How we use Active Directory at work | Real world | Best Practice and tips

[@jazzpotato180]

Getting into my first IT job and studying for my A+. This is my new favourite youtube channel. Thanks for all your help

[@EastCharmer]

Wow thank you so much!! Goodluck on your A+ studies! We also post daily quizzes to help review for exams

[@hyp3dw4ter6]

Did you have any certifications or experience before applying to your first IT job? I'm trying to soak up as my info before applying to my first IT job, and do you have any tips?

[@jazzpotato180]

@@hyp3dw4ter6 no. Just passion, patience, and will to work hard. I am slowly transitioning in my company from a different role, but I am telling you, not easy. Also... i finished my A+ course and will just need to take the exam. Whatever you study for your exam... probably only the 20% will help to you for an actual helpdesk job

[@wonrei]

Why is she lowkey cute

[@spinmaster0]

@@hyp3dw4ter6 I got the A+ a few years back, then went for interviews. I also got an voluntary IT position to improve my CV where I learned so much about helpdesk management and took part in a few mini projects. The reason for the A+ certification is to have some general knowledge of IT, especially when you are asked technical quesions. You will also have something tangible to show your potential employers. Real-life experience will always surpass certifications. Look for any voluntary IT positions, even if it is once a week, to build up some experience and have something on your CV or resume. And when you are there, ask what questions they would ask in an interview and what the ideal answers are. Go for as many interviews as you can. Even if you fail, your confidence will grow and you will learn what kinds of questions will be asked.

[@MyLife-p4s]

I worked in Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer for 10 years going around the world. Your channel is very good, showing real world best practises well done!!!

[@EastCharmer]

Wow that's great! Do you do MS deployments? That sounds like a cool job! Thank you very much for the feedback! I really think it's nice to share the realistic task we do so people would know what to expect

[@MyLife-p4s]

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[@Jason-th5lk]

This channel is AWESOME for those who want to learn networking/IT and people like me who just started their IT careers. Good stuff!!

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you very much for the great feedback!!

[@noah.carrier]

I've studied AD in school and am on my A+ Core 2 exam learning the same content. From both of those I don't think I've had the chance to really see simple every day tasks with AD so I found this video very helpful.

[@EastCharmer]

Goodluck on your A+ exam!!! Yes you have a point. It's really nice to see how the concepts apply in real world practice

[@user-ni9ck8iv1b]

hey ! how old are you ? I currently am on the A+ core 2 too. University is not teaching me any of these real life scenarios

[@davidwhymns]

This video walkthrough of basic operations in AD is so good! Thank you.

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful for you!

[@JakartaMax]

Charming indeed ;-) But to the video, thanks A LOT for this no fluff hands-on intro to AD, explained very easy and well structured. Great video!

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you! I really wanna show how we typically use it at work

[@tylergolden6700]

I love how straight to point and easy to understand your content is. I'm starting my first IT job soon so these videos are very helpful. Keep up the great work! Thank you!

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you very much! That's my goal when making videos. Goodluck on your IT job!! And I'll try to post more videos

[@themevrouwdewi]

You randomly showed up not my feed. Love this, working with real-life scenarios. Subscribed.

[@EastCharmer]

Thanks!! Yes the channel is about real world IT and some hands on labs

[@MucoRNG]

your real world examples are super helpful. thank you!

[@EastCharmer]

Glad you like them! You're welcome!

[@rahulguptamps]

great and clear video

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you for the feedback! Really appreciate it!

[@sinaig6308]

Wow, good stuff! As someone in cyber sec field, this is very useful Working with AD and the details you mentioned. Thank you

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! I'm really glad it helped even for the Sec folks!

[@kakkakontent]

Thank you, very helpful!

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!

[@olioliver9396]

Thank you very much for the interesting AD video. I have one comment about the service account. Microsoft recommends using Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA). These have the advantage that the password is managed by Windows and is quite long and you can define the rhythm in which the password should be changed. There are two problems with an AD account as a service user: 1. the password for an AD account is rather insecure (usually only a few characters long). 2. if the password of the AD account is changed, the password must be changed everywhere where the AD account is used as a service user. This is not necessary with a gMSA. Thank you and have a wonderful weekend.

[@EastCharmer]

Thanks! Yes that is correct!! That's a better way to manage them. I'm probably gonna make another video about that on the hands-on activity portion of the series

[@warrenvillegas5104]

Thanks for this. I'll be using this as a reference for my refresher. It's a good help.

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! I'm glad this was helpful!

[@Sigma75283]

Seems simple to learn I appreciate you allowing us to see you in action. Companies require this experience prior as if it is impossible to learn quick on the job. Recently git my security+ certification and 9 years in telecommunications still can't get an entry level opportunity 😢

[@EastCharmer]

The market is tough right now :( it's also competitive and a lot of companies are not hiring yet. Yes Active Directory is one of the main requirements for IT Support. Just keep applying and keep working on your skills. You'll get there!!!

[@irfankhan-xm5ww]

sigma work on your resume and make sure its a pass for the ATS filters .... i just found out about the ATS .... above all definetly add a cover letter ..... let me know if you did all that and still not landing an interview ......

[@OneLitJabroni]

got my A+ Net+ going for help desk job to start my career this is a great video for getting you ready for the absolute monstrosity of being an msp

[@EastCharmer]

Nice!!! Congrats on getting your certs! Glad you liked the video! Yes I wanted to share what people can expect with this job

[@OneLitJabroni]

@@EastCharmer welp ya killed it! Lol much appreciated

[@darkthunderlight]

I'm glad I found this channel !

[@EastCharmer]

Yay!! Welcome! And glad you liked it!

[@janedawg09]

loving your AD vids. thanks a lot

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! Glad you liked them!

[@Armen_]

Great practical example. Thanks for sharing.

[@EastCharmer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kkaur-w9d]

These videos are much better than the IT diploma course which I did. Assessments given were lengthy Theoretical questions answers. There was zero practical knowledge. I am learning a lot through watching these videos. Appreciate your hard work @EastCharmer

[@EastCharmer]

Yes that's the problem with a lot of courses even when I went to school. I mean you have to know fundamentals and theory but it's really lacking with practical skills and application. Hopefully I can put together a course that covers all the practical skills you need. Thank you and I really appreciate your comment!!

[@kkaur-w9d]

@@EastCharmer Really looking forward to your course East Charmer. Keep up the good work.

[@EastCharmer]

@user-hq9zl4fe1t thank you!! Goodluck on your journey as well! Keep practicing your skills!

[@shubhjeethalder2167]

Wow...its awesome 👍 This video is very helpful Thank you for uploading this type of video ☺️

[@EastCharmer]

I'm glad you found it helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@jakubb1271]

I use AD a lot as Exchange hybrid admin! Good tutorial!

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you! Yes! AD is one of my frequently used tools too

[@faroufakmdps]

Please share with @EastCharmer some ideas so she can make some nice videos for us.

[@sekharsurya9743]

Well done! The step-by-step approach you used made it very easy to follow and understand.

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback!

[@vladyatseno8937]

Very informative, thank you.

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!

[@pierre-richardbeaubrun5063]

i love that video thank you for make that available for us to lrarn

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mike.xzr.]

You're awesome at teaching and I appreciate all the useful and practical information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge East Charmer!!

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! I really appreciate your feedback!

[@elpresidente2055]

This was a perfect refresher for me, thanks! 🙂

[@EastCharmer]

Glad it was helpful!!!

[@azehblaise6413]

Thanks for much. This is so insightful as i am learning and improving my skills set towards becoming a system engineer.

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! I'm glad it's helpful and goodluck on your journey!

[@StefanSzaraz]

Hi, many thanks for this very helpfull video.

[@EastCharmer]

Hello! You are most welcome! And glad the video was helpful

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Cute names for users BTW East charmer and Princess Peach. Loved your work, keep it up.

[@EastCharmer]

thanks! It's fun coming up with names for examples

[@joseroshe1059]

This channel is just so so good.

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you so much!! Appreciate it!

[@D_BigShow]

Well done it was easy to understand, and follow

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that!

[@vidis7544]

Great content!

[@EastCharmer]

Thanks you so much!

[@yan_88tv70]

i love this channel... 1st video is topnotched

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you very much!! Glad you liked the content!

[@bink97]

this was awesome! Thanks!

[@EastCharmer]

You're welcome! Cheers!

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OMG!!! This is a treasure. Thank you for doing this and I am glad I found your channel. I will be here every single week. I am just getting to my PC tech support job and this is just amazing for me now.🤟

[@EastCharmer]

Welcome aboard! Wow thank you for such nice comment! I'll try to upload videos consistently

[@mekalakrupamai3778]

It is really really helpful thanks dear

[@EastCharmer]

My pleasure 😊 Really glad that it's helpful!!

[@kumkanikazi.7229]

Hello! I’ve been watching your videos and love what you do. I just completed my first semester of BSc IT and was wondering if you could give me a roadmap/suggestions to get to your stream (e.g certifications) of work since IT is so vast. Many thanks xx

[@EastCharmer]

My pleasure!!

[@lionsarmiento]

Thank you so much. Hoping to get that JO with your help 😊

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!!! Best of luck to you!!!

[@johnj1566]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!!

[@bountoj]

This is great! I'm in the process of printing an ITX case and gonna use it with some spare hardware for Win22 Server stuff. These AD videos will come in handy ty \o/

[@EastCharmer]

Oh nice you got some Hardware!! Yeah it's great for server stuff!!

[@irfankhan-xm5ww]

you good in showing and explaining .... good job seriously

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you so much!! Appreciate the feedback!

[@Varun_SB]

Thank you❤For this Simple content Please Make videos like this on More scenario based Tasks that Network Administrators Do

[@DonWilliams-w2i]

fantastic video thank you vvery much

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!

[@sagarhp2350]

Thanks for the tutorial video., 😊 moore such videos..

[@EastCharmer]

Welcome 😊 more videos to come!!

[@BigbBrainsTech]

Thank you so much sweetie. Very educative video. I really appreciate you.

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!! I appreciate your feedback too!

[@ladyamy1262]

This is very helpful. I 'm lerning a lot

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! I'm glad it's helpful!

[@GetEasyS]

Very informative. Can you please make a video on AD with more advance services which are commonly used on daily basics

[@EastCharmer]

Yes! After I've covered all the basics, I'll make advanced features next

[@GetEasyS]

@@EastCharmer thanks a lot. All of those are very helpful for me. Keep it up

[@dennisphan8239]

Pretty accurate video from what I experienced

[@EastCharmer]

Nice!! I think I missed a few things but I tried to cover all the basics

[@DamancyChannel]

Thanks for sharing

[@EastCharmer]

My pleasure!!

[@Agustin_Balce]

Great demo walkthrough demonstrating best practices on how to use active directory in the workforce. Much appreciated for your time and effort. I remember I used to do active directory while incorporating role based access in Accenture before and it was a fun experience. Btw I hope you don't mind me asking, it looks like your ethnic background is Filipino. Are you? 😀

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you! I thought it would be a great idea to show how AD is typically used at work. Oh yeah it's fun! What are you doing now? And yes I'm pinay!!!

[@cyberPNO]

Good video East Charmer!

[@EastCharmer]

Glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you!!

[@glenntembo2693]

..you are such a darling , keep doing what makes you feel good - stay blessed and keep smiling

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you so much!! Truly appreciate it!!

[@bhiharibabukarma7323]

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[@EastCharmer]

Thank you so much!

[@Magus-db3jn]

Love this - wow ty

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you! Glad you liked the content!

[@pierre-richardbeaubrun5063]

great vivdeo

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you!

[@JP-fi1bz]

Hi can u please suggest what all softwares and skills are needed to become a system administrator.

[@EastCharmer]

Hello! I made a video about this topic that you can check out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWfRc5abnbB5rJI

[@JP-fi1bz]

@EastCharmer Thnku, one more thing on job portals we often see in job description of companies asking Windows/MacOs/Linux, I have only worked with windows how should I prepare for the other 2 for the role of system administrator.

[@PriyadharshiniMaruthupandi]

This a great video, can you please let me know the difference between Active directory and azure active directory/ entra id

[@EastCharmer]

Entra is cloud based and integrated with MS 365 an d other cloud features

[@PriyadharshiniMaruthupandi]

@@EastCharmer Thank you!

[@charliecorp548]

Hello Charmer, I ask you what would be better when we have an offloading? Inside the company's domain it would be better to delete the user or simply deactivate it after migrating all groups permissions for the new upcoming onboarding staff?. I think this would depend on the policies and the type of company. Thanks.

[@EastCharmer]

Hello! That's a great question, I would say it depends on your company policy but I can tell you what we do in my current workplace. When we offboard, we disable the accounts for a period of time like 1-2 years because sometimes we have interns or contractors that could come back in a few months to work again and deactivating is easier than making new accounts. And like you mentioned, sometimes we retain them for new staff permissions. Then we do our audit every 2 years to decide if we wanna delete or keep the accounts

[@BishalShrestha-t2x]

Can you make video on Linxu admininstration as well and do most office use window server with GUI ?? I hear most uses core or with no GUI Can you add more above active directory

[@EastCharmer]

I'm sorry but I'm not a Linux admin yet. Hhhmmm maybe depending on the company but all the previous companies I've worked for uses GUI. I do have more videos on AD homelab and issues

[@abcz___hello]

good job ❤

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you very much!

[@XXX_Carnage_XXX]

I have a question 🙋🏽‍♂: Is Active Directory also used for remote work, let's say I live in South Africa and the client is in the UK and a user needs something done, let's say reset his password. How do you access the companies domain controller to see the employees ( users ) etc. Not sure if you have a vid to explain and help any assistance would be great thank you 😊

[@EastCharmer]

Great question! Yes you can access the Domain Controller remotely as long as you have the appropriate permissions (Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)). There's also Cloud based systems now like Azure AD where you can do remote work on AD

[@Jobslookup]

Very nice! Could you make a video on Windows Server Backup and Recovery as well, please

[@dj10schannel]

Nice 👍

[@EastCharmer]

Thanks ✌!!

[@excaliburwinds2983]

nice thanks for your sacrifices for all of us and thanks for englishing us

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!! It's not easy but I will try to be consistent!

[@Angel-vk3bk]

Thank you for this! I have an upcoming interview for a city job near me. Hoping to prep as much as I can by learning from your videos!!

[@EastCharmer]

Goodluck on your upcoming interview!! Yes the best way to prep is by doing the hands-on and practical stuff

[@garylove2836]

Nice informative video East Charmer on Active Directory.is AD the same as the ticketing system? And if so do you have a video trouble shooting tickets?

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you!! Hhmm AD is not ticketing. It's more of a management tool for user accounts and devices in the Windows environment. Yes I actually have a ticketing playlist on the channel where I troubleshoot issues

[@garylove2836]

@@EastCharmer oh,that’s good to know.i learn something new through you😀but you know I took the 1102 core 2 exam and they gave me ticketing performance base questions .I understood what they were saying one of the imaginary user was telling me he could not read his emails.i found out he was connected to the wrong port number .it was suppose to be port 143 imap and I close the ticket.i don’t know if I was supposed to educate the user I think I might of got it wrong.but I wound up falling the exam.comptia fail me on stuff I study and knew what they are, like using the cmd command line,I just don’t get it.but l’ll check out your video on the ticketing systems once again thank you East charmer.

[@edehuchenna9468]

Please what software do you use for presentation

[@EastCharmer]

What specific presentation? For my videos, when I'm presenting the screen I use OBS

[@JarrettLucas]

Great video!

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you so much!

[@TheSysadminGuy]

Hi East Charmer, Thank you always for the great content. Do you happen to know or have a link to where I can get the ISO file for Windows Server 2022?

[@EastCharmer]

Hello! You're welcome!! Yes you can check in Microsoft Evaluation Center. Here's the link: www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022

[@dnssuffix]

Great job

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you so much!!

[@faroufakmdps]

Thank you so much. I like this type of practical videos. Can you make a video on how to add wifi certificate to the joined laptops or please. I really need this video.

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome! Ok I'll try to make a video about that

[@blueants-lq7lr]

Forgot to tell ya ;) I use powershell when it comes to managing / copying / etc users from one group/security group/ to the other and exchange online to manage/copy/ etc for distros. You got some powershell videos coming up??? Maybe some VMware/VLAN/Virtual IP's?

[@ademalliche878]

Hii i appreciate your work thanks 🙏 can you please make a playlist of Active Directory?

[@EastCharmer]

Hello there! I have a playlist for Active Directory Homelab

[@WisdomWaves122]

I want to be doing same job what is the job title for this type of role and what are internship roles for this job

[@EastCharmer]

The job title varies from IT Support, Systems Admin, IT Specialist but look for Active Directory in the job description. Internship roles would be IT or Helpdesk related

[@metalmayhem007]

Thanks for these videos. I'm in helpdesk but the company uses a different cloud Ad system so I don't have exposure to the default AD. Also really enjoy the practical videos! I understand the what , but sometimes need to see the how, for it to click.

[@EastCharmer]

You're welcome!! Ah I see, we also use that version too but it's good to know how to build AD from scratch and all the other Windows features. More videos to come!! Glad you liked them!!

[@parvez-maruf]

very helpfull, thank you for support

[@EastCharmer]

You're welcome! Glad it helped!!

[@samha1513]

It was good

[@EastCharmer]

Thank you!

[@abcz___hello]

thank you

[@EastCharmer]

You're welcome!

[@TH-vw4qn]

What verification process do you use at your work to make sure is them? Is there a secret password or a question that you would ask? Something like, "What is your favorite color?".

[@jeytis72]

Hi, I see that the OUs USA, Europe, and Asia are placed at the bottom of the list in the Active Directory Users and Computers window. How can you do that? Thank you and keep up with the good work.

[@Cyberdern]

Thank you Ayanna!

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!

[@vnit4security]

Good Lab 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄

[@EastCharmer]

Many many thanks!!!

[@josephjefferson2617]

Okay, question, when a user has to change their password say every 3 months for security purposes, how do they do it when they are using Windows 10 or 11?

[@EastCharmer]

Typically, Sys Admins would set that policy for the users and the user will just be prompted to change the password when it expires.

[@josephjefferson2617]

Would that be done through Group Policy???

[@JJFlores197]

@@josephjefferson2617 Yes. There is a group policy that a sysadmin can enable which will require users to change their password after x amount of days.

[@irfankhan-xm5ww]

one question : do you think one should have a solid understanding of a ticketing system to land an IT SUPPORT job ... if so, which one is used in the industry .....

[@EastCharmer]

Atleast familiarity on how it works and how to manage tickets. Usually you'll get trained at work because companies have different policies and SLAs for tickets. Just knoe best practices like you should assign the ticket to yourself if you're working on it. Respond to the requestor that you acknowledge the ticket. Tickets are also used for documentation purposes so for new issues, you should document the resolution for future references. The most popular ones are service now, jira and fresh service.

[@DeMarcoWright-s8o]

How to you mirror both accounts when i select one then try to select the other account one of the accounts disappear

[@EastCharmer]

The other account is minimized at the bottom of the screen.

[@karlomapoy178]

Galing!

[@EastCharmer]

Salamat!!

[@sunnykgaming2541]

Is this hybrid setup or only exchange server with Active Directory

[@EastCharmer]

I only simulated Windows Server Active Directory

[@remscotechnologies]

Hi @East Chamer, Can you help with a permanent solution for "Active Directory Trust Relationship Issues".

[@EastCharmer]

Hi! That means that the device fell of from the domain so you can 1. Add the computer to the workgroup for the meantime (make sure you know the local creds) 2. After rebooting, add the computer back to the domain 3. After another reboot the error should be ficed now and don't forget to move it back to the appropriate OU because when you "un-doamin" a machine and re-add, it moves it to the generic "Computers" container

[@PeaboQhamakoane]

Hello Charmer, I need help finding my old printer on my new laptop could the use of an active directory help me find it ??

[@lukeli4592]

This is operation layer all behinds the DNS , F.S.M.O roles control it is the key and the extend feature to MS Extra ID it also the key of MS service behinds it related

[@CloudBeatslive]

Mam, please start a session for Intune

[@EastCharmer]

Will do very soon!

[@CloudBeatslive]

@@EastCharmer Thank You Mam, I'm eagerly waiting for that....

[@shijus728]

Thank you very much ,

[@sribalaji7914]

Power shell or python which will be the best to learn for future in terms of system administration and devops

[@EastCharmer]

I'd say Python coz it's not dependent on any systems compared to powershell. But learning basic powershell and bash is also helpful.

[@naveedlodhi7375]

Working with windows must know basic PowerShell commands etc.

[@makavellys]

Can you make a video about Windows Admin Center?

[@happyvideo101]

Hi, ma'am just asking. We now have the Windows Server 2008 active directory with DHCP in use. then we need to upgrade to Windows Server 2022. what is the 1st step we need to do to gradually move the clients.

[@goobyssi]

thank you!

[@EastCharmer]

You're very welcome!!

[@KaidouGamePlay]

athank you po.

[@MrEgypticon]

Thanks !

[@EastCharmer]

You're welcome!

[@smadartito]

My personal opinion - Lots of things should be covered earlier before starting the installation session - 1. IDA infrastructure by Microsoft. 2. Concept of Domain, Tree, forest, global catalog. 3. Concept of security principles, inheritance, ACLs in Microsoft. 4. Services related to active directory. 5. How the server and client interacts and the underlying networking Concept of it. 6. A brief about ntds.dit and sysvol. 7. Concept of name resolution and WINS + DNS. THERE ARE LOT MORE LEFT... My sugession is - Check the active directory global exam prep book released by Microsoft, Books written by MARK MINASI & AD COOKBOOK. This is entirely my personal openion. You can check it or drop it...

[@EastCharmer]

Thanks for all of that but my channel only covers real world IT practice and home lab projects. there's already so many experts who have already covered that and will probably do it better than me and yeah as you mentioned there's already resources for that.

[@faroufakmdps]

@@EastCharmer which one do you recommend please? I am looking for an expert in networking. I want to become a Network specialist.