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Windows Server

Beginner → Advanced

AD, Group Policy, Event Viewer and PowerShell, demystified.

Outcome

Run Windows Server with confidence and understand why AD breaks when DNS or time drifts.

The ladder

Beginner
  • ▸Domain vs workgroup
  • ▸Users, groups & OUs
  • ▸Services
  • ▸Event Viewer
  • ▸Shares & NTFS
Intermediate
  • ▸Active Directory objects
  • ▸DNS & AD
  • ▸Group Policy order
  • ▸NTFS vs share permissions
  • ▸Patching & WSUS
Advanced
  • ▸Kerberos & SPNs
  • ▸Domain logon flow
  • ▸Replication
  • ▸Windows networking & firewall
  • ▸AD troubleshooting

Example lessons

lesson

NTFS vs share permissions

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Why a domain logon needs DNS and time

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Kerberos clock skew

Practise with puzzles

IntermediateSSH Works for Alice, Not Bob

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