Understanding Active Directory by Sami Laiho

Most people are learning cloud skills nowadays, while even Microsoft says that 95% of their customers still have an Active Directory (AD) and operate in a Hybrid environment. 
Especially young IT-people coming out of school and entering their first real jobs are suffering as they have not been given proper training in Active Directory (AD).
This course will level up your skills in how AD really works and how it should be designed, implemented, maintained and secured.
It's a good fit for young new IT-people entering the business, but also for seasoned admins to learn real world examples on how to protect and maintain AD.
This course contains real-world examples for companies sized between 1-550000 computers.
 
You should also remember that around 95% of Ransomware cases happen by paralyzing a company's Active Directory.
This course will also prepare people to correctly secure their AD, take care of backups and recover quickly. 
 
The course instructor Sami Laiho has been working with and teaching Active Directory from when it was introduced. As a Microsoft MVP in both the Windows OS and Identity, he has unparalleled knowledge and experience in this topic. 

What is Active Directory

• What?
• Why?
• How?

Structure of Active Directory

• Logical Structure
• Physical Structure
• Planning the structure
• Delegation of Control
• Domain and Forest Functional Levels

Installing Active Directory

• Installing Domain Controllers
• Installing new domains
• Unistalling AD components

DNS for AD

• What is DNS
• How DNS works with Active Directory
• Troubleshooting DNS

AD-objects

• Computer Accounts
• User accounts
• Other objects

Managing Computers in AD

• Member Servers
• Workstations

Managing Users in AD

• User Accounts
• Contacts

Managing Groups in AD

• Security Groups
• Pseudo Groups
• Distribution Groups

Managing Services in AD

• Different service accounts
• Delegation (Constrained/Unconstrained)
• Authenticating towards/from AD

Group Policy

• What is Group Policy
• Group Policy logic
• Best Practices for GPOs
• Troubleshooting Group Policy

Securing Active Directory

• Windows and AD Security Model
• Authentication and Authorization
• Tiering Active Directory and Privileged Access Workstations (PAW)
• AD Baselines
• Password policies
• Privilege and User Rights management
• Auditing AD

Syncing AD with Entra-ID

• Hybrid with AD and ME-ID
• Syncing services running on-prem or in the cloud

Active Directory Maintenance

• AD Event Logs
• PowerShell and AD
• Backing up AD
• Maintenance of the database

People administering or starting to administer an Active Directory. People interested in how the crown jewels of any environment are properly managed and secured.

• Administratoren

• Basic knowledge on Windows and Networking.
• Windows Client Fundamentals
• ITS: Networking Fundamentals