
Explore Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP on Windows Server 2025 through 15 hours of hands-on labs, beginning with IP addresses, subnetting, hexadecimal, binaries, and TCP/IP concepts.
Download and install Cisco Packet Tracer, register for a free account, and prepare to run DHCP labs with the latest version 8.22.
Discover how IP addresses function as hosts on a local or wide area network, and how IPv4 uses four decimal octets in a 32-bit address.
Explore TCP/IP classes, CIDR notation, and subnet masks by examining class A, B, and C ranges, their default masks, loopback testing, and the differences between unicast, multicast, and broadcast.
Explore class C addressing with 192.168.x.x /24, emphasizing the network portion and host portion. Identify network IDs and broadcasts, with 254 possible hosts per network.
Master class B addressing by using a slash 16 mask (255.255.0.0), with the first two octets as the network and the last two as the host, yielding 65,534 possible hosts.
Explain class A networks, network and host boundaries, and how a 255.0.0.0 subnet mask (cidr /8) enables many hosts on 10.x addresses, with first host 10.0.0.1 and broadcast 10.255.255.255.
Learn the differences between class d multicast and class e research addresses, how multicast routing informs neighbors’ updates, and why next topics cover private versus public networks and nat.
Explain how port numbers enable connections by pairing source and destination IP addresses in tcp and udp, with http 80, https 443, ftp 21, and the idea of sockets.
Explore tcp vs udp using netstat to reveal open ports on Windows servers, including 3389 for remote desktop, 445 for file sharing, and Kerberos ports 88 and 464.
Explain the difference between private and public networks, showing private address ranges such as 192.168.x.x, 172.16–172.31.x.x, and 10.x.x.x, and the roles of dhcp, nat, and internet access.
Describe how static NAT maps private IPs to a public IP, designate inside and outside interfaces, and illustrate 1-to-1 translation versus PAT in real networks.
Explore dynamic NAT, using a public IP pool and three commands to translate private addresses. Link an access list to the pool and use a wildcard mask for one-to-one translations.
Explain port address translation (PAT) and how multiple private devices share a single public IP using different ports, with steps to configure overload NAT and verify translations.
Download and install VMware player to begin virtualization, selecting windows link for the latest version that supports Windows Server 2025, noting possible uninstall of older versions and a required restart.
Download Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 ISO files, with a free trial available, choosing 64-bit editions for English US, saving to desktop, and preparing both for use.
Learn to install Windows Server 2025, set up two Windows 11 clients in VMware, configure hardware, install VMware Tools, and manage updates for a lab.
Enable Hyper-V by turning on the Windows feature in control panel, requiring Windows pro edition, rebooting, and then accessing the Hyper-V console to manage virtual machines.
Install Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 by creating generation 2 virtual machines in Hyper-V, using dynamic memory, ISO images, and TPM for Windows 11.
install Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 in VirtualBox for labs, configure RAM, processors, EFI, ISO setup, and install Guest Additions to enable full functionality.
Learn how to rename computers and servers and configure static IP addresses in a workgroup environment, using DHCP for clients and identifying gateway and DNS settings.
Test connectivity between the server and Windows 11 clients by pinging IPs and computer names, then disable Windows firewall to verify access on the 192.168.223.0 network.
Install Active Directory on the server by promoting it to a domain controller, configure a udemy.local dns zone, and open necessary ports for ldap, kerberos, and gc.
Join Windows 11 machines to the udemy.local domain by configuring DNS to the domain controller, then authenticate with Kerberos and verify the domain users and computers in Active Directory.
About This Class ( My Entire Course is 100% HANDS ON)
Do You want to get the real world experience of Active Directory Including DNS and DHCP on Windows Server 2025 than this course is for you. I Don't do any PowerPoint slides instead the entire course is just Labs (Hands On Experience) as if you were working in a real environment. I also Included Subnetting were you will be subnetting in your head without calc or notes.
Why This Class
This Short Course Will be the same as You worked as a Network Administrator For a Company For at least 2 Years that You can put on your resume because you will actually see every section in action with labs only as you did it in a real environment. (Boot Camp Class Half Day) . If you do the 15 Hour Lab that is in this class i can assure you it will be equivalent to a 2 year experience in the Field.
What Will You Gain From This Class
This course will enhance your skills in better understating by actually doing it as we were in the same classroom utilizing AD Users and Computers, AD Domains and Trusts , AD Sites and Services and of course don't forget the DHCP and not excluding the backbone which is DNS.
In This Course you will not just learn you will actually do it yourself as if you were in an actual company doing the following:
1) How to Setup DNS Prior of install the 1st DC (In Terms of Creating the proper zone for the domain)
2) How to setup AD on the 1st Server and than the setup of AD as a replica on the 2nd Server for fault Tolerance.
3) How to create/delete/disable user accounts including reset /change passwords
4) How to create roaming profiles including home directories for users
5) How to create/delete and manage groups and understand the difference between the group types and the scopes.
6) How to Join Client PCs to the domain (First Domain which is called the parent domain and also called the Forest)
7) How to create and OU and the purpose of it
8) Installing/Configuring/Managing a DHCP Server in terms of creating scopes/reservations/filtering/leases/fault tolerance and performance and don't forget how to manage a DHCP Server from a Client PC.
9) How to establish a trust between two separate forests.
10) How To Manage Replication Through AD Sites And Services
11) How to backup and restore AD using Windows Server Backup and the AD Recycle Bin using the AD Administrative Center.
12) How to delegate control to junior admins for specific task in AD Such as reset passwords or create /delete and manage user and groups objects using a Client OS.
13) What are the FSMO Roles and the purpose of each Role
14) TCP/IP Subnetting
15) What are Forward and Reverse lookup Zones including all resource records such as A,PTR,CNAME,SRV,SOA,MX and others.
16) Install Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 Using VMware/VirtualBox/Hyper-V.
17) TCP/IP Classful and Classless Networks (Subnetting)
18) How To Create Forward/Reverse Lookup Zones and Their Importance.
19) What Is A Primary/Secondary/Stub/AD Zones and in What Cases You Would Use Ether One.
20) What Are All Resource Records such as A,PTR,SOA,MX,CNAME,SRV.
21) How to analyze DNS using Wireshark And What's is The Hosts File
Who is This Class For
Anybody that wants to put time and effort to learn real actual AD/DNS/DHCP Skills to reflect in the IT Field. This Class will make your life much easier than what you think you know. We always learn new skills every single day in the IT Field.
Do you want to become a Real Network Administrator (Not Just on Paper) than This class is for you.
Facts About The Course
Do I need any Work experience?
If You or Don't Work In The IT Field You Should Be Fine Taking This Course.
I Already Work In The IT Field Will I Benefit From This Course?
Working In The IT Field Doesn't Mean You Will Cover All Concepts Of Networking.
Will I get a certificate of completion at the end?
Yes You Will.