In this chapter, we went through some of the key elements in Active Directory and then over to the actual design work. A few design models were dissected, and this should give you a good starting point for your own design. There are more in-depth books available and the aim of this book is not to help your design your Active Directory but to give you some guidance along the way. Finally, we looked at some of the crucial points to consider with your infrastructure, which included scalability, security, and documentation.

This should give you a good running start and good points to discuss with your management, or at least bring to their attention because they need to be aware of all of this, and they need to see some benefit in your work. Short-term winnings or savings are not always the best and cannot be applied to everything, and the things discussed in this chapter are prime examples of this.