In this chapter, we went through the whole process of understanding the key points to be taken into consideration while planning for an Active Directory Domain Controller replacement, learned the different aspects of backup and rollback procedures that we need to have in place beforehand as well as how to create and execute a plan for the replacement of a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 AD DC with a Samba 4 Server.

Also, we learned about many applications and utilities already available on the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 that can be used together to create powerful tests and validations for the replacement procedure as well as how to use some of them to apply effective and quick fixes for some issues that we may encounter during general maintenance procedures on the directory.

We have pointed to external resources and utilities to help readers elaborate even more and execute the procedures as simply and efficiently as possible using examples of scripts and command lines to automate...