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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

AD DS log files

These log files can be used for auditing, troubleshooting, or debugging purposes.

The default location for these log files is %SystemRoot%\Debug:

  • DCPromo.log: This log file is created during the AD promotion process. It also records events during the demotion process. This log contains events such as the following:
    • AD DS configuration settings
    • Information about schema preparation
    • Information about directory partition creation/modifications
    • Information about data replication
    • Service configuration status
    • Information about creating AD databases and the SYSVOL directory
  • DCPromoUI.log: This log file can be considered as a progress report for the AD DS promotion/demotion process. It starts the logging process as soon as the AD DS configuration wizard opens, and ends when it completes the installation successfully (until the reboot request is accepted) or when it is aborted due...