Free Microsoft Lab for Hybrid Entra ID and ConfigMgr - here's how!

Hey everyone! In this video, I'm giving you a quick overview of how I rebuilt my lab environment after my trial tenant expired. This setup is super important for getting ready for the upcoming Alpen Shield Academy live courses, where we'll cover stuff like Defender for Endpoint, Intune, Autopilot, and even certification courses like SC300 and SC200.

I'll show you the tools I'm using, like the Windows 11 and Office 365 Deployment Lab Kit. We'll talk about where to get it, what you need to set up a lab environment, and a peek at the initial setup with virtual machines in Hyper-V.

This isn't a step-by-step guide, just a high-level look at what it takes to get a solid lab environment going. It's perfect for IT pros who want to up their game.

If you're interested in more detailed help or hands-on training, check out our live courses at AlpenShield Academy, currently with a massive 50% discount.

[ChrisMcFall-jdrc]

Hey Dean! Great tool by MS and useful demo. I imagine you'll cover this in your next video, but it's worth nothing you'll get some fairly ambiguous failures setting up AADC unless you enable TLS 1.2 - Might trip some newer people up!

[Bruskiah]

Any plans to expand on this series to include steps for connecting to Entra ID, and MECM / InTune co-management?

[patrick__]

Absolutely useful! What happens in case of using an active sync from on prem to Entra but the trial expires?