Active Directory Best Practices 24seven: Migrating, Designing, and Troubleshooting

Product Description

Advanced Coverage for Experienced Network Administrators

Active Directory Best Practices 24seven is written specifically to build on the practical and conceptual knowledge you've already earned. Taking a "just the facts, ma'am" approach this book provides targeted instruction and insider tips to help you quickly implement the best practices established by successful network administrators across a wide range of industries. This is also an excellent way to make a pain-free transition to the latest release of Active Directory. Coverage includes:

* Building a complete Active Directory-based infrastructure
* Understanding migration options, including the role of Organizational Units
* Configuring domain controllers to support Flexible Single Master Operations
* Understanding how Exchange affects Active Directory design
* Using the new backup and restore options
* Troubleshooting and optimizing the Active Directory database, File Replication Service, and Group Policy
* Setting up and maintaining interoperation between Active Directory and DNS
* Migrating and consolidating Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000-based domains
* Managing patches
* Securing the base operating system before promoting a domain controller
* Securing DNS to protect associated domain controllers
* Working with Active Directory security options

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #289270 in Books
* Published on: 2004-08-16
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 432 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
Advanced Coverage for Experienced Network Administrators

Active Directory Best Practices 24seven is written specifically to build on the practical and conceptual knowledge you’ve already earned. Taking a "just the facts, ma'am" approach this book provides targeted instruction and insider tips to help you quickly implement the best practices established by successful network administrators across a wide range of industries. This is also an excellent way to make a pain-free transition to the latest release of Active Directory. Coverage includes:

* Building a complete Active Directory-based infrastructure
* Understanding migration options, including the role of Organizational Units
* Configuring domain controllers to support Flexible Single Master Operations
* Understanding how Exchange affects Active Directory design
* Using the new backup and restore options
* Troubleshooting and optimizing the Active Directory database, File Replication Service, and Group Policy
* Setting up and maintaining interoperation between Active Directory and DNS
* Migrating and consolidating Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000-based domains
* Managing patches
* Securing the base operating system before promoting a domain controller
* Securing DNS to protect associated domain controllers
* Working with Active Directory security options

About the Author
Brad Price, MCSE: Messaging, MCT, has been in the IT field for 15 years. Currently he works as a technical trainer specializing in Active Directory and Exchange Server 2000 and 2003.
Customer Reviews

Worth reading, but not the all inclusive resource4
My specialty is Active Directory, so my expectations might be a bit high. This book is vitage 2003 information now, but it is pretty good. The target audience is administrators and consultants. There isn't a ton of theory in here and there is a lot of practice (application) of the concepts. Still, I wasn't blown away by the information and I didn't find it unusually good. This is also not a huge reference book, like Boswell or Minasi turn out, but that is partly because the subject stays focused on Active Directory (not covering the entire server). This is not something you would want to use for certification exam preparation.