
Active Directory Enterprise Lab Environment
I spent around 7 hours building the entire Milan environment in my Active Directory home lab from scratch.
So far I've:
- Created the OU structure (Finance, HR, IT, Marketing, Sales)
- Added users, security groups, and computers
- Joined workstations to the domain
- Created and linked a baseline GPO
- Deployed a company wallpaper policy
- Verified everything with
gpupdateandgpresult
Seeing the policies apply successfully after troubleshooting everything myself was really satisfying.
I'm currently preparing for an IT Support tier 1 or 2 role, and every lab I complete makes me feel a little more confident that I'm building the right skills. There's still a lot to learn, but it's rewarding to see everything come together.
Tomorrow I'm moving on to the London environment. Looking forward to making it a bit more complex than today's setup.
If anyone has ideas for realistic AD projects or common IT Support tasks I should add to my lab, I'd love to hear them.