Active Directory Best Practices 24 Seven: Migrating, Designing & Troubleshooting

Description

Advanced Coverage for Experienced Network Administrators

  Active Directory Best Practices 24seven is written specifically to build on the practical and conceptual knowledge you've already earned. Taking a "just the facts, ma'am" approach this book provides targeted instruction and insider tips to help you quickly implement the best practices established by successful network administrators across a wide range of industries. This is also an excellent way to make a pain-free transition to the latest release of Active Directory. Coverage includes:
* Building a complete Active Directory-based infrastructure
* Understanding migration options, including the role of Organizational Units
* Configuring domain controllers to support Flexible Single Master Operations
* Understanding how Exchange affects Active Directory design
* Using the new backup and restore options
* Troubleshooting and optimizing the Active Directory database, File Replication Service, and Group Policy
* Setting up and maintaining interoperation between Active Directory and DNS
* Migrating and consolidating Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000-based domains
* Managing patches
* Securing the base operating system before promoting a domain controller
* Securing DNS to protect associated domain controllers
* Working with Active Directory security options

CONTENTS:

Introduction.

  Part 1: Design.

  
Chapter 1: Active Directory Forest Design.

  
Chapter 2: Active Directory Domain Design.

  
Chapter 3: Domain Name System Design.

  
Chapter 4: Sites, Flexible Single Master Operations, and Global Catalog Design.

  
Chapter 5: Organizational Unit Design.

  
Chapter 6: Exchange Design Considerations.

  
Chapter 7: Hardware Sizing and Placement.

  Part 2: Deployment and Migration.

  
Chapter 8: Deployment.

  
Chapter 9: Domain Migration and Consolidation.

  
Chapter 10: NetWare Migration.

  Part 3: Maintenance and Administration.

  
Chapter 11: Backup and Disaster Recovery.

  
Chapter 12: Optimizing the Active Directory Database.

  
Chapter 13: Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication.

  
Chapter 14: Maintaining DNS.

  
Chapter 15: Troubleshooting the File Replication Service.

  
Chapter 16: Troubleshooting Logon Failures.

  
Chapter 17: Troubleshooting FSMO Roles.

  
Chapter 18: Group Policy.

  Part 4: Security in Active Directory.

  
Chapter 19: Securing the Base Operating System.

  
Chapter 20: Securing DNS.

  
Chapter 21: Patch Management.

  
Chapter 22: Securing Active Directory.

  
Appendix: Scripting Resources.

  
Index.