Active Directory Administration Course in Doha, Qatar

The Active Directory Administration course in Doha, Qatar focuses on Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), the directory that controls sign-in, permissions and policy across most Windows networks. Participants learn how forests, domains and organizational units fit together, how domain controllers, DNS and Kerberos work, and how to manage users, computers and groups at scale. Group Policy, sites and replication, FSMO roles and directory recovery are covered in detail, along with synchronizing identities to Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory.

Because Active Directory is a frequent target in cyberattacks, security runs through the whole course: tiered administration, protected groups, Windows LAPS and auditing privileged changes. Learners promote domain controllers, design an OU structure, build and troubleshoot GPOs, recover deleted objects and automate tasks with the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module in a dedicated lab. The course can be delivered as an in-house program for organizations that want to review their own directory design alongside the training.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain forests, domains, trusts, organizational units and the role of DNS in AD DS

• Deploy and promote domain controllers and manage FSMO roles

• Manage users, groups and computers with ADAC, ADUC and PowerShell

• Design, link and troubleshoot Group Policy Objects

• Configure sites, subnets and replication and resolve replication errors

• Secure Active Directory with tiered administration, Windows LAPS and auditing

• Describe hybrid identity using Microsoft Entra Connect and Microsoft Entra ID

This course is designed for IT professionals responsible for identity, access and directory services in Windows environments.

• Windows and Active Directory administrators

• Identity and access management specialists

• Infrastructure engineers maintaining domain controllers

• IT security staff who protect privileged accounts

• Microsoft 365 administrators managing hybrid identity

Module 1: Active Directory Concepts and Design

• Forests, trees, domains, trusts and functional levels

• Domain controllers, global catalog and AD-integrated DNS

• Kerberos and NTLM authentication basics

• Planning an organizational unit structure

Module 2: Managing Objects and Delegation

• Users, groups, computers and service accounts

• Group scopes and the AGDLP model

• Delegating control of organizational units

• Bulk administration with the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module

Module 3: Group Policy

• GPO processing order, inheritance and enforcement

• Security filtering and WMI filters

• Common policies for passwords, software and drive mappings

• Troubleshooting with gpresult and Group Policy Results

Module 4: Sites, Replication and Operations Masters

• Sites, subnets and site links

• Monitoring replication with repadmin and dcdiag

• Transferring and seizing FSMO roles

• Adding and decommissioning domain controllers

Module 5: Security, Recovery and Hybrid Identity

• Tiered administration and protecting privileged groups

• Windows LAPS, fine-grained password policies and auditing

• Active Directory Recycle Bin and authoritative restore

• Synchronizing to Microsoft Entra ID with Microsoft Entra Connect

Identity is at the heart of secure digital services, and government entities, banks, healthcare providers and energy companies in Qatar rely on Active Directory to control who can access their systems. National cybersecurity guidance from Qatar's National Cyber Security Agency stresses strong access control, which makes well-managed directories essential. As organizations adopt cloud and hybrid services in support of Qatar National Vision 2030, administrators who understand both AD DS and Microsoft Entra ID are increasingly valuable.

Join a scheduled class at our training center in Doha or attend live online. For organizations, the course can run as an in-house program at your premises or online, tailored to your sector, examples and schedule.