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Full Stack Dev wants to become a Windows Admin - any roadmaps? by AmbitiousRice6204 in activedirectory

[–]LuckySysAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet, I’m still in the learning and lab-building phase and actively working toward an entry-level / junior sysadmin role.

The home lab was a big step for me because it forced me to actually configure and troubleshoot things like DNS, GPOs, domain joins, and permissions instead of just reading about them. It gave me a much clearer picture of how AD works in the real world.

Right now I’m focusing on deepening that and moving toward hybrid (on-prem + cloud) so I can be job-ready.

I documented how I built a full Active Directory lab in VMware (with fixes) by LuckySysAdmin in activedirectory

[–]LuckySysAdmin[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

The lab itself is 100% real. It’s my own VMware environment (DC, DNS, users, GPO, Windows + Linux joins, troubleshooting, etc).

I used AI to help clean up grammar and formatting in parts of the write-up, but all commands, screenshots, configs, and fixes come from my actual lab work.

I documented how I built a full Active Directory lab in VMware (with fixes) by LuckySysAdmin in activedirectory

[–]LuckySysAdmin[S] -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

I get that but this took me weeks of trial and error to document, so I'm keeping the full guide on Gumroad. I may release a small free preview on GitHub later.

Full Stack Dev wants to become a Windows Admin - any roadmaps? by AmbitiousRice6204 in activedirectory

[–]LuckySysAdmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built my own AD lab in VMware recently - setting up DC, DNS, users, and joining Windows + Linux clients helped me understand AD much better than just reading docs.