Windows Server 2022 Administration — Lesson 2: Identity, Networking, and Infrastructure Services

Lesson Overview

This lesson develops practical understanding of Identity, Networking, and Infrastructure Services within the Windows Server 2022 Administration learning path.

Learners connect the key concepts to a realistic administration, security, and operations of Windows Server 2022 scenario and document the decisions, evidence, risks, and improvement opportunities identified during the activity.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the purpose and role of identity, networking, and infrastructure services.
• Apply the lesson concepts to a practical administration, security, and operations of Windows Server 2022 requirement.
• Recognize security, governance, operational, and quality considerations.
• Validate the result and recommend appropriate next steps.

Topics Covered

• Active Directory concepts
• DNS and DHCP
• Group Policy
• remote access and connectivity

Hands-On Activity

1. Review the scenario, stakeholders, current process, requirements, and expected outcome.
2. Prepare the required Microsoft environment, design, query, report, script, or configuration.
3. Complete the guided implementation and record important decisions and dependencies.
4. Test the outcome using functional, security, data-quality, and operational checks.
5. Document issues, corrective actions, evidence, and an improvement recommendation.

Validation Checklist

• The solution or analysis matches the documented requirement.
• Configuration, calculations, queries, scripts, or workflows produce the expected result.
• Security, access, governance, data quality, and operational impacts are reviewed.
• Errors and limitations are documented with clear corrective actions.
• The final output includes reusable notes and practical next steps.

Lesson Outcome

After completing this lesson, learners can explain, apply, and validate identity, networking, and infrastructure services in a realistic workplace scenario.