Systems & Linux
Windows administration best practices
The production checklist for Windows and Windows Server: installation, identity and Active Directory, GPOs, updates, security, storage and backup, monitor…
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Windows and Windows Server: versions, editions and architecture
Discover the Windows ecosystem for administrators: Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, editions and lifecycle, Server Core, NT architecture, registry, boo…
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PowerShell for Windows administrators
Master PowerShell to administer Windows: cmdlets and help, object pipeline, filters and formats, variables, scripts, modules, error handling, remote admin…
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Users, groups, NTFS permissions and SMB shares
Manage local accounts and groups, understand UAC, apply NTFS permissions with inheritance, create SMB shares and combine both permission levels without mi…
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Active Directory Domain Services and DNS
Understand and deploy Active Directory: forest, domains, organizational units, domain controllers, FSMO roles, sites and replication, integrated DNS, acco…
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Group Policy (GPO): configuring the estate from Active Directory
Design and troubleshoot Group Policy: computer and user configuration, OU linking, LSDOU order, inheritance, security filtering, preferences, central stor…
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Windows storage: disks, volumes, Storage Spaces and RAID
Manage storage on Windows: GPT and MBR, partitions and volumes with PowerShell, NTFS and ReFS, Storage Spaces and their resiliency levels compared with RA…
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Windows networking: IP, DNS, DHCP, firewall and remote access
Configure and troubleshoot Windows networking with PowerShell, deploy a DHCP server, master Windows Firewall and its profiles, and administer remotely wit…
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Services, scheduled tasks, event logs and performance
Control Windows services and their recovery, automate with Task Scheduler, use event logs with Get-WinEvent and the key event IDs, and troubleshoot perfor…
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Windows updates and security: WSUS, Defender, BitLocker, LAPS and hardening
Maintain and secure a Windows estate: update strategy (Windows Update, WSUS, Azure Update Manager, hotpatch), Microsoft Defender, BitLocker, Windows LAPS,…
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Backup, Hyper-V and Windows troubleshooting
Back up and restore with Windows Server Backup (including system state and Active Directory), virtualize with Hyper-V (machines, networks, checkpoints, re…
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