# In Demand Skills Gained

### Why This Page Exists

These are skills that appear consistently in job postings for MSP technicians, junior sysadmins, and network engineers. Each one listed here has been practiced hands-on in this lab — not just studied theoretically.

### Why This Page Exists

These are skills that appear consistently in job postings for MSP technicians, junior sysadmins, and network engineers. Each one listed here has been practiced hands-on in this lab — not just studied theoretically.

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### Currently Demonstrated

| Skill                           | Context                                               |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Active Directory Administration | Built AD forest, OUs, users, GPOs from scratch        |
| Windows Server 2019             | Installed, configured, and promoted to DC             |
| Hyper-V                         | Multi-VM lab environment on bare metal hardware       |
| Group Policy Management         | Created, linked, and verified GPOs                    |
| DNS Configuration               | Configured DC as DNS server, set client DNS           |
| Static IP Addressing            | Configured on both server and client VMs              |
| Domain Join                     | Joined Windows 10 Pro client to lab.local domain      |
| Troubleshooting Methodology     | Solved real issues systematically and documented them |
| Technical Documentation         | GitBook + GitHub maintained throughout every step     |

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### In Progress / Coming Soon

| Skill                  | Planned Context                                           |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Proxmox                | Replace Hyper-V, run multiple environments simultaneously |
| Azure Active Directory | Cloud identity and Microsoft 365 integration              |
| AD Migration           | Migrate domain between Server versions (MSP scenario)     |
| GNS3                   | Network topology simulation with Cisco devices            |
| PowerShell Automation  | Automate AD user creation and management                  |
| Honeypot Deployment    | Security monitoring on isolated network segment           |
| Cisco IOS              | Physical 1921 router configuration and management         |
| MUCH much more         | Stay tuned                                                |


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