A brief practical walkthrough of compliance, configuration, and Autopilot deployment in a hybrid environment. Introduction In today’s hybrid work environment, businesses need more than just antivirus and VPNs—they need a scalable way to manage devic...
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...
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"
