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Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

By : Dishan Francis
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Book Image

Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

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By: Dishan Francis

Overview of this book

Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide for Information Technology professionals looking to improve their knowledge about MS Windows Active Directory Domain Service. The book will help you to use identity elements effectively and manage your organization’s infrastructure in a secure and efficient way. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect the importance of cloud-based strong authentication and other tactics to protect identity infrastructure from emerging security threats. Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition provides extensive coverage of AD Domain Services and helps you explore their capabilities as you update to Windows Server 2022. This book will also teach you how to extend on-premises identity presence to cloud via Azure AD hybrid setup. By the end of this Microsoft Active Directory book, you’ll feel confident in your ability to design, plan, deploy, protect, and troubleshoot your enterprise identity infrastructure.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Index

Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Most banks have a safety deposit box service. A safety deposit box is a safe place where you're able to keep belongings that are very valuable. Once you've decided what to protect, you can place it in your safety deposit box at the bank, located in a highly secure facility. When you sign up with a banking service, the bank will provide you with a key card, PIN, or key to open your deposit box. When you need to access your box, first you need to go to the facility and prove who you are. After a successful verification process, you will be allowed to access your deposit box. This facility may have thousands of different deposit boxes with lots of valuable assets, but your key will only give you access to the box that belongs to you. But imagine if there was a master key that could open all the boxes in the entire facility. Which key would have more value to a thief? Your key or the master key that has the "privilege" to open all...