Chapter 1, Active Directory Fundamentals, explains what is Active Directory and its characteristic. It also explains the main components (physical and logical structure), objects types, and role services of the products. It also covers the new features available in AD DS 2016 in a nutshell.
Chapter 2, Active Directory Domain Services 2016, explains what's new in AD DS 2016 and how it will help improve your organization's identity infrastructure.
Chapter 3, Designing Active Directory Infrastructure, talks about what needs to be considered for Active Directory infrastructure design. It also describes how to place the AD DS logical and physical components in the AD DS environment.
Chapter 4, Active Directory Domain Name System, explains how DNS works in the AD DS infrastructure. It also includes information about the DNS server component, different types of DNS records, zones, and DNS delegation.
Chapter 5, Placing Operations Master Roles, talks about the FSMO roles and its responsibilities. It also describes the best way to place those in different AD deployment topologies.
Chapter 6, Migrating to Active Directory 2016, covers the AD DS installation with different deployment topologies. It also provides step-by-step guide to migrate from an older version of AD DS to new AD DS 2016.
Chapter 7, Managing Active Directory Objects, explains how to manage Active Directory objects using different snaps-in, MMC, and PowerShell commands. It will also demonstrate how to create objects (small scale and large scale) using different methods. It also explains how to query about objects in AD.
Chapter 8, Managing Users, Groups, and Devices, explains in detail the different types of objects and how to use those with different infrastructure requirements.
Chapter 9, Designing OU structure, teaches you how to design the OU structure properly using different models. It will also describe how to manage the OU structure and delegate control.
Chapter 10, Managing Group Policies, explains Group Policy objects and its capabilities. It also talks about how to use those appropriately in an infrastructure.
Chapter 11, Active Directory Services, walks us through the more advanced Active Directory topics, such as AD LDS, Active Directory replication, Active Directory sites, Active Directory database maintenance, RODC, AD DS backup, and recovery.
Chapter 12, Active Directory Certificate Services, explains planning, deployment, and maintenance of Active Directory Certificate Services.
Chapter 13, Active Directory Federation Services, focuses on AD Federation Services planning, designing, deployment, and maintenance. It also explains the new features of AD FS 2016.
Chapter 14: Active Directory Rights Management Services, explains the AD role, Active Directory Rights Management Service, and how to use it to protect organization data.
Chapter 15, Active Directory Security Best Practices, covers the Active Directory security best practices and new concepts that you can use to secure your identity infrastructure and protect your workloads from emerging threats.
Chapter 16, Advanced AD Management with PowerShell, is full of PowerShell scripts that can be used to manage, secure, audit, and monitor Active Directory environment.
Chapter 17, Azure Active Directory for Hybrid Setup, explains how you can extend your on-premises AD DS infrastructure into Azure Active Directory.
Chapter 18, Active Directory Audit and Monitoring, teaches you how to monitor your AD DS infrastructure using different tools and method. It also demonstrates how to audit Active Directory environment.
Chapter 19, Active Directory Troubleshooting, explains how to troubleshoot the most common Active Directory infrastructure issue using different tools and methods.