Active Directory: Everything About Computer Accounts

Everything about Joining & Troubleshooting Computers to an Active Directory Domain & Computer Accounts.

What you'll learn

Computer Accounts & Joining Computers to Domains

What is a Computer Account?

Why a Computer Account is Needed?

Which Computers Require a Computer Account?

Which OSs can have a Computer Account? (Which OSs can Join to an Active Directory Domain)

Behind the Scenes of a Windows Computer Joining a Domain

How a Computer Account is Created? (Automatically & Manually)

Who can Join a Computer to a Domain or Create a Computer Account?

What Data is Saved in a Computer Account?

How to Properly Name Computers?

What is Distinguished Name (DN) & Why is it Needed?

Disabling, Resetting, and Deleting a Computer Account.

Restoring a Deleted Computer Account.

Changing the Default Place in a Domain for New Computer Accounts.

Creating Computer Accounts for OSs other than Windows. (Joining & Disjoining Linux & Apple to a Domain)

Troubleshooting Joining Computers to a Domain (TShoot Checklist)

Why Sometimes Computer Accounts get Problematic and Domain Rejoin is Needed?

TShoot Cloning Windows Computers in a Domain (Sysprep)

How a Computer Account Password is Changed?

Changing the Machine Account Quota (Default=10) for Standard Users in Active Directory.

Setting the Users/Groups who have Right/Permission to Join Computers to a Domain.

Best practices for Joining Computers to a Domain.

Bulk Join/Import Computers to a Domain.

Offline Domain Join

TCP/UDP Ports that Need to be Open on Firewalls so a Computer can Join and Connect to a Domain

Trusting a Computer Account for Delegation.

Detecting and Disabling/Deleting Inactive Computer Accounts.

Review Questions and Answers

Requirements

Basic knowledge of TCP/IP

Basic knowledge of Active Directory Domain Services & DNS

Description

"Active Directory: Everything About Computer Accounts" course is aimed to anyone who works or is going to work in an Active Directory Domain as a Help Desk or Network Admin.Its goal is to define as many aspects of computer accounts as possible & teaching how to join computers (Windows, Linux, and Apple) to the Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2, 2016 & 2019 Active Directory domains via Graphical User Interface, Command Prompt and PowerShell.After this course you will be able to create, reset, disable, manage, delete and restore computer accounts.In this course you will also learn:- How to Name Computers Properly.- The concept of Distinguished Name (DN).- Behind the Scenes of a Windows Computer Joining to a Domain.- Prestaging Computer Accounts via Active Directory Users and Computers console and PowerShell.- Offline Domain Join (ODJ).- Bulk join and import computers to domains.- Delegating Computer Domain Join.- Changing the Machine Account Quota in Active Directory.- Changing the Default Place for New Computer Accounts.- Detecting inactive computer accounts.- Needed TCP and UDP Ports to be opened in Firewall to join computers to domains.- Detecting and troubleshooting the common computer accounts and domain join related problems.At the end of each lesson, you can test your knowledge with provided Questions and Answers.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Lesson1: Computer Accounts & Joining Computers to Active Directory Domains

Lecture 2 Lesson1-Part1-Getting Familiar with Computer Accounts

Lecture 3 Lesson1-Part2-Introduction of the Initial Lab Journey

Lecture 4 Lesson1-Part3-Joining a Windows Computer to an Active Directory Domain

Lecture 5 Lesson1-Part4-Joining another Windows Computer to an Active Directory Domain

Lecture 6 Lesson1-Part5-Behind the Scenes of a Windows Computer Joining a Domain

Lecture 7 Lesson1-Part6-Distinguished Name (DN)

Lecture 8 Lesson1-Part7-Prestaging Computer Accounts (via ADUC console and PowerShell)

Lecture 9 Lesson1-Part8-What Data is Saved in a Computer Account

Lecture 10 Lesson1-Part9-How to Name Computers Properly

Lecture 11 Lesson1-Questions and Answers

Section 3: Lesson2: Managing Computer Accounts

Lecture 12 Lesson2-Part1-Disabling a Computer Account

Lecture 13 Lesson2-Part2-Resetting a Computer Account

Lecture 14 Lesson2-Part3-Deleting a Computer Account

Lecture 15 Lesson2-Part4-Editing a Computer Account

Lecture 16 Lesson2-Part5-Restoring a Deleted Computer Account

Lecture 17 Lesson2-Part6-Changing the Default Place for New Computer Accounts

Lecture 18 Lesson2-Part7-1-Joining a Linux Computer to a Domain

Lecture 19 Lesson2-Part7-2-Disjoining a Linux Computer from a Domain

Lecture 20 Lesson2-Part7-3-Joining an Apple Computer to a Domain

Lecture 21 Lesson2-Part7-4-Disjoining an Apple Computer to a Domain

Lecture 22 Lesson2-Questions and Answers

Section 4: Lesson3: Troubleshooting

Lecture 23 Lesson3-Part1-Troubelshooting (Checklist & Big Mistakes)

Lecture 24 Lesson3-Part2-1-TShoot Date and Time Sync

Lecture 25 Lesson3-Part2-2-TShoot Domain Rejoin Needed

Lecture 26 Lesson3-Part2-3-TShoot Cloning (Sysprep)

Lecture 27 Lesson3-Part2-4-TShoot Hotfix

Lecture 28 Lesson3-Questions and Answers

Section 5: Lesson4: Advanced Management & Knowledge

Lecture 29 Lesson4-Part1-Computer Account Password in AD and Registry

Lecture 30 Lesson4-Part2-Computer Account Password Change

Lecture 31 Lesson4-Part3-Changing the Machine Account Quota in Active Directory

Lecture 32 Lesson4-Part4-Delegating Computer Domain Join

Lecture 33 Lesson4-Part5-Best Practices for Computer Accounts

Lecture 34 Lesson4-Part6-Bulk Join or Import Computers to a Domain (Plus Script)

Lecture 35 Lesson4-Part7-1-Offline Domain Join

Lecture 36 Lesson4-Part7-2-Offline Domain Join

Lecture 37 Lesson4-Part8-Needed TCP and UDP Ports (Firewall)

Lecture 38 Lesson4-Part9-Trusting a Computer Account for Delegation

Lecture 39 Lesson4-Part10-Detecting Inactive Computer Accounts (Plus Script)

Lecture 40 Lesson4-Questions and Answers

Anyone starting to work with Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services,Help Desks,Network Administrators