Hello, and welcome to Pluralsight.
Welcome to the course, Deploy and Manage Active Directory Domain Services.
This is the first module in the course.
Its title is Deploy and Manage Domain Controllers.
My name's Tim Warner, I'm your instructor.
In this first content lesson in our AZ‑800 skill path here at Pluralsight,
you'll learn how to deploy and manage domain
controllers on‑premises and in Azure.
That's really important because remember that this Hybrid Cloud
Administrator certification validates your skills working with
Windows Server in both contexts.
You'll learn how to deploy Read‑Only Domain Controllers,
as well as troubleshoot Flexible Single Master Operations,
or FSMO roles.
Let's begin.
Taking a bird's eye perspective of this course,
Deploy and Manage Active Directory Domain Services,
I've created five modules in the course.
This first one, of course, is called Deploy and Manage Domain Controllers.
We'll then Configure Active Directory Forest Environments.
Then, we'll Create and Manage AD DS Security Principals,
after which we'll Implement and Manage Hybrid Identities,
and then finish up with Manage Windows Server with Group Policy.
Now I hope you've already watched the prologue to this skill path.
I created a course called Introduction to Exam AZ‑800,
and I encourage you to check that out if you haven't yet.
This is the first content module of that learning path.
The Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate credential requires two exams.
One is what we're doing in this course and this skill path for exam AZ‑800,
Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure.
The other requirement is you're passing AZ‑801,
Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services.
I'm not going to talk much more about it than that because I've
already done so in the introduction course.
But once you've passed the second of those two courses,
you'll earn your Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
badge, and that badge has a one‑year cert validity. Your renewal is free online.