Introducing Active Directory Domain Services

• Overview of Active Directory, Identity, and Access
• Active Directory Components and Concepts 
• Install Active Directory Domain Services

Administering Active Directory Securely and Efficiently

• Work with Active Directory Administration Tools
• Custom Consoles and Least Privilege
• Find Objects in Active Directory
• Use Windows PowerShell to Administer Active Directory

Managing Users and Service Accounts

• Create and Administer User Accounts
• Configure User Object Attributes
• Automate User Account Creation
• Create and Configure Managed Service Accounts

Managing Groups

• Overview of Groups
• Administer Groups   
• Best Practices for Group Management

Managing Computer Accounts

• Create Computers and Join the Domain
• Administer Computer Objects and Accounts
• Perform an Offline Domain Join

Implementing a Group Policy Infrastructure

• Understand Group Policy
• Implement GPOs
• Manage Group Policy Scope
• Group Policy Processing
• Troubleshoot Policy Application

Managing User Desktop with Group Policy

• Implement Administrative Templates
• Configure Group Policy Preferences
• Manage Software with GPSI

Managing Enterprise Security and Configuration with Group Policy Settings

• Manage Group Membership by Using Group Policy Settings
• Manage Security Settings
• Auditing
• Software Restriction Policy and Applocker

Securing Administration

• Delegate Administrative Permissions
• Audit Active Directory Administration

Improving the Security of Authentication in an AD DS Domain

• Configure Password and Lockout Policies
• Audit Authentication
• Configure Read-Only Domain Controllers

Configuring Domain Name System

• Install and Configure DNS in an AD DS Domain
• Integration of AD DS, DNS, and Windows
• Advanced DNS Configuration and Administration

Administering AD DS Domain Controllers

• Domain Controller Installation Options
• Install a Server Core Domain Controller
• Manage Operations Masters
• Configure Global Catalog
• Configure DFS-R Replication of SYSVOL

Managing Sites and Active Directory Replication

• Configure Sites and Subnets
• Configure Replication

Directory Service Continuity

• Monitor Active Directory
• Manage the Active Directory Database
• Active Directory Recycle Bin
• Back Up and Restore AD DS and Domain Controllers

Managing Multiple Domains and Forests

• Configure Domain and Forest Functional Levels
• Manage Multiple Domains and Trust Relationships
• Move Objects between Domains and Forests