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Organize your network resources by learning how to design, manage, and maintain Active Directory. Updated to cover Windows Server 2012, the fifth edition of this bestselling book gives you a thorough grounding in Microsoft’s network directory service by explaining concepts in an easy-to-understand, narrative style.
You’ll 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 (ADFS). This book provides real-world scenarios that 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, including 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, using the LDAP query syntax
* Understand how Group Policy functions
* Design a new Active Directory forest
* Examine the Kerberos security protocol
* Get a detailed look at the AD replication process