Active Directory Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Importance of a Domain
Chapter 2: The Small Accountancy Firm
Chapter 3: Step-By-Step Migration
Chapter 4: The Regional Legal Firm
Chapter 5: The Retail-Based Company
Chapter 6: The International Financial Company
Index

• Introduction

• Chapter 1: The Importance of a Domain
  • In the Beginning
    • Who's SAM?
    • Domain Controllers
    • Joining a Domain
    • What do I Need the Active Directory For?
    • Trust Relationships
    • Domain Models
      • Single Domain Model
      • Single Master Domain Model
      • Multiple Master Domain Model
      • Complete Trust Model
  • The Main Event�Active Directory
    • The Directory Service Implementation
    • The Blueprint of the Active Directory
    • Creating a Domain Controller
    • Domain Controller Farm
    • Kerberos
    • Domains
    • Trees
    • Forests
    • Organizational Units
    • Sites
    • FSMO Roles
    • Global Catalog
    • Domain and Forest Modes
    • Group Policy
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: The Small Accountancy Firm
  • What Have We Here?
    • Domains and Their Controllers
    • Other Services
    • Sites
    • Policy Requirements
    • Administration
  • The Big Design
    • Migrate or In-Place?
    • What's in a Name?
    • Domain Requirements
    • Forest and Tree Requirements
    • Number of Domain Controllers, FSMO Role Placement, and Global Catalog Placement
    • Organizational Unit Requirements
      • Geography as a Basis
      • Business Area as a Basis
      • Object Type as a Basis
      • The Real World
  • The Other Services
    • DNS
    • WINS
    • DHCP
    • The Domain/Forest Mode
  • The Final Server Picture
    • The Clients
    • Do as I Say, Not as I Do (Policies)
    • Other Services
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: Step-By-Step Migration
  • Preparing for the Upgrade
  • Performing the Upgrade
    • Ensure the Current PDC Is Patched
    • Installing Your New PDC
    • Post-Upgrade Steps
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: The Regional Legal Firm
  • What Have We Here?
    • The Main Objects
    • The Physical Structure
    • Other Services
      • DNS
      • WINS
      • DHCP
  • The New Infrastructure Design
    • New Domain Structure
    • The Name
    • Sites
    • Domain Controller Placement
    • Service Placement
    • OU Design
    • The Upgrade Path
  • Performing the Upgrade
    • Preparing the New Domain
    • Raise Domain and Forest Level
    • Create Subnets and Sites
      • Create OU Structure
    • Add Additional Domain Controllers in Sites as Required
    • Move FSMO Roles and GC Assignment
    • Ensure Policies (Group Policy) Configured
    • Migrate the Resources
  • Post Migration Tasks

• Chapter 5: The Retail-Based Company
  • Discovery
    • Domain, Forest, and Trust Discovery
      • Types of Trusts
    • Sites, Subnets, and Site Links
    • Domain Controller Placement, FSMO, and GC Structure
      • Identify FSMO Role Holders
      • Identify Global Catalogs in the Forest
      • Final Current View
      • DNS Infrastructure
      • Active Directory Usage and Enhancements
      • Objects in Domains
      • Discovery Management
  • Design
    • Site Links
    • Exchange 2000 Schema "Feature"
    • The London and Stores Requirements
    • Domain Controller Placement
    • DNS
  • Upgrade
    • Practice Makes Perfect
    • Performing the Upgrade
  • Post-Upgrade Tasks
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: The International Financial Company
  • Discovery
  • Task 1: Enable Authentication Between the Two Companies
    • Trust Options
    • DNS Configuration
    • Creating the Forest Root Trust
    • UPN
  • Task 2: Rename and Move the Domestic Domain
  • Task 3: Improve Branch Office Resource Access
    • The Domain
    • The Sites
    • Placing the Domain Controllers
    • Redundant Replication Connection Objects and Load Balancing
    • DNS
  • Additional Information
    • Additional Account Information
    • The Group Policy Management Console
    • Modifying the Default Container for Users and Computers
    • Moving Objects Between Domains in a Forest
    • Performing an Offline Defragmentation of the Active Directory Database
    • Importance of Backing Up the Active Directory
  • Conclusion

• Index