Are there any courses for administrators who work in air gapped environments?
Posted by Im_Learning_IT_OK@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 5 comments
So I work in an air gapped environment and we use a lot of different products, applications, and tools. But I’m looking for what would be the best direction to manage and administrate Microsoft products that are not azure or in an azure environment. We do not use azure in any way shape or form I believe.
What I need help with is:
Server 2019 SQL Server 2019 WSUS administration and configuration Microsoft Office professional pro products Active Directory Group Policy
Our WSUS runs on a Dell R340
Most of our server 2019 VMs are hosted on an ESXi 8 server.
My question is: are there any resources out there like full course vids on YouTube or any where on how to manage the things I’m asking for? Everything seems to be related to Azure and we don’t do Azure. And I don’t think we’re going to even go that route since we’re an air gapped environment.
Please help.
I’ll do my best to answer your questions.
exchange12rocks@reddit
Since MS haven't recently developed on-prem products that much, all old materials are still applicable. Hell, AD DS hasn't changed since 2003 (some new features were introduced in 2008, but after that it's been pretty stagnant).
Yes, in 2025 there are some improvements, but they are small & insignificant (life support)
PrepperBoi@reddit
Are you in the gov space?
Im_Learning_IT_OK@reddit (OP)
I am.
Pocket-Flapjack@reddit
Hello! Afraid youre just going to have to tackle each problem as they come.
On youtube I like Danny Moran, I think he is really good. Other than that your best bet is to read the docs.
Fun fact about airgapped WSUS for some reason it sometimes tries to talk to the internet and then just doesnt offer any patches.
https://serverfault.com/questions/857607/windows-server-2016-not-updating-through-wsus
^ That was our fix 😀
patmorgan235@reddit
Books, not a whole lot has changed in the Microsoft products so the books for 2012R2 windows server are still good, and they should include how to do lots of stuff with PowerShell.