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Installing Windows Server 2022 and setting it up as the Domain Controller to create my own domain myhomelab.local. This lab provided me with hands-on experience with setting up Active Directory and a domain controller.

With this I am provided a solid base in managing user accounts, groups, and policies within a Windows Domain environment.

Next step: In the following lab, I will be creating and configuring users and groups within Active Directory to simulate account management.

Continuing from the first post, I am exploring how to create and manage users in myhomelab.local. In this lab I have created a test user, configured password options, created a test security group, and added the user to that group using Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC).

These are the core essentials of AD administration: setting up user accounts, and using groups to assign access without changing permissions.

Start with first post: Building My First Domain.

Next step: accounts will be organized into Organizational Units (OUs) for better management and applying Group Policies will begin.