Active Directory Domain Services

  • Learning Path
  • 5 Modules

At a glance

Learn about Active Directory Domain Services fundamentals, and then learn to configure and manage AD DS, Active Directory Certificate Services, and how to manage Group Policy Objects.

Prerequisites

To get the best experience from this learning path, you should have knowledge and experience of:

  • Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2016.
  • Core networking technologies.

Modules in this learning path

Introduction to AD DS

Learn about the fundamentals of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server, including forests, domains, sites, domain controllers, organizational units (OUs), users, and groups.

Manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles

This module covers how to deploy and manage AD DS domain controllers and FSMO roles. You learn how to deploy domain controllers in on-premises environments using Server Manager and the AD DS Configuration Wizard, maintain domain controller availability through backup and recovery procedures, manage the global catalog role and its placement across sites, understand and manage the five FSMO roles (schema master, domain-naming master, RID master, infrastructure master, and PDC emulator), transfer FSMO roles between domain controllers and seize roles in emergency scenarios, and manage and extend the AD DS schema.

Implement Group Policy Objects

Learn to implement Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Manage advanced features of AD DS

This module covers advanced Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) administration tasks. You learn how to create and manage trust relationships including external, forest, and realm trusts, implement Enhanced Security Administrative Environment (ESAE) forests to protect privileged accounts using the clean-source principle, monitor and troubleshoot AD DS replication using Performance Monitor, Repadmin.exe, and Dcdiag.exe, and create custom AD DS application partitions using NtdsUtil.exe.

Implement and manage Active Directory Certificate Services

Learn about the Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) concepts and administration tasks, including types of certification authorities (CAs), the process of issuing and revoking certificates, and establishing certificate trusts.

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