Learning Active Directory administration doesn't have to be a frustrating experience, you can learn everything you need to manage Active Directory effectively by reading this book. To learn how to manage Active Directory, you need practical hands-on advice from an expert who understands what it is like to just start out. By working step by step through essential tasks, you can learn to:
- Install forests, domain trees, and child domains
- Add and remove writable domain controllers and deploy read-only controllers
- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot global catalog servers
- Maintain directory and data integrity using operations masters
- Evaluate sites, subnets, and replication before expanding a network
- Establish a trust relationship between domains and between forests
- Maintain and recover Active Directory Domain Services
- Employ essential tools and command-line utilities