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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

Devices and other objects

Apart from computers, Active Directory supports a few other devices and object types as well. In this section, we will look into these different object types:

  • Printers: Printers are one of the most commonly shared resources in office networks. We can use several methods to configure shared printers on user computers. We can set them up using the printer setup wizard in Windows and connect to a printer via an IP address. We can also use logon scripts to map and install printers on workstations. If an organization uses printer servers, we can connect to them and install the printers, too. In an Active Directory environment, we can register a printer as an object in Active Directory. This will allow users to browse Active Directory, find the relevant printer, and then install it on the workstation.

    To register a printer with AD, go to Printer properties and then to the Sharing tab. There, you can check the List in the directory checkbox to list the...