Home Lab: IT Ticketing Systems
A ticketing system is the backbone of an effective IT support operation. It transforms the noise of incoming support requests into an organized, trackable, and accountable workflow. Without an efficient …
Home Lab: Windows Server and Active Directory
In this series of blog posts we will create a Windows Server and Active Directory home lab. Hiring managers are looking for IT professionals who have at least a working …
Home Lab: VMware Workstation and Kali Linux
This is the first post in a series that documents the creation of a home lab using VMware Workstation Pro and Kali Linux. By following along with these posts you …
Create Group Policy Objects in Active Directory
In this post, we will create Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in Active Directory (AD). This post is part nine of a home lab that explains how to use Windows Server …
Create Groups in Active Directory
In this post, groups are created within Active Directory (AD). Then users are granted access to resources in another domain through group membership. This post is part eight of a …
Create Organizational Units in Active Directory
In this post, we will create organizational units within Active Directory. This post is part five of a home lab that explains how to use Windows Server and Active Directory. …
DHCP Server Installation and Configuration
In this post, we will install and configure a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. This post is part four of a home lab series that explains how to use …
Create Users in Active Directory using PowerShell
In this post a PowerShell script is used to create users in Active Directory. Users and their parameters are added to a CSV file. Then a PowerShell script is created …
Join a Windows 11 Computer to a Domain
In this post, a Windows 11 virtual machine (VM) is created using VMware Workstation Pro. Then the Windows 11 client computer is joined to a Windows domain. This post is …
Configure Windows Server
In this post, we will configure Windows Server 2022 to act as a domain controller. You could use the steps described in this post to configure Windows Server 2025 instead. …
Install Windows Server using VMware Workstation
In this post, we will create a Windows Server 2022 virtual machine (VM) using VMware Workstation Pro. You could use the steps described in this post to create a Windows …
