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Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

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Product type Book

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801070393

Pages 780 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

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Author (1):

Dishan Francis

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals

2. Active Directory Domain Services 2022

3. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

4. Active Directory Domain Name System

5. Placing Operations Master Roles

6. Migrating to Active Directory 2022

7. Managing Active Directory Objects

8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

9. Designing the OU Structure

10. Managing Group Policies

11. Active Directory Services – Part 01

12. Active Directory Services – Part 02

13. Active Directory Certificate Services

14. Active Directory Federation Services

15. Active Directory Rights Management Services

16. Active Directory Security Best Practices

17. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell

18. Hybrid Identity

19. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

21. Index

AD DS installation methods

There are two methods we can use to install AD domain controllers:

Using the Windows GUI: After Microsoft introduced Server Manager with Windows Server 2008, the installation process of AD DS was simplified. In order to install AD DS using the Windows GUI, we need to install the AD DS role using Server Manager. Once this has been completed, we can run the AD DS configuration wizard:

Figure 6.2: AD DS server role

The following screenshot shows the AD DS configuration wizard:

Figure 6.3: New AD forest root domain name

Using PowerShell: Before Windows Server 2012, AD DS could be configured using DCPromo unattended files. The DCPromo tool was used to configure AD DS, and, using a text file, it was possible to pass the configuration values that were required. It removed user interaction for the AD DS configuration. With Windows Server 2012, DCPromo was replaced with PowerShell. Now, we can use a PowerShell script...

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Authors (1)

Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.

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