Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2019 Active Directory Domain Services
Once you've inherited an existing Active Directory environment or set one up from scratch, then what? It's time to keep it running smoothly and develop policies and procedures to keep user and computer accounts in check.
What you'll learn
Companies around the world use Active Directory (AD) every day hosted on various Windows operating systems. Windows Server 2019 is the latest in a long line of supported Windows platforms. Even if you don't have to manage AD on Windows Server 2019 today, chances are you will at some point. In this course, Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2019 Active Directory Domain Services, you will learn how to maintain a healthy AD environment in Windows Server 2019. You will learn how to not only manage AD objects like user accounts, computer accounts, groups, organizational units and more, you will also learn how to maintain a healthy AD infrastructure. First, you will explore how to create, modify, and remove user and computer accounts. Next, you will learn how AD accounts are organized into groups and organizational units, and how to keep AD secure through password, service, and authentication policies. Finally, you will discover how to ensure AD databases and critical SYSVOL data is never lost. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to manage Active Directory objects and keep a Windows Server 2019 Active Directory environment in top-notch shape.
Table of contents
- Introduction 2m
- Create a User Account from Scratch with Active Directory Users and Computers 4m
- Create a User Account from Template 2m
- Create a User Account with Active Directory Administrative Center 2m
- Create a User Account with PowerShell 3m
- Modify Active Directory User Accounts 3m
- Remove Active Directory User Accounts 1m
- Add Computers to Domain with an Online Join 7m
- Remove Computer Accounts from a Domain 2m
- Configure User Rights 1m
- Implement Offline Domain Join 2m
- Automate User Account Lockout Maintenance 1m
- Automate Password Resets 2m
- Manage Inactive and Disabled Accounts 4m
- Sync Users from a CSV 3m
- Introduction 1m
- Manage Service Principal Names 3m
- Understand and Manage Group Managed Service Accounts 5m
- Configure Kerberos Policy Settings 2m
- Configure Kerberos Constrained Delegation 1m
- Configure Virtual Accounts 2m
- Configure Domain Password Policy Settings 3m
- Configure Account Lockout Settings 3m
- Delegate Password Settings Management 1m
- Configure Fine Grained Password Policies (PSOs) 5m
- Introduction 1m
- Monitor and Manage Replication 7m
- Configure Password Replication Policies (PRP) for an RODC 4m
- Back up Active Directory and SYSVOL 5m
- Perform Active Directory Restore 6m
- Perform Object and Container Level Recovery with the Active Directory Recycle Bin 4m
- Perform Offline Defragmentation of an Active Directory Database 2m
- Cleanup Metadata 2m
About the author
Adam Bertram is an independent consultant, technical writer, trainer, and presenter. Adam specializes in consulting and evangelizing all things IT automation, mainly focused around Windows PowerShell. Adam is a Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, 2015 powershell.org PowerShell hero, and has numerous Microsoft IT pro certifications. He authors IT pro course content for Pluralsight, is a regular contributor to numerous print, and online publications and presents at various user groups and conference... more