AZ-1008 Administer Active Directory Domain Services

This course is intended for system administrators and IT professionals who manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments. The ideal candidate will have prior experience with Windows Server and networking technologies. The objective is to learn how to implement, administer, and maintain AD DS, as well as manage security, group policies, and domain controllers.

Module 1: Deploying and Managing Active Directory Domain Services Domain Controllers

• Define Active Directory Domain Services
• Defining Active Directory Domain Services Forests and Domains
• Deploying Active Directory Domain Services Domain Controllers

Module 2 Creating and Managing Active Directory Objects

• Defining users, groups, and computers
• Definition of organizational units
• Managing objects and their properties in Active Directory
• Creating Objects in Active Directory
• Configuring objects in Active Directory
• Perform bulk administration tasks for user accounts
• Maintaining Active Directory Domain Services Domain Controllers
• Migrating a domain controller to a new site
• Managing Active Directory Domain Services Operations Patterns

Module 3 Creating and configuring Group Policy objects in Active Directory

• Defining Group Policy Objects
• Implementing Group Policy Object Scope and Inheritance
• Defining Domain-Based Group Policy Objects
• Creating and configuring a domain-based Group Policy object
• Configure domain password policy
• Setting and enforcing a defined specific password policy

Module 4 Managing Security in Active Directory

• Setting user account rights
• Setting user account rights to restrict access
• Delegate permissions in Active Directory
• Protecting user accounts with the Protected Users group
• Description of Windows Defender Credential Guard
• Block Windows NTLM authentication
• Locating problematic accounts

Module 5 Guided Project: Active Directory Domain Services Administration
Preparation

• Exercise: Configuring Domain Controller Operations
• Exercise: Configuring User Management Operations
• Exercise: Managing Password Policies
• Exercise: Configuring Security Options

Knowledge and experience working with:

• Windows Server

• Main network technologies

• Course: English / Spanish
  
• Labs: English / Spanish

This course is part of the Microsoft Applied Skills Credentials.

To earn this Microsoft applied skills credential, students must demonstrate the ability to secure resources using Azure virtual networking solutions.

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