Mastering Active Directory: Administration and Fundamentals

Mastering Active Directory: Administration and Fundamentals, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.29, with 27 lectures, 11 quizzes, based on 699 reviews, and has 29572 subscribers.

You will learn about Creating and managing user accounts The difference between different types of user profiles The difference between local and domain accounts How to search for users, contacts, groups and computer objects Creating and managing security groups and OUs How security group and organisational unit (OU) nesting works How to manage group policies using the Group Policy Management Console Group policy processing involving multiple levels of Group Policy Quiz at the end of each section to check your knowledge This course is ideal for individuals who are IT Support Technicians or Helpdesk staff who are looking to advance their careers It is particularly useful for IT Support Technicians or Helpdesk staff who are looking to advance their careers.

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Summary

Title: Mastering Active Directory: Administration and Fundamentals

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.29

Number of Lectures: 27

Number of Quizzes: 11

Number of Published Lectures: 27

Number of Published Quizzes: 11

Number of Curriculum Items: 38

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 38

Original Price: £19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Creating and managing user accounts
The difference between different types of user profiles
The difference between local and domain accounts
How to search for users, contacts, groups and computer objects
Creating and managing security groups and OUs
How security group and organisational unit (OU) nesting works
How to manage group policies using the Group Policy Management Console
Group policy processing involving multiple levels of Group Policy
Quiz at the end of each section to check your knowledge

Who Should Attend

IT Support Technicians or Helpdesk staff who are looking to advance their careers

Target Audiences

IT Support Technicians or Helpdesk staff who are looking to advance their careers

Active Directory, a foundational technology introduced with Windows 2000, remains integral to modern domains, employing key concepts such as users, computers, groups, and organizational units. These elements are as vital today as they were at the inception of Active Directory administration.

Mastering both Active Directory and Group Policy is essential for any IT professional or helpdesk technician, as these skills are universally applied in large organizations with IT support teams. In this comprehensive course on Active Directory and Group Policy, you will learn:

How to efficiently manage Active Directory user accounts, groups, and organizational units using the Active Directory Users and Computers console.
Best practices for setting and resetting Active Directory account passwords.
Utilizing the Active Directory search facility to quickly locate what you need.
Creating and managing group policies effectively.
Understanding the importance of local computer policies in relation to group policies.
Detailed explanations of user password policies.
How to use Group Policy Preferences and Starter GPOs.
The mechanics of replication and the role of the SYSVOL folder.

Additionally, this course includes valuable shortcuts and tutorials on command-line utilities that will be beneficial in your IT support career. Knowing the most efficient way to complete a task can often be beneficial, especially if you have a lot to do within a short space of time.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Active Directory: Introduction

Lecture 1: Making the most of this course

Lecture 2: Introduction to Active Directory

Lecture 3: Active Directory Overview

Chapter 2: Active Directory: User Accounts

Lecture 1: Creating a new user account

Lecture 2: Configuring user account options

Lecture 3: Local and domain accounts

Chapter 3: Active Directory: Profiles and OUs

Lecture 1: Local, roaming and mandatory user profiles

Lecture 2: Organisational units (OUs)

Chapter 4: Active Directory: Groups & Object Nesting

Lecture 1: Creating new groups

Lecture 2: Managing groups

Lecture 3: Object nesting

Chapter 5: Active Directory: Searching, Changing & Moving Objects

Lecture 1: Searching for AD users, computers and groups

Lecture 2: Moving and changing the status of AD objects

Chapter 6: Group Policy: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Group Policy Management Console

Lecture 3: Group Policy Overview

Chapter 7: Group Policy: User/Computer Policies & GPP

Lecture 1: User and Computer Policies

Lecture 2: Group Policy Precedence

Chapter 8: Group Policy: Password Policies & Policy Differences

Lecture 1: Password Policies

Lecture 2: Policy differences between Windows versions

Chapter 9: Group Policy: WMI Filters & Starter GPOs

Lecture 1: WMI Filters

Lecture 2: Starter GPOs

Chapter 10: Group Policy: Modeling & Commands

Lecture 1: Group Policy Modeling

Lecture 2: Gpupdate, Gpresult and RSOP Commands

Chapter 11: Group Policy: Preferences & Replication

Lecture 1: Group Policy Preferences

Lecture 2: Group Policy Replication

Chapter 12: Bonus lecture

Lecture 1: Bonus lecture

Instructors

John Courtenay
IT & cyber security online training courses

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1 stars: 18 votes
2 stars: 31 votes
3 stars: 140 votes
4 stars: 249 votes
5 stars: 261 votes

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