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Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

By : Dishan Francis
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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

DNS server operation modes

There are three types of DNS server operation modes. These modes are not something we can choose during the setup process. They are listed based on their characteristics:

  • Dynamic: AD DS directory-integrated DNS uses Dynamic DNS by default. Dynamic DNS allows hosts and users to register, update, and remove DNS records from DNS servers. Let's assume we have an AD environment with 200 computers. It uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to maintain the IP assignment; so every three days, each device will renew its IP allocation. Some may have the same IP address, but some may receive a new one. But if the system uses static DNS every three days, administrators will need to update the DNS list to match IP allocations. Also, AD will not be able to find the devices to establish authentication or handle resource access requests. However, thanks to Dynamic DNS, this is no longer manual work, and it allows the environment to maintain up-to...