Manage Active Directory in Windows Server 2022
In this lab, you’ll practice Active Directory administration. When you’re finished with this lab, you’ll have a functional Active Directory infrastructure.
Terms and conditions apply.
Challenge
Get Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
Challenge
Create Users, Groups, and OUs in Active Directory
To start this lab, you will create a new Organizational Unit (OU) in the existing Active Directory domain. You will then create a new group and user inside this OU, and add the user to the group. Finally, you will assign this group to a file share to grant permissions.
Challenge
Join a New Server to the Active Directory Domain
You will prepare a new server to join an existing Active Directory domain, join the server to the domain, and verify that the computer object appears in Active Directory Users and Computers.
Challenge
Create a GPO and Link it to an OU
To finish up the lab, you will create a new Group Policy Object in Active Directory and link it to an Organizational Unit.
Challenge
The Final Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.
Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.
Recommended prerequisites
- Windows Graphical User Interface
- Windows command line