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Identity with Windows Server 2016 (Exam 70-742)

Microsoft Windows Server, ,

70-742

My latest course at CBT Nuggets is complete:

Identity with Windows Server 2016 (Exam 70-742) – MCSA: Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate

This course consists of the following action-packed Nuggets (NOTE: 41 of these Nuggets feature Hands On Labs to allow you to follow along, step-by-step!)

1. Course Introduction – 8 min
2. Active Directory Overview and Install – 19 min
3. Read-Only Domain Controllers and Removing DCs – 16 min
4. Install from Media and Domain Controller Upgrades – 13 min
5. Flexible Single Master Operator Roles – 15 min
6. Configure Domain Controller Cloning – 15 min
7. Troubleshooting Active Directory Installations – 8 min
8. Create, Copy, Configure, and Delete Users and Computers – 14 min
9. Automate the Creation of Active Directory Accounts – 19 min remaining
10. More Automation and Account Management – 11 min
11. Perform Bulk Active Directory Operations – 9 min
12. Configure User Rights – 5 min
13. Implement Offline Domain Join – 12 min
14. Create, Copy, Configure, and Delete Groups and OUs – 14 min
15. Automate Groups and OUs with PowerShell – 7 min
16. Manage Group Membership Using Group Policy – 4 min
17. Group Types and Group Nesting – 22 min
18. Configure Service Accounts – 11 min
19. Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) – 10 min
20. Configure Kerberos Constrained Delegation (KCD) – 4 min
21. Manage Service Principal Names (SPNs) – 8 min
22. Configure Account Policies – 12 min
23. Offline AD and Defragmentation – 7 min
24. Clean Up Metadata – 7 min
25. Backup and Restore of Active Directory – 17 min
26. Replication of Active Directory – 10 min
27. Replication and PRP for RODC – 7 min
28. Multi-Domain and Multi-Forest Active Directory – 9 min
29. Configure Domain and Forest Settings – 6 min
30. Trusts – 10 min
31. Configure Sites and Subnets – 9 min
32. Create and Manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs) – 17 min
33. Configure Group Policy Processing – 13 min
34. Configure Group Policy Settings – 15 min
35. Configure Group Policy Preferences – 5 min
36. Install a Certificate Authority – 9 min
37. Installing a Subordinate CA – 23 min
38. CA Management – 10 min
39. Manage Certificates – 11 min
40. Install and Configure Active Directory Federation Services – 13 min
41. Implement Web Application Proxy (WAP) – 8 min
42. Install and Configure Active Directory Rights Management Services – 7 min

Cloning Windows Server 2016 Domain Controllers

Microsoft Windows Server, , ,

Cloning

Overview

Using virtualization technologies certainly sounds exciting when it comes to your Domain Controllers in a Windows Server 2016 environment. After all, think about scalability. You need more of it, just clone an existing Domain Controller and add the additional clone to your infrastructure.

The Steps

To ensure cloning is a success, Microsoft outlines a process for us and provides us with some new tools.

Step 1: On the virtual machine you want to clone (the source VM), run the Get-ADDCCloningExcludedApplicationList cmdlet. This shows you services and applications you might have installed on the Domain Controller that do not support cloning. Uninstall any that are true concerns.

Step 2: Rerun Get-ADDCCloningExcludedApplicationList with the -GenerateXml and -Path arguments in order to create an allow list XML file.

Step 3: Add your source VM you want to clone to the Cloneable Domain Controllers group. You can use the Add-ADGroupMember cmdlet or the GUI for this.

Step 4: Create a cloning configuration file for your new system. This XML file provides parameters like computer name and IP address for the new virtual machine. The easiest way to create this file is to use the PowerShell cmdlet of New-ADDCCloneConfigFile cmdlet.

Step 5: Shut down your source VM and duplicate it to create your clone. I recommend the Export and Import approach for the VM to ensure you get all your snapshots and other goodies.

Step 6: Boot your cloned Domain Controller and watch as the process of AD Cloning completes at startup.