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Identity Foundations

Active Directory Domain Services

Build a domain from scratch: forests, OUs, GPOs, DNS, sites, replication and FSMO roles.

Beginner12 labs~16 hours

Labs in this skill

  1. 01Install your first domain controller
  2. 02Forests, domains and trusts
  3. 03OUs, users, groups and delegation
  4. 04Group Policy: design and troubleshooting
  5. 05AD-integrated DNS
  6. 06Sites, subnets and replication
  7. 07FSMO roles: transfer and seize
  8. 08Backup and authoritative restore
  9. 09AD Recycle Bin
  10. 10Fine-grained password policies
  11. 11Tiered admin model
  12. 12Lab: recover a broken replication
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