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Managing Active Directory

Users, Groups, Computers, Organizational Units, and Group Policy

Managing Active Directory

Learn about how users, groups, and computers are managed in Active Directory, how to organize them with Organizational Units (OUs), and how Group Policy is used to configure and manage environments at scale.

This module contains 2 lessons covering the foundational building blocks of Active Directory.

Premium Module Benefits:

  • • Full access to all 3 lessons
  • • Clear visual breakdowns of AD architecture
  • • Progress tracking and completion certificates
2
Lessons
30 min
Duration
Premium
Access
10
Points

What You'll Learn

By the end of this module, you'll understand the essential building blocks of Active Directory.

Create and manage users, groups, and computer accounts in AD
Design OU structures to delegate administration and scope policy
Apply and troubleshoot Group Policy for consistent configuration

Module Lessons

This module contains the following lessons:

1
Users, Groups, and Computers
15 min
Lesson

Understand core AD objects, account lifecycle, group types and scopes, and membership strategies.

Users
Groups
Computers
Group Scopes
Account Lifecycle
2
Organizational Units and Group Policy
15 min
Lesson

Build logical boundaries with OUs and configure environments using Group Policy Objects (GPOs).

OUs
Delegation
GPOs
LSDOU Order

Perfect For

Identity Beginners

New to identity systems who need to understand AD fundamentals.

IT & Helpdesk Staff

Those managing users, groups, and computers who want clear AD fundamentals.

Windows Administrators

Admins looking to strengthen identity management and AD security basics.