Description
You’ll be able to negotiate a maze of technologies for deploying a scalable and reliable AD infrastructure, with new chapters on management tools, searching the AD database, authentication and security protocols, and Active Directory Federation Services and products (ADFS). This book provides real-world scenarios will let you apply what you’ve learned–ideal whether you’re a network administrator for a small business or a multinational enterprise.
- Upgrade Active Directory to Windows Server 2012
- Learn the fundamentals, such as how AD stores objects
- Use the AD Administrative Center and other management tools
- Learn to administer AD with Windows PowerShell
- Search and gather AD data, the use of the LDAP query syntax
- Understand how Group Policy functions
- Tackle designing a new Active Directory forest
- Examine the Kerberos security protocol
- Learn AD Federation Services
- Get a detailed look at the AD replication process
- Explore AD Lightweight Directory Services
Ideal for administrators, IT professionals, project managers, and programmers alike, Active Directory is not only for people getting started with AD, it is also for experienced users who want to stay up-to-date with the latest AD features in Windows Server 2012. It is no wonder this guide is the bestselling AD resource available.