Set up an Active Directory Windows 11 24H2 Administrative Workstation
This video is part of a series regarding the installation and configuration of Microsoft Active Directory. In this video, we add a Windows 11 24H2 administrative workstation, sometimes otherwise known as a privileged-access workstation (PAW), from which all (or almost all) domain and server administration will happen. This workstation will be on a dedicated “administrative” VLAN. We’ll cover the following topics.
△ Operating System Preparation
△ Configuring Domain Controller firewall settings via GPO
△ Adding Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows
△ Installing Windows Admin Center
△ Installing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and VSCode
△ Testing Remote Connections and Sessions
△ Enabling Remote SSH Access
△ Next Domain Steps
Other actions and tasks we’ll cover in this Active Directory series are:
🪟 Adding member servers (DHCP, DFS, SQL, SCCM, etc.)
🐧 Adding Linux clients as domain members
🪟 Failover clustering.
🪟 Standup a new forest and domain using Windows Server Core (no GUI).
. . . and more.
Applies to:
Windows 11 Enterprise, Windows 11 Professional, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Professional
Glossary:
AD = Active Directory
ADDS = Active Directory Domain Services
CIDR = Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIM = Common Interface Model
COM = Component Object Model
DC = Domain Controller
DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS = Domain Name Server
DSRM = Directory Services Restore Mode
FSMO = Flexible Single Master Operation (pronounced "fizmo")
GPO = Group Policy Object
GUI = Graphical User Interface
IPv4 = Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6 = Internet Protocol version 6
KCC = Knowledge Consistency Checker
NetBIOS = Network Basic Input/Output System
NTDS.DIT = New Technology Directory Services Directory Information Tree
OU = Organizational Unit
PAW = Privileged Access Workstation
RDP = Remote Desktop Protocol
RSAT = Remote Server Administration Tools
SSH = Secure Shell
SYSVOL = System Volume
UPN = User Principle Name
WAC = Windows Admin Center
WMI = Windows Management Instrumentation
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Operating System Preparation and Domain Join
5:05 Server Firewall Configuration
9:37 Install Remote Server Administration Tools
12:30 Install Windows Admin Center
13:57 Install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14:32 Install Visual Studio Code
15:21 Test Remote Connections and Sessions
16:33 Enabled SSH For Remote Administration
19:53 Next Domain Steps
20:28 Thank you for watching
Links:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sec...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/tro...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/win...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/win...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/w...
https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1700.txt
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windo...