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3 days<\/strong> (24 hours total)
Focus: advanced AD, security, automation, cluster\/HA, PKI, hybrid integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 1 \u2013 Advanced Active Directory & Security<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. AD Replication Deep Dive<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Multi-site replication, site links, bridgeheads, troubleshooting lingering objects, USN rollback behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Advanced FSMO & Domain Recovery<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

FSMO seizure, metadata cleanup, authoritative restores, tombstone lifecycle, DC isolation testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. AD Tiered Administration Model<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Admin tiering, privileged access workstations, role separation, secure delegation, ESAE principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Group Policy Advanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Loopback, AGPM, GPO versioning, advanced filtering, GPO processing analysis, Sysvol migration (DFSR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. PKI & Enterprise CA Advanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

AIA\/CRL design, OCSP responders, HSM integration basics, cross-forest PKI trust, certificate lifecycle controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2 \u2013 Networking, Security & Automation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

6. DNS Advanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Conditional forwarders, stub zones, DNSSEC high-level, secure dynamic updates, AD-integrated DNS health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. DHCP Advanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Failover clustering, MAC filtering, superscopes, option inheritance, rogue server detection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Windows Firewall + IPsec<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Connection security rules, IPSec negotiation modes, certificate auth, securing server-to-server channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Windows Server Hardening<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CIS templates, secure baselines, LAPS (Legacy + LAPS v2), credential guard, secure bootchain analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. PowerShell Automation & DSC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Advanced scripting structure, remoting at scale, Just Enough Administration, DSC configurations, partial configs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 3 \u2013 Failover, HA, Hybrid & Operations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

11. Failover Clustering Advanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cluster networking, CSV internals, cluster-aware updating, resource fencing, Stretch cluster fundamentals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Hyper-V Advanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nested virtualization, SR-IOV, NUMA tuning, shielded VMs, storage live migration behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. Storage & SMB Advanced<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SMB Direct (RDMA), multi-channel, SOFS, ReFS behavior, S2D conceptual overview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. Hybrid Integration (Azure AD + Entra)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seamless SSO, PTA vs AAD Connect, device writeback, hybrid join, conditional access workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. Monitoring, Auditing & Forensics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Event forwarding, advanced audit policy, Sysmon, AD change tracking, core incident response flow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3 days (24 hours total)Focus: advanced AD, security, automation, cluster\/HA, PKI, hybrid integration. Day 1 \u2013 Advanced Active Directory & Security 1. AD Replication Deep Dive Multi-site replication, site links, bridgeheads, troubleshooting lingering objects, USN rollback behavior. 2. Advanced FSMO & Domain Recovery FSMO seizure, metadata cleanup, authoritative restores, tombstone lifecycle, DC isolation testing. 3. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWindows Server Advanced Administration - ADLER-TECH<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AD replica and domain recovery. DNSSEC and andvanced DHCP features. Server hardening. Failover, HA setup. Hyper-V RDMA storage. 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