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Introduction into powerShell and RSAT
Start by logging into the DC server as the administrator. Press the Windows button and search PowerShell. Right click it and run as administrator. Starting off, lets notice that we can use some similar commands in PowerShell. PowerShell uses cmdlets. These can be powerful tools for using enhanced functions of the operating system into effect.…
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Organizational Units and Groups
A few notes on Organizational Units (OU). They are containers in Active Directory (do not confused with virtualized containers) used to organize objects such as users, computers, other OUs, etc. They are the smallest administrative unit in Active Directory. Group Policy Objects (GPOs) can be used to an OU to apply setting to all objects…
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Attaching Windows 11 VM to domain
In this lab we will be attaching the Windows VM to the Domain that we created in a previous lab. First, lets give our server a static IP address. First, let check our ip address now using ipconfig. That is our current ip settings. Go to network settings and select advanced network settings. Then select…
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Creating Domain Users
This will be a short part of the lab that focuses on cleaning up default groups and creating domain users. Lets go into our server manager and select “Active Directory Users and Computers” under the Tools tab. Once this launches, we can see the domain that we added in the previous portion of the lab.…
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Configuring Domain Controller
At this point, we have a Windows desktop and server VM. After successfully installing the Windows server, we will have to configure it to act as a domain controller. First, we will change the name of the Windows server VM. This can be found in “About” under the “System” tab in Settings. Select “Rename this…
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Creating Windows Server
I will be using VirtualBox to create a Microsoft Server VM. Similar to creating the Windows machine in the other post, we will download the iso file from Microsoft evaluation center. After clicking the link to download the iso file, you will need to fill in some information. After that, you will click next to…
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Making a Windows VM with Virtual Box
First, download VirtualBox, which you can do by going to virutalbox.org. Then download the correct version for the operating system you are using. After you have downloaded VirtualBox, you have to download the image of the operating system you want to use. In this post I am creating a Windows 10 machine. You can google…
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