Practical Active Directory Workshop
RCCE students will learn identity governance, authentication protocols, authorization models, privilege escalation prevention, and access lifecycle management. RCCE students will learn to design and enforce identity controls that prevent unauthorized access, stop account takeover attacks, eliminate privilege abuse, and implement zero-trust identity verification across enterprise environments. This practice-intensive course emphasizes applied skills through lab exercises, real-world scenarios, and production-realistic workflows. At an expert level, RCCE students will learn by doing, building muscle memory and practical confidence through repeated hands-on engagement. Students complete exercises that mirror actual workplace tasks, ensuring skills transfer directly to their professional roles.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Practical Active Directory Workshop
- Execute hands-on tasks for practical active directory workshop
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for what you will master — covering How You Will Learn.
- Explain Active Directory Architecture Foundations fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for domain services
- Execute hands-on tasks for core components
- Execute hands-on tasks for key protocols — covering LDAP directory for identity, Domain Controllers host AD DS.
- Execute hands-on tasks for ntds.dit is the ad database file — covering LDAP for directory queries.
- Execute hands-on tasks for trust relationships — covering Transitive trusts within a forest.
- Execute hands-on tasks for site topology — covering Sites map to physical locations.
- Execute hands-on tasks for deploy with server core where possible — covering Read-Only DCs.
- Execute hands-on tasks for kerberos authentication protocol
| Module 01 | Practical Active Directory Workshop |
| Module 02 | Course Overview |
| Module 03 | What You Will Master |
| Module 04 | Active Directory Architecture Foundations |
| Module 05 | Domain Services |
| Module 06 | Core Components |
| Module 07 | Key Protocols |
| Module 08 | NTDS.dit is the AD database file |
| Module 09 | Trust Relationships |
| Module 10 | Site Topology |
| Module 11 | Deploy with Server Core where possible |
| Module 12 | Kerberos Authentication Protocol |
| Module 13 | Key Distribution Center |
| Module 14 | Domain Controller |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice practical active directory workshop by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Execute hands-on tasks for practical active directory workshop
- Lab 2: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for what you will master
- Lab 4: Explain Active Directory Architecture Foundations fundamentals
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for domain services
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Practical Active Directory Workshop, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI