Active Directory: Domain Controllers, Operations Masters, GC (Udemy.com)
AD DS components: domain controllers, global catalog, cloning domain controllers, operations masters (FSMO), and more...
Created by: Vitalii Shumylo
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- What is a domain controller?
- What is a global catalog?
- What are operations masters?
- Transferring and seizing FSMO roles
- Deploying a domain controller
- Cloning domain controllers
- Managing domain controllers with Powershell
- Powershell Key Concepts
How it compares
Against the other 112 rated Udemy courses in Windows Server on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 88% of them
- Reviews360#77 of 113 by number of reviews
- Length2.8 hoursshorter than 83% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 92% of them
Course Description
This course is aimed to IT Pros and is supposed to give the viewer the information they need to know to get started with Active Directory (AD DS) and its key concepts. The goal is to provide coverage of AD DS main concepts like AD DS components: domain controllers, global catalog, cloning domain controllers, operations masters (FSMO), and more...
The course is targeted to help learning Active Directory and do your job more efficiently.
After completing this course, you will be able to describe:
What is a domain controller?
What is a global catalog?
Give an overview of domain controller SRV records
AD DS sign-in process
What are operations masters?
Transfer and seize FSMO roles
Deploy a domain controller
Install a domain controller from Server Manager
Install a domain controller on a Server Core installation of Windows Server
Install a domain controller by installing from media
Clone domain controllers
Add Another domain controllers
Powershell Key Concepts
Install a domain controller and manage FSMO roles with Powershell
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
360 Reviews
Vitalii Shumylo
Vitalii Shumylo is an experienced online tutor with over 20 years of experience in the field of technology and computer science. His expertise ranges from Microsoft technologies, Azure, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, SuSe, and MacOS, to a wide variety of other software and operating systems.
He has helped countless students become more effective in the pursuit of their professional goals. Vitalii is highly dedicated to providing the highest quality of support to as many individuals as he can. He is passionate about creating educational opportunities that will help people achieve success in their fields of study. With his help, you can gain the skills and knowledge you need to achieve your goals and become a tech expert.
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Reviews
By Ashwani Kumar Singh on 8/20/2026
Awesome as always from the creator of this Course. From this course, any AD Administrator can easily go through the entire process of Windows Active Directory Roles & Services because no one will keep nt only to teach but along with teaching as per mutiple mindsets to understand the the exact mechanism of Active Directory so that in any complex environment even now most of the organizations using the "Identity And Authentication" architecture by combining other cloud Identity platforms like Entra ID/OKTA/Sailpoint/CybrArk and many more... but not all of them from IT professionals actually Involved in Integration plan by designing and Implementation plan which includes multiple level of performance tuning and providing the dsired solutions for the customer/client and why they are able to perfom the above threshold of client expectation, the answer is that; they understood the background picture of how Windows AD integration mechanism is actually works with other cloud based solutions for authentication and improving the security posture so that they can finetune accordingly. Many thanks to Mr. Vitalii Shumylo [https://www.udemy.com/user/vitalii-shumylo/] for sharing their lifetime research with us. Thank you, Ashwani Singh
By Fabien Makuikila on 2/20/2026
AD is the great tools to give users permission to access to the company 'confident and privates data. So, given access and credentials to internals and externals users need to gain specials access privileges .
By Tudor Boanca on 4/10/2025
Hard for someone that never heard of most of those concepts and only used AD for managing accesses and creating accounts, but very informative!
By Mishu Khondoker on 3/24/2025
This course provided a lot of valuable insights with easy-to-follow explanations, and I'm excited to dive into the hands-on lab sections next!
By Wise Man on 3/24/2025
The instructor breaks things down so simply, making it easy to follow, and I'm progressing really well with the material.
By Sv Sobuj on 9/30/2024
This course taught me a lot about Windows servers, and I admire it enough to suggest it to others as the best online education.
By Yuth Peter on 9/26/2024
I have no words to express my gratitude to this course person. The most fantastic teacher I've ever met, remotely.
By Marvin Nakajima on 8/22/2023
Just starting but already having concerns that since the captions and transcript are auto-generated they contain some errors that may throw those new to the subject. Please create an accurate transcript that removes the auto generated mistakes. (e.g. 'RODC' was transcribed as 'ROTC')
By Obaid Mohabir on 8/6/2023
This was a great informative course with clear explanations. Looking forward to the sections to create a lab environment.
By Julia Pequeña Rebelde on 8/6/2023
Great Course. I am a beginner but learned a ton from this course. My goal is to move ahead in my company and this course has been highly beneficial!
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