

Install a win7 machine, join it to the domain Run up a 2nd server, join it to the domain Make some OUs - servers, workstations, users etc. Why make a throwaway? you specified some pretty detailed details that would give you away anyways if someone you work with or something was to read this? I'd like to get some Windows Server experience under my belt so I can move on in my career. I have several VMware ESXi 5 boxen here on premises, so I can set up and test just about anything. Can r/sysadmin provide me with some good links to some good how-to resources? A decent open-source ticketing system would be nice as well. I'd like a get a crash course on how to set up a proper network with it - Group Policy Administration, etc. I suck and Windows Server administration and know little about it. If I got hit by a bus, this place would be in trouble. This place was originally set up as an ad-hoc network - it's unorganized and an undocumented mess. I became the IT guy by default because I was the best with computers. I've been at my current job for over 10 years, and I started with this company on day one. I guess I'm more of a hardware guy - I learn what I need to keep things running. Set up internal DNS, connected a satellite office via VPN. I run my terminate my own CAT5e, maintain a firewall, manage outward facing services. I built and manage a 144TB iSCSI NAS server.


I'm an experienced admin, with many years under my belt.
