Administer Active Directory Domain Services (AZ-1008)

Course 8736

Duration: 1 day
Language: English
Level: Intermediate

Learn the essential skills to create, deploy, and maintain an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment. This learning path is designed for administrators seeking to deepen their expertise in managing Active Directory, securing user access, and enforcing organizational policies.

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Administer Active Directory (AZ-1008) Course Information

In this course, you will:

Understand the role of domain controllers in AD DS, learn to deploy them effectively, and migrate them across environments.
Configure and manage users, groups, and organizational units to streamline access control and domain operations.
Use Group Policy to enforce security policies, manage configurations, and implement password policies.
Manage permissions, enforce authentication protections, and identify potential security risks.
Apply your skills in a real-world guided project that covers domain deployment, Group Policy configuration, and security enforcement.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of and experience working with:

Windows Server.
Core networking technologies.

Administer Active Directory (AZ-1008) Training Outline

Learning Objectives

Deploy and Manage Active Directory Domain Services Domain Controllers

Understand the role and topology of domain controllers in an AD environment.
Define forests and domains within Active Directory.
Deploy and migrate domain controllers across different sites.
Manage operations masters for domain-wide control.

Create and Manage Active Directory Objects

Define and manage users, groups, and computers.
Organize directory objects using Organizational Units (OUs).
Configure and modify Active Directory object properties.
Perform bulk management tasks for user accounts.
Maintain Active Directory domain controllers.

Create and Configure Group Policy Objects in Active Directory

Define Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and their scope.
Implement domain-wide and fine-grained password policies.
Configure domain-based Group Policy Objects.
Apply security and access management policies across the organization.

Manage Security in Active Directory

Configure user account rights and access restrictions.
Delegate permissions to enforce role-based access control.
Secure accounts using the Protected Users group.
Implement Windows Defender Credential Guard for enhanced security.
Block Windows NTLM authentication and identify problematic accounts.

Guided Project: Administer Active Directory Domain Services

Configure and deploy domain controllers.
Implement user and group management strategies.
Establish and enforce password policies.
Configure security settings to protect Active Directory.

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Hands On Labs
After-Course Instructor-Coaching Included

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Dec 16 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

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If you want to demonstrate that you have the range of skills needed to succeed in a given job role, a Certification is the right way to go. If you want to validate your skills on a specific business problem or scenario your organization faces, an Applied Skills credential will make more sense.

Here are some key differentiators between Certifications and Applied Skills:

Breadth of skills validated: Certifications typically validate 4-6 skill sets, while Applied Skills validate one specific skill set.
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Many of the Applied Skills credentials can be used to help you prepare for Certification exams. Because Applied Skills are awarded based on performance within a lab, that experience may set you up for success on a Certification. All role-based Certification exams require experience, so earning an Applied Skills credential is one way to get some of the experience needed to pass the exam. However, not all skills assessed on a Certification exam will have an associated Applied Skills assessment lab, so you should not rely on Applied Skills alone. Visit how to prepare for a Certification exam.

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Administer Active Directory Domain Services (AZ-1008)

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