Active Directory: Sites and Replication with a Lab (Udemy.com)
Active Directory Sites and Replication: AD DS replication, partitions, conflicts, topology
Created by: Vitalii Shumylo
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Sites
- Sites Replication
- AD DS Partitions
- SYSVOL
- ISTG
- SIte Links
- Site Link Bridging
- Replication Topology
How it compares
Against the other 112 rated Udemy courses in Windows Server on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 23% of them
- Reviews165#99 of 113 by number of reviews
- Length2.2 hoursshorter than 91% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 96% 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 components of advanced AD DS deployments, how to deploy a distributed AD DS environment and· Configure AD DS Sites and Replication.
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 how AD DS replication works.
· Configure AD DS sites to help optimize authentication and replication traffic.
· Configure and monitor AD DS replication.
· Describe AD DS partitions.
· Explain how AD DS replication works within a site.
· Explain how to resolve replication conflicts.
· Explain how replication topology is generated.
· Explain how SYSVOL replication works.
Within an AD DS infrastructure, standard domain controllers replicate Active Directory information by using a multiple master replication model. This means that if a change occurs on one domain controller, that change then replicates to all other domain controllers in the domain, and potentially to all domain controllers throughout the entire forest. This lesson provides an overview of how AD DS replicates information between standard domain controllers and also read-only domain controllers (RODCs).
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
165 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 Winnie Hattie on 12/6/2025
If you want to learn with hands-on practice, this is the right course. The lab exercises are clear, and I could follow them without any issues.
By Hira Sheikh on 10/15/2025
Finally, a course that explains replication like a pro! The demos and explanations helped me master Active Directory sites quickly.
By Marcello Pivetti on 3/18/2025
Until now I'm not seeing a deep dive at the subject of this course, it is a just an overview, I hope it will dive in a more detailed latter on, because what is being coverd until now you can find in internet
By Haji Rustami on 10/3/2024
The education was fantastic; the guides were clear, and the examples presented were extremely informative. Perhaps I would have preferred a bit more theoretical information, but otherwise it seems to be a good course.
By Navodya Uddeepani on 9/30/2024
This course showed me a lot about Windows servers, and I believe it is the most effective online educational resource easily accessible.
By Ivica Dasovic on 9/16/2023
It was definitely an easy to flow short course however i found that you could have delivered it a lot more better than what you have done.
By Ediciell Sewok on 9/2/2023
Very good course. Very professional. As I have done engineering course it helps to grow my career in the software field. I think it is very helpful.
By Marie Grace on 9/1/2023
Instructors way of teaching is excellent ,I recommend Active Directory: Sites and Replication with a Lab to those who want to start in Active Directory
By Atila Farkas on 12/16/2022
Great material, but there should be more screenshots, pictures or animated demos for the things you are talking about. The reading of the text is not synchronized with the presentation. The paragraphs you are talking about could be somehow highlighted. Also, take a breath between paragraphs.
By Frank Asi on 9/15/2019
I'd like to see rules and limitations when there are more than 8 sites/locations. When to configure hub and spoke instead of full mesh connection, When it i best to enable or disable bridge site links.
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Overall Score : 86 / 100












