Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter (4 Roles, Active Directory)

Self-hosted virtualized datacenter built on VMware Workstation. Four Windows Server 2012 R2 instances split into role-specific machines: Domain Controller, DNS/DHCP, File Server, Web Server. Active Directory configured with hierarchical OUs, scripted bulk user provisioning for 50+ accounts via PowerShell, and enforced Group Policies for password complexity and shared resource access.

An SP coursework lab on real Windows Server 2012 R2 with VMware Workstation as the hypervisor. The point of the exercise was end-to-end: design the role split, stand up each VM, wire the AD trust, automate user provisioning and policy enforcement with PowerShell, then prove the policies actually applied across machines.