Active Directory | Group Policy | PowerShell | Windows Server | GPO Administration | Infrastructure Administration | Policy Scope | Configuration Validation Overview Following the Active Directory Organisational Unit administration work in the previous laboratory, this exercise moved into another important part of Windows infrastructure administration: Group Policy. Group Policy provides a mechanism for centrally … Read more

Active Directory | PowerShell | Organisational Units | Object Administration | Access Control | Automation | Infrastructure Administration Overview Following the Active Directory group-administration work in the previous laboratory, this exercise moved to another fundamental component of Windows identity and infrastructure administration: Organisational Units (OUs). Organisational Units provide a logical structure within Active Directory for … Read more

Active Directory | PowerShell | Group Administration | Access Control | Identity Security | Automation Overview Following the Active Directory user-administration work in the previous laboratory, this exercise moved to another fundamental component of enterprise identity management: Active Directory group administration. Groups provide an important abstraction between an identity and the resources that identity is … Read more

Active Directory | PowerShell | Identity Administration | Automation | Enterprise Security Overview Following the deployment of Active Directory Domain Services in the previous laboratory, the next step was to move from building the identity infrastructure to administering identities within it. This laboratory focused on Active Directory user administration using Windows PowerShell 5.1, with particular … Read more

Active Directory | Windows Server | PowerShell | Identity Administration | Enterprise Security Overview After developing a solid understanding of Windows Server administration through PowerShell, the next logical step was to introduce the identity infrastructure that underpins the vast majority of Microsoft enterprise environments. This laboratory focused on deploying Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), … Read more

Windows Server | PowerShell | Infrastructure Administration | Identity Foundations | Enterprise Security Overview After deploying and validating my Windows Server 2025 laboratory environment, the next step was to move beyond installation and begin administering the operating system itself. This laboratory focused on using PowerShell to explore the core components that underpin every Microsoft enterprise … Read more

Microsoft Windows Server | Infrastructure Administration | PowerShell | Identity Foundations Overview In this lab, I deployed and validated a Windows Server 2025 Standard Evaluation environment as the foundation for Microsoft infrastructure administration exercises. The objective was not simply to install an operating system, but to establish a controlled enterprise-style server environment where future laboratories … Read more

Microsoft Entra ID | Identity & Access Management | Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Overview In this lab, I validated Microsoft Entra ID privileged role assignments for the Global Administrator role to confirm identity consistency and assess whether apparent duplicate entries in the portal represented actual RBAC duplication or only a UI-level representation. The focus of … Read more

Microsoft Azure | Cloud Foundations | Resource Organisation Overview In this lab, I created and validated a foundational Azure Resource Group to establish a controlled environment for all subsequent cloud and identity labs. The purpose was to define a logical and operational boundary within Azure that would serve as the base container for infrastructure, networking, … Read more

Baseline Validation and Access Change Analysis (Graph API + RBAC Interpretation) In this lab, I focused on validating identity state within Microsoft Entra ID using Microsoft Graph and comparing it against a previously established identity snapshot derived from audit log analysis (Lab 05). The objective was to bridge event-based identity analysis with state-based identity validation, … Read more