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Learn how to join a Windows 11 computer to a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory domain in your home lab. Step-by-step guide for IT beginners and sysadmins. Why Build a Simple Active Directory Lab? If you're serious about a career in IT support or s...
I set up a Group Policy Object (GPO) to map a network drive this weekend, but for some reason, test users weren’t seeing it after logging in. Everything looked great — the policy was linked, no errors in Group Policy Management Console, and the corre...
Setting a custom desktop wallpaper across your domain’s users is a classic Group Policy task that’s perfect for beginners and intermediate admins. It’s a great way to familiarize yourself with Group Policy Objects (GPOs), SYSVOL shares, and the basic...
By McNairTech | June 2025 | Hands-On IT Lab Series Why This Lab? This week I wanted to document a small but useful task I set up in my home Active Directory lab: using Group Policy to map a network drive for a specific group of users. It's one of tho...
Setting up proper password and account lockout policies is a key part of hardening an Active Directory (AD) environment. In this hands-on guide, we’ll walk through how to configure these policies using Group Policy and then test them with a real user...
"Hands-On Guide to Installing and Configuring DHCP in a Windows Server AD Environment"
