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Active Directory: Domain Controllers, Operations Masters, GC
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Active Directory: Domain Controllers, Operations Masters, GC

AD DS components: domain controllers, global catalog, cloning domain controllers, operations masters (FSMO), and more...
Created byVitalii Shumylo
Last updated 2/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • What is a domain controller?
  • What is a global catalog?
  • What are operations masters?
  • Transferring and seizing FSMO roles
  • Deploying a domain controller
  • Cloning domain controllers
  • Managing domain controllers with Powershell
  • Powershell Key Concepts

Course content

4 sections • 25 lectures • 2h 49m total length

  • Introduction3:55
  • What is a domain controller?4:50

    Domain controllers store the Active Directory Services database and NTDS.dit, plus the SYSVOL folder, using multi-master replication to synchronize changes and support Kerberos authentication, the KDC, and ROTC.

  • Knowledge Check: What is a domain controller?8:54
  • What is a global catalog?4:12
  • Knowledge Check: What is a global catalog?9:38
  • Overview of domain controller SRV records3:10

    Clients query DNS SRV records, like _ldap._tcp.adatum.com, to locate the nearest domain controller. Netlogon registers domain controller records in DNS at startup and re-registers them on restart.

  • Knowledge Check: Overview of domain controller SRV records9:20
  • AD DS sign-in process4:54
  • Knowledge Check: AD DS sign-in process9:20
  • What are operations masters?8:06
  • Knowledge Check: What are operations masters?8:11
  • Transferring and seizing roles3:18

    Transfer FSMO roles between domain controllers in Active Directory to balance workloads, letting the target receive current data; seize roles only during failures when the original domain controller is unavailable.

  • Knowledge Check: Transferring and seizing roles6:46

Requirements

  • Familiarity with general Windows and Microsoft server administration and technologies

Description

This course is aimed to IT Pros and is supposed to give the viewer the information they need to know to get started with Active Directory (AD DS) and its key concepts. The goal is to provide coverage of AD DS main concepts like AD DS components: domain controllers, global catalog, cloning domain controllers, operations masters (FSMO), and more...

The course is targeted to help learning Active Directory and do your job more efficiently. 

After completing this course, you will be able to describe:

What is a domain controller?

What is a global catalog?

Give an overview of domain controller SRV records

AD DS sign-in process

What are operations masters?

Transfer and seize FSMO roles

Deploy a domain controller

Install a domain controller from Server Manager

Install a domain controller on a Server Core installation of Windows Server

Install a domain controller by installing from media

Clone domain controllers

Add Another domain controllers

Powershell Key Concepts

Install a domain controller and manage FSMO roles with Powershell

Who this course is for:

  • IT Specialists
  • System Administrators
  • Active Directory Administrators
  • Power Users
  • Automation Specialists

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