Active Directory Domain Services

1️⃣ Introduction to AD DS

1. Introduction

2. Define AD DS

• What are the logical components?

  • Partition, Schema, Domain, Domain tree, Forest, OU, Container

• What are the physical components?

3. Define users, groups, and computers

• What are managed service accounts?

• What are group managed service accounts?

• What are delegated managed service accounts?

• What are group objects?

• Group types

• Group scopes

• What are computer objects?

• Computers container

4. Define AD DS forests and domains

• What is an AD DS forest?

• What is an AD DS domain?

• What are trust relationships?

5. Define OUs

• Why create OUs?

• What are the generic containers?

• Use a hierarchical design

6. Manage objects and their properties in AD DS

• Active Directory Administrative Center

• Windows Admin Center

• Remote Server Administration Tools

• Other AD DS management tools

7. Module assessment

8. Summary

2️⃣ Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles

1. Introduction

2. Deploy AD DS domain controllers

Restoring deleted AD DS objects by using Recycle Bin

3. Maintain AD DS domain controllers

4. Manage the AD DS Global Catalog role

5. Manage AD DS operations masters

6. Manage AD DS schema

7. Module assessment

8. Summary

3️⃣ Implement Group Policy Objects

1. Introduction

2. Define GPOs

• What is Group Policy?

• What are GPOs?

• What are starter GPOs?

3. Implement GPO scope and inheritance

Group Policy follows the following hierarchical processing order:

1. Local GPOs.

2. Site-linked GPOs.

3. Domain-linked GPOs.

4. OU-linked GPOs.

5. Child OU-linked GPOs.

4. GPO processing order

5. Define domain-based GPOs

6. Create and configure a domain-based GPO

7. Define GPO storage

8. Define administrative templates

9. Module assessment

10. Summary

4️⃣ Manage advanced features of AD DS

1. Introduction

2. Create trust relationships

3. Implement ESAE forests

4. Monitor and troubleshoot AD DS

5. Create custom AD DS partitions

6. Module assessment

7. Summary

5️⃣ Implement and manage Active Directory Certificate Services

1. Introduction

2. Explore the fundamentals of PKI and AD CS

3. Design and implement AD CS

4. Manage certificate enrollment

5. Manage certificate revocation

6. Manage certificate trusts

7. Module assessment

8. Summary