Managing Active Directory for Windows 2000 Server

Name: Managing Active Directory for Windows 2000 Server
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ISBN: 9781928994077

ISBN-10: 1928994075

ISBN-13: 9781928994077

Edition: 2000

Authors: Inc. Staff Syngress Media

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This work covers Active Directory and how this feature can provide a single point of administration for Windows 2000 users and administrators.

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.25" wide x 12.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Preface	p. xvii
Introduction to Active Directory	p. 1
Migrating from NT 3.51 and NT 4 to Active Directory	p. 41
Server Migration Strategies	p. 43
Primary Domain Controllers (PDCs)	p. 51
Changes Required When Upgrading a Domain Controller	p. 54
Backup Domain Controllers (BDCs)	p. 54
Member Servers	p. 57
Promoting Member Servers with Dcpromo	p. 57
Upgrading with the Windows 2000 Setup Wizard	p. 58
Installing Active Directory Services	p. 61
Interim Mixed Domains	p. 64
Mixed Mode	p. 65
Native Mode	p. 66
Migrating Components	p. 67
Using Organizational Units (OUs) to Create a Hierarchical Structure	p. 67
User Accounts	p. 69
Machine Accounts	p. 70
Nested Groups	p. 71
Global Groups	p. 72
Delegating Administrative Authority	p. 73
Insert into the Replication Topology	p. 74
Migrating from Novell Directory Services	p. 75
Upgrade Clients to Windows 2000 Professional	p. 77
Active Directory Naming Strategies	p. 85
What Is DNS?	p. 87
How DNS Zones Function	p. 89
Active Directory's Integration with DNS	p. 91
How Active Directory Uses DNS	p. 94
Planning Active Directory and DNS	p. 98
Forest Plan	p. 100
Domain and DNS Strategy	p. 102
Root Domain	p. 103
About Domains	p. 104
DNS Servers	p. 104
Organizational Units (OUs)	p. 105
Site Topology	p. 107
Naming Conventions	p. 107
Defining DNS Names	p. 108
Defining DNS Zones	p. 112
Naming Conventions for Active Directory	p. 114
Migrating an Existing Exchange Server Design	p. 114
Migrating an Existing Novell Directory Services Design	p. 115
Virtual Containers	p. 115
Designing a Domain Structure	p. 119
Designing Active Directory	p. 123
Forest Plan	p. 124
Tekkietech.com	p. 124
Insurance, Inc.	p. 126
Domain Plan Including DNS Strategy	p. 126
Tekkietech.com	p. 129
Insurance, Inc.	p. 130
Organizational Unit Strategy	p. 132
Tekkietech.com	p. 132
Insurance, Inc.	p. 134
Site Topology	p. 134
Tekkietech.com	p. 136
Insurance, Inc.	p. 138
Organizational Unit Structure	p. 138
OU Objects in the Active Directory	p. 138
Group Policy and OUs	p. 138
Delegating Administration	p. 140
Implementing a Domain	p. 149
Installing the First Domain in Active Directory	p. 151
Active Directory Wizard	p. 153
Integrating DNS into the Active Directory	p. 162
Configuring DNS	p. 163
Active Directory Integrated Zones	p. 165
About Zones	p. 166
Service Resource Record Registration	p. 168
Creating Organizational Units	p. 169
Managing Objects in Active Directory	p. 171
Managing User Accounts	p. 171
Managing Groups	p. 173
Managing Computers	p. 174
Common Object Management	p. 178
Nesting Groups	p. 178
Role-Based Administration	p. 179
Microsoft Management Console	p. 179
Administrative Roles	p. 180
Building Trees and Forests	p. 185
Forest Characteristics	p. 187
Common Schema	p. 188
Common Configuration	p. 188
Global Catalog	p. 188
Contiguous Namespace	p. 189
Trust Relationships	p. 190
Transitive Bidirectional Trust	p. 191
Trusts that Cross Forests	p. 192
Trust Utilities	p. 193
Planning a Forest Structure	p. 198
The Domain Tree Structure	p. 201
Adding a Child Domain	p. 203
Sizing the Active Directory Store	p. 203
Managing the Forest	p. 208
Modifying the Schema	p. 217
About Objects and Attributes	p. 218
Planning Schema Modifications	p. 219
Why Modify the Schema?	p. 220
When to Modify the Schema	p. 220
Who Should Modify the Schema?	p. 222
Schema Management Console	p. 223
Flexible Single Master Operation	p. 223
How to Modify the Schema	p. 226
Class	p. 226
Attributes	p. 234
System Checks After Schema Modification	p. 236
Schema Container	p. 237
The Cache	p. 239
Schema Utilities	p. 240
Querying the Active Directory	p. 241
Display Specifiers	p. 242
Planning and Implementing Sites	p. 247
The Function of Sites in Active Directory	p. 248
Default-First-Site-Name	p. 251
Replicated Active Directory Components	p. 252
Domain Partitions	p. 252
Global Catalog	p. 253
Schema and Configuration Containers	p. 254
Site Replication Components	p. 254
Site Objects	p. 255
Connection Objects	p. 256
Site Links	p. 257
Site Link Bridges	p. 258
Replication Protocols	p. 259
Replication in Active Directory	p. 261
Replication Topology	p. 262
Planning a Site Structure	p. 265
Placing Domain Controllers	p. 269
Where to Place Global Catalog Servers	p. 270
Implementing a Site Structure in Active Directory	p. 271
Replication Utilities	p. 276
Replication Monitor (REPLMON)	p. 276
Replication Administrator (REPADMIN)	p. 277
DSASTAT	p. 277
Understanding Time Synchronization in Active Directory	p. 278
Intellimirror	p. 285
What Are Group Policies?	p. 287
How Group Policies Are Applied	p. 290
Refresh Interval	p. 290
Blocking and Enforcing	p. 291
Group Policy Information Storage	p. 293
Administrative Templates	p. 294
Registry.pol	p. 296
Group Policy Settings	p. 296
Computer Configuration	p. 297
User Configuration	p. 297
Designing a Group Policy Strategy	p. 299
Group Policy in WAN Environments	p. 302
Implementing Group Policy Strategies	p. 303
Configuring Group Policy Objects	p. 304
Link a Group Policy Object to a Container	p. 306
Adding Scripts	p. 310
Deploying Applications	p. 312
Folder Redirection	p. 317
Keeping Groups from Growing Over Time	p. 320
Troubleshooting Group Policies	p. 321
Policy Does Not Execute	p. 321
Policy Executes in the Wrong Way	p. 323
Logging On Takes a Long Time	p. 323
Security	p. 324
Groups	p. 324
Group Strategy	p. 328
Seeing Security Features in Active Directory Users and Computers	p. 328
Domain Security Console	p. 329
Account Policies	p. 330
Local Policies	p. 333
Event Log	p. 334
Restricted Groups	p. 334
System Services	p. 335
Registry	p. 335
Filesystem	p. 336
Public Key Policies	p. 336
IP Security Policies on Active Directory	p. 336
Security Templates	p. 336
Object Protection	p. 337
Access Control Lists (ACLs)	p. 337
Access Control Entries (ACEs)	p. 338
Security Descriptor	p. 339
Security Identifier (SID)	p. 340
Security Model	p. 341
Kerberos	p. 341
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)	p. 342
Smart Cards	p. 342
IP Security	p. 343
Publishing	p. 347
Deciding What to Publish	p. 348
Sharing Folders	p. 349
Publishing a Folder in the Active Directory	p. 350
Browsing and Querying for Shared Folders	p. 353
Overview of DFS and EFS	p. 357
Publishing a Printer in the Active Directory	p. 359
Interfacing with Active Directory	p. 360
ADSI	p. 361
RPC	p. 363
Windows Sockets	p. 363
DCOM	p. 364
Exchange Server Active Directory Connector	p. 364
Novell Directory Service Synchronization	p. 366
Plugging into Active Directory	p. 369
Microsoft's Metadirectory	p. 370
VIA Architecture	p. 374
Mission Critical's Migration Tool	p. 376
Deploying Active Directory-Enabled Clients	p. 376
Best Practices	p. 377
Deploying DSClient	p. 377
Cisco	p. 379
CNS/AD	p. 380
What CNS/AD Does	p. 382
Fastlane Technologies	p. 384
DM/Reporter	p. 384
DM/Administrator	p. 386
DM/Manager	p. 387
DM/Developer	p. 390
DM/Consolidator	p. 391
SAP	p. 391
Active Directory for Windows 2000 Fast-Track	p. 395
What Active Directory Is, and Why You Need to Know About It	p. 396
Demote a DC	p. 397
Policy-Based Administration	p. 397
Decentralized Administration	p. 397
Improved Security	p. 398
Important Features and Design Changes	p. 398
Scalability of Forests, Domains, Organizational Units, and Sites	p. 398
Extensibility of the Schema	p. 402
Multi-Master Domain Controllers	p. 402
Intellimirror	p. 404
Kerberos Trusts	p. 405
Use of Standard Protocols	p. 407
Accessibility of Resources	p. 408
Industries and Companies Affected by Windows 2000	p. 410
Technology Vendors and Partners	p. 410
Competitors	p. 411
Customers	p. 412
And ... Microsoft Itself	p. 413
Advantages and Disadvantages of Active Directory	p. 413
Advantages with the Active Directory	p. 413
Problems with the Active Directory	p. 414
Disaster Recovery for Active Directory	p. 419
Modeling Sites with Disaster Recovery in Mind	p. 421
Avoiding Disasters	p. 425
Universal Power Source	p. 425
RAID	p. 426
Clustering	p. 427
File Replication Service	p. 428
Distributed File Service (Dfs)	p. 428
The Active Directory Database File Structure	p. 429
Backup	p. 431
Creating an Emergency Repair Disk	p. 433
Recovering a Failed Domain Controller	p. 434
Authoritative Restore of Deleted Objects	p. 435
Startup Options	p. 436
The Recovery Console	p. 438
Secrets	p. 441
Lesser Known Management Shortcuts	p. 442
Upgrading DNS and Supporting DNS Dynamic Update Protocol	p. 442
Creating a Custom Microsoft Management Console (MMC)	p. 442
PDC Emulation and Native Mode	p. 443
How Active Directory Prevents Unnecessary Replication	p. 445
Under-Documented Functions/Procedure	p. 446
How an LDAP Query Accesses Active Directory	p. 446
Software Installation	p. 447
How to Create and Configure a Dfs Root	p. 449
Informational Message	p. 450
Renaming	p. 450
Quick Application of an Updated Group Policy	p. 451
DNS Migrations	p. 451
DNS Best Practices	p. 453
For Experts Only	p. 453
Add a Server to Two Different Sites Simultaneously	p. 453
Removing Phantom Objects	p. 454
Phantom Domains	p. 455
Transferring FSMO Roles	p. 456
Troubleshooting Tips	p. 460
Avoiding Errors When Migrating a Domain	p. 460
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Errors	p. 460
Index	p. 463
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