Lessons

• Overview of AD DS
• Overview of AD DS domain controllers
• Deploying a domain controller

Lab : Deploying and administering AD DS

• Deploying AD DS
• Deploying domain controllers by performing domain controller cloning
• Administering AD DS

Lessons

• Managing user accounts
• Managing groups in AD DS
• Managing computer objects in AD DS
• Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS administration
• Implementing and managing OUs

Lab : Managing AD DS objects

• Creating and managing groups in AD DS
• Creating and configuring user accounts in AD DS
• Managing computer objects in AD DS

Administering AD DS:

• Delegate administration for OUs
• Creating and modifying AD DS objects with Windows PowerShell

Lessons

• Overview of advanced AD DS deployments
• Deploying a distributed AD DS environment
• Configuring AD DS trusts

Lab : Domain and trust management in AD DS

• Implementing forest trusts
• Implementing child domains in AD DS

Lessons

• Overview of AD DS replication
• Configuring AD DS sites
• Configuring and monitoring AD DS replication

Lab : Implementing AD DS sites and replication

• Modifying the default site
• Creating additional sites and subnets
• Configuring AD DS replication
• Monitoring and troubleshooting AD DS replication

Lessons

• Introducing Group Policy
• Implementing and administering GPOs
• Group Policy scope and Group Policy processing
• Troubleshooting the application of GPOs

Lab : Implementing a Group Policy infrastructure

• Creating and configuring GPOs
• Managing GPO scope

Lab : Troubleshooting Group Policy infrastructure

• Verify GPO application
• Troubleshooting GPOs

Lessons

• Implementing administrative templates
• Configuring Folder Redirection, software installation, and scripts
• Configuring Group Policy preferences

Lab : Managing user settings with GPOs

• Using administrative templates to manage user settings
• Implement settings by using Group Policy preferences
• Configuring Folder Redirection
• Planning Group Policy (optional)

Lessons

• Securing domain controllers
• Implementing account security
• Implementing audit authentication
• Configuring managed service accounts

Lab : Securing AD DS

• Implementing security policies for accounts, passwords, and administrative groups
• Deploying and configuring an RODC
• Creating and associating a group MSA

Lessons

• Planning IPv4 addressing
• Configuring an IPv4 host
• Managing and troubleshooting IPv4 network connectivity

Lab : Planning an IPv4 network

• Planning the IPv4 address assignments

Lab : Implementing and troubleshooting an IPv4 network

• Verifying IPv4
• Troubleshooting IPv4

Lessons

• Overview of the DHCP server role
• Deploying DHCP
• Managing and troubleshooting DHCP

Lab : Implementing DHCP

• Planning a DHCP server implementation
• Implementing the DHCP configuration
• Validating the DHCP implementation

Lessons

• Implementing DNS servers
• Configuring zones in DNS
• Configuring name resolution between DNS zones
• Configuring DNS integration with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• Configuring advanced DNS settings

Lab : Planning and implementing name resolution by using DNS

• Planning DNS name resolution
• Implementing DNS servers and zones

Lessons

• Overview of Hyper-V
• Installing Hyper-V
• Configuring storage on Hyper-V host servers
• Configuring networking on Hyper-V host servers
• Configuring Hyper-V virtual machines
• Managing virtual machines

Lab : Installing and configuring Hyper-V

• Verify installation of the Hyper-V server role
• Configuring Hyper-V networks
• Creating and configuring a virtual machines
• Enable nested virtualization for a virtual machine

Lessons

• Managing disks in Windows Server
• Managing volumes in Windows Server

Lab : Configuring local storage

• Creating and managing volumes
• Resizing volumes
• Managing virtual hard disks.

• 13: Implementing WSUS

Lessons

• WSUS overview and deployment options
• Update management process with WSUS
• Overview of Windows PowerShell DSC
• Overview of Windows Server 2016 monitoring tools
• Using Performance Monitor
• Monitoring event logs

Lab : Implementing WSUS and deploying updates

• Implementing WSUS
• Configuring update settings
• Approving and deploying an update by using WSUS

Lab : Monitoring and troubleshooting Windows Server 2016

• Establishing a performance baseline
• Identifying the source of a performance problem
• Viewing and configuring centralized event logs

Lessons

• Introducing Windows Server 2016
• Preparing for upgrades and migrations from 2008 to 2012 and 2012 to 2016
• Edition of Operating Systems
• Migrating server roles and workloads
• Windows Server activation models

Lab : Lab : Installing and configuring Windows Server 2016

• Installing Windows Server 2016
• Upgrades and migrations from 2008 to 2012 and 2012 to 2016

Lessons

• Monitoring AD DS
• Managing the Active Directory database
• Active Directory backup and recovery options for AD DS and other identity and access solutions

Lab : Recovering objects in AD DS

• Backing up and restoring AD DS
• Recovering objects in AD DS