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Mastering Active Directory. - Second Edition

By : Dishan Francis
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Mastering Active Directory. - Second Edition

By: Dishan Francis

Overview of this book

Active Directory (AD) is a centralized and standardized system that automates networked management of user data, security, and distributed resources and enables inter-operation with other directories. This book will first help you brush up on the AD architecture and fundamentals, before guiding you through core components, such as sites, trust relationships, objects, and attributes. You will then explore AD schemas, LDAP, RMS, and security best practices to understand objects and components and how they can be used effectively. Next, the book will provide extensive coverage of AD Domain Services and Federation Services for Windows Server 2016, and help you explore their new features. Furthermore, you will learn to manage your identity infrastructure for a hybrid cloud setup. All this will help you design, plan, deploy, manage operations, and troubleshoot your enterprise identity infrastructure in a secure and effective manner. You’ll later discover Azure AD Module, and learn to automate administrative tasks using PowerShell cmdlets. All along, this updated second edition will cover content based on the latest version of Active Directory, PowerShell 5.1 and LDAP. By the end of this book, you’ll be well versed with best practices and troubleshooting techniques for improving security and performance in identity infrastructures.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Active Directory Planning, Design, and Installation
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Section 2: Active Directory Administration
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Section 3: Active Directory Service Management
18
Section 4: Best Practices and Troubleshooting

Active Directory Domain Services 2016

Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) has been in the industry for over 15 years now. The first Microsoft AD version was released with Windows Server 2000. After that, with each and every Microsoft Server release, a new AD DS version was released too. These new versions brought changes that improved the functions, security, manageability, and reliability of identity infrastructures.

Each and every time Microsoft releases a new version of their software, IT engineers, professionals, and administrators rush in to figure out what is new in it. It's good practice to be on top of industry trends. However, simply migrating to the latest version of AD DS is not going to solve your identity challenges. In many cases, I have seen people upgrading just for the sake of it. First, we need to evaluate our requirements against the new...