Active Directory
One common skill I've heard and seen a lot about is Active Directory, which is basically how administrators manage access to resources. Since it seems like such an important skill to at least be familiar with in IT, I decided to try it out for myself in my home lab. For the lab I followed was Josh Madakor's video on YouTube which can be found at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHsI8hJmggI . The video is about three years old and Josh uses a Mac for the lab and I use Windows 10, therefore there are a few small differences between the video and my post, but nothing super significant. The lab involves downloading VirtualBox, Windows Server 2019, and Windows 10. Then using virtual machines (VMs) to set up the virtual server and using a script from Josh's video to create a large number of fake users. Finally, creating a Windows 10 machine and connecting to the server. The first step is to download virtual box at this link, https://www.virtualbox.org/ wiki/Downloads