Microsoft Windows Server - 2019 Administration

Configure a Windows Server 2019 member as a domain controller by installing Active Directory Domain Services, setting a static IP and DNS, and promoting the server to a new forest.

Create domain users in the default container or an organizational unit, set names and passwords, and enforce the default password policy with first-login password change.

Create domain groups by right-clicking in the user and computers container, choosing new group, and selecting a domain local, global, or universal security or distribution type; then add members.

Create an organizational unit in a domain to organize users, groups, and computers. Move users into the new organizational unit and apply unique group policies for each unit.

Configure a Windows 10 computer as a domain member by setting network details, DNS, and domain name resolution, then join the domain and verify membership on the domain controller.

Log in to a Windows 10 computer that is a member of the domain using a domain user account, with first-login profile creation.

Configure domain user logon restrictions using Active Directory Users and Computers to permit logon only on designated client computers, such as client02.

Configure time restrictions for user logon using Active Directory users and computers to allow logon only during Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., blocking other times.

Configure a user account expiry date in Active Directory to restrict logon access for a fixed term, using the domain controller and account expires to define the end date.

Configure a domain user's home folder by creating a shared folder on the file server, sharing it with the user, and mapping it as a network drive.

Configure a logon script to automate startup tasks by running a batch file at user login, by assigning the script through the profile tab so MS Paint opens on sign-in.

Explore how Windows Server user profiles work, including local, roaming, and mandatory profiles, how data syncs between devices via a file server, and how changes are saved or discarded.

Configure roaming profiles by creating a shared folder on the file server and using a %username% based path. Verify logons roam data and settings across computers, including files and wallpaper.

Configure and verify a mandatory profile by renaming the user data file in the profile folder on the file server, granting administrator access, and testing log off behavior.

Discover the four policy levels in Windows Server 2019 administration: domain, domain controller, group, and local policies, and how they govern objects across the domain.

Configure the password policy at the domain level to enforce security across all users. Understand password history, age, length, complexity, and hashing or reversible encryption in Active Directory.

The video explains the account lockout policy as a security setting that enforces a threshold, a duration, and a reset counter to deter password guessing and unauthorized access.

Learn to create and link group policy objects (GPOs) in a Windows server domain or OU, then edit policies using the GPO editor for computer and user configurations.

Explore configuring policies with administrative templates in a GPO, applying desktop wallpaper and other user or computer configurations, forcing updates, and restricting control panel items and drives.

Configure logon scripts for multiple users with GPO, storing batch files in the GPO script directory and sequencing scripts. Verify by signing in and observing the calculator open.

Configure software restriction policies in group policy to block specific applications for targeted users or shifts. Apply path or hash rules and set the disallow level, then verify the block.

redirects user documents to a file server via group policy folder redirection, reducing network bandwidth and enabling offline files, with basic versus advanced redirection and per-user subfolders.

Learn how to deploy software with group policy in Windows Server 2019, enabling automatic installation from a shared network folder and handling publish or assign options on user logon.

Learn how to back up and restore group policy objects in a domain controller, including choosing backup locations, restoring backups, and linking an existing GPO after restoration.

Master the basics of file servers in Windows Server 2019 administration, focusing on the fundamentals of file server concepts.

create and manage shared folders, configure group-based permissions and advanced sharing, apply security and granular special permissions, and test access to files and folders.

Learn how permission inheritance applies root folder permissions to subfolders and files, and how to enable, disable, or convert inherited permissions to explicit.

Take ownership of a file when necessary to manage permissions and access, showing how administrators can change ownership, disable and re-enable inheritance, and grant explicit permissions.

Configure and manage disk quotas on a Windows Server 2019 file server, setting per-user limits for shared folders, validating quota entries, and enforcing warnings and denials when limits are reached.

Increase the quota limit for a specific user by opening drive properties, selecting quota entries, and adjusting the user's quota. Update the quota to allow more data.

Apply folder-specific quotas with the file server resource manager by creating quota templates, choosing hard or soft quotas, and assigning them to shared folders to control usage.

Discover how DFS groups shared folders across multiple servers into a single namespace, enabling multiple location file servers and replication to improve bandwidth usage, performance, and availability.

Install the DFS role service across three member servers using Server Manager. Enable the DFS namespace and DFS replication, then configure the first namespace and replication.

Configure the DFS namespace via the DFS management console, designate namespace servers, set full control permissions for Project A, and add servers 02, 03, and 04 to a domain-based namespace.

Add folder targets to a DFS namespace and configure replication across multiple servers, creating a replication group with hub topology or full-mesh topology and initiating data synchronization.

Explore how Windows raid arrays use multiple disks to boost performance and availability, covering software vs hardware raid, basic vs dynamic disks, and levels 0,1,5,6.

Configure raid levels in Windows Server 2019 by converting basic disks to dynamic, creating simple, striped, and mirrored volumes, extending volumes, and handling resynchronization after disk failures.

Explore how to install and use Windows Server Backup to back up full servers, volumes, system state, or files, schedule backups, and perform file or volume restoration.

Learn how a print server centrally configures, deploys, and manages network printers, maps printers to users, deploys drivers via group policy, and administers printers from a centralized console.

Explore how a web server stores, processes, and delivers web pages to users via HTTP, hosting static and dynamic content with IIS on Windows Server, publicly or internally.

Explain the dhcp process to automatically assign ip addresses to clients, using discovery, offer, request, and acknowledge steps, with mac addresses, scope ranges, and leases.

Configure the DHCP server role on a member server using Server Manager, enabling role-based installation, adding management tools, and completing scope configuration after install.

Learn to configure a DHCP scope in Windows Server 2019 using the DHCP management console, setting IPv4 ranges, exclusions, lease duration, and optional gateway and DNS settings.

Authorize the DHCP server to allocate IP addresses by logging in as a domain administrator, selecting the authorize option on the server, and refreshing to activate the scope.

Demonstrates configuring a dhcp scope and address pool, then verifying that a client automatically receives an ip lease from the dhcp server and shows lease details.

Learn how to resolve a device's IP address using ARP and DHCP, create DHCP reservations, and renew or release IPs with ipconfig in a Windows server environment.

This video demonstrates configuring DHCP scope options, including the default gateway and DNS server, and shows how changes propagate to client machines after IP renewal or reboot.

Learn to customize the DHCP scope and lease period in Windows Server 2019 administration by right-clicking the scope to adjust the scope range and lease duration.

Learn DHCP scopes: normal, super, and multicast, with ranges, exclusions, and reservations. Understand multicast addresses (224–239) and the At Home Multicast Address Dynamic Allocation Protocol.

Configure a super scope in Windows Server 2019 by adding existing scopes, creating multiple scopes with subnets, subnet masks, exclusion ranges, lease durations, and scope options, then activate.

Configure a multicast scope in Windows Server 2019 administration by creating a new IPv4 multicast scope, naming it, defining the 224 to 239 range, TTL, exclusion range, and lease duration.

Back up the DHCP database to a chosen folder. Restore after deleting scopes, verify all scopes, IP allocations, and the database are restored, while the service restarts.