Administer Active Directory Domain Services (AZ-1008)

Course Objectives

• Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers

• Create and manage Active Directory objects

• Create and configure Group Policy Objects in Active Directory

• Manage security in Active Directory

• Administer Active Directory Domain Services

Target Audience

• Network Administrator

• IT Administrator Prerequisites Required:

• Windows Server.

• Core networking technologies.

Course Outline

1) Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers • Define Active Directory Domain Services • Define Active Directory Domain Services forests and domains • Deploy Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers • Migrate a domain controller to a new site • Manage Active Directory Domain Services operations masters

2) Create and manage Active Directory objects • Define users, groups, and computers • Define organizational units • Manage objects and their properties in Active Directory • Create objects in Active Directory • Configure objects in Active Directory • Perform bulk management tasks for user accounts • Maintain Active Directory Domain Services domain controllers

3) Create and configure Group Policy Objects in Active Directory • Define Group Policy Objects • Implement Group Policy Object scope and inheritance • Define domain-based Group Policy Objects • Create and configure a domain-based Group Policy Object • Configure a domain password policy • Configure and apply a fine-grained password policy

4) Manage security in Active Directory • Configure user account rights • Configure user account rights to restrict access • Delegate permissions in Active Directory • Protect User Accounts with the Protected Users group • Describe Windows Defender Credential Guard • Block Windows NTLM authentication • Locate problematic accounts

5) Guided project Administer Active Directory Domain Services • Configure Domain Controller Operations • Configure User Management Operations • Manage Password Policies • Configure Security Settings • Lab: Configure domain controller operations • Lab: Configure user management operations • Lab: Manage password policies • Lab: Configure security settings