Understanding Active Directory: concepts, architecture and essential ports Understand Active Directory: domain, forest, organisational units, and the ports that make it work.

Active Directory tiering: Tier 0, 1 and 2 explained Compartmentalise administration with the Tier 0, 1 and 2 model, and know where each account belongs.

Mastering the Active Directory install and replication Install a domain controller and set up replication across several sites.

Managing Active Directory without getting lost in the tools Know which console to open for which task, instead of hunting through every Active Directory tool.

Under the hood: attributes, dcdiag, replicas and the recycle bin Look under the hood of the directory: attributes, health checks with dcdiag, replication and the AD recycle bin.

Mastering Active Directory auditing with AI: policies, logs and automation Audit an Active Directory: audit policies, the logs worth watching, and automation through AI.

Driving Active Directory from PowerShell, with AI alongside Drive the whole directory from the PowerShell command line, with AI alongside.

Running your own CA and connecting an application (PRTG) over LDAPS Run your own certificate authority and connect an application over LDAPS - demonstrated with PRTG.

Active Directory PSO: fine-grained password policies Apply different password policies to different groups using PSOs.

Active Directory is slowing down: getting rid of the lag Find what is slowing an Active Directory down and fix the most common causes.

Active Directory FSMO: the 5 roles explained and transferred Understand the five FSMO roles, know which server holds them, and transfer them cleanly.

Active Directory KPIs: the key indicators to watch Pick the indicators worth watching on an Active Directory so you see trouble coming.