. Development of Active Directory

  2. What is X.500

  3. LDAP

  4. Active Directory Architecture

  5. NTLM and Kerberos

  6. Managing Operating Systems with GPOs, Workplace Join and InTune

  7. Active Directory Groups: Domain Local, Global and Universal

  8. Using and Managing Active Directory Domain Controllers

  9. Forest and Domain Functional Levels

  10. Introduction to Active Directory Partitions and the Global Catalog

  11. Basic Forest Structure and Design

  12. Basic Domain Structure and Design

  13. Basic OU Structure and Design

Module 2: Fundamentals of WAN management with Active Directory

  1. Understanding AD Sites and WAN Traffic Management

  2. Basic AD Sites and Logon Traffic

  3. Introduction to AD Sites and Replication Traffic

  4. Bridgehead Servers and Site Link Objects

  5. Site Aware Applications

Module 3: Introduction to Active Directory Group Policy Objects

  1. Introduction to Group Policy

  2. Administrative Templates

  3. Fundamental Concepts of GPO Scripts

  4. Introduction to Creating and Using GPOs

  5. Principles of Managing Multiple GPOs

  6. Block, Enforce and Inheritance

  7. GPOs and Active Directory Versions

  8. Introduction to Controlling and Installing Software with GPOs, SRP and App Locker

Module 4: Principles of Active Directory Integration

  1. Active Directory and 'The Cloud'

  2. User Principle Names, Authentication and Active Directory Federated Services

  3. Conclusion, Additional Resources, Labs and Exercises

Lab 1: What version of Active Directory are you running?

  1. Determine server operating system version of a Domain Controller

  2. Determine Domain Functional Level

  3. Determine Forest Functional Level

  4. Raise Domain and Forest Functional Level

  5. Create a logical Active Directory Diagram

Lab 2: Authenticate with a UPN logon

  1. Authenticate and login using both Pre-Windows 2000 and User Principle Name login methods

  2. Understand the use and limitations of Active Directory authentication methods

Lab 3: Explore Active Directory Objects and Utilities

  1. Explore and use the Active Directory Users and Computers Utility

  2. Create OU containers, users and delegate rights and permissions

  3. Explore the Active Directory Administrative Center

  4. Understand common issues

Lab 4: Explore the default GPO configuration

  1. Explore and use the Group Policy Management Editor

  2. Explore and understand the settings in the default Active Directory GPOs

Lab 5: Make your own GPO

  1. Create a new Group Policy Object using the Group Policy Management Editor

  2. Apply and test application of the new GPO

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