What you'll learn

Keeping Active Directory healthy gets harder as it spreads across datacenters, branch offices, and Azure. In this course, AZ-802: Administering Windows Server - Deploying and Managing AD DS, you'll gain the ability to deploy, configure, and manage Active Directory Domain Services in on-premises and hybrid environments. First, you'll explore how to deploy writable and read-only domain controllers on-premises and in Azure, and how to manage FSMO roles. Next, you'll discover how to configure trusts, sites, and replication across multi-domain and multi-forest environments. Finally, you'll learn how to create and manage users, groups, and service accounts, and how to manage Windows Server with Group Policy and Group Policy preferences. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Active Directory Domain Services needed to run a reliable, secure directory and prepare for the AD DS objectives of the AZ-802 exam.