Active Directory for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference - Hardcover

Mulcare, Mike; Reimer, Stan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735615772 ISBN 13: 9780735615779

Publisher: Microsoft Press US, 2003

Synopsis

Get the focused, in-depth technical expertise you need to implement and optimize your Microsoft directory services infrastructure. As two Active Directory® experts guide you through advanced design and deployment issues for the Windows® Server 2003 environment, you’ll develop a thorough understanding of the underlying concepts, architectural components, and real-world functionality of Active Directory directory service. Whether you’re upgrading from Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 or later, or performing a clean installation, you’ll learn the best ways to exploit Active Directory capabilities for your organization—and deliver new levels of network performance and productivity.

Get the technical drill-down you need to:

• Install, upgrade, or migrate to Active Directory
• Learn essential design considerations for DNS
• Design Active Directory structure—forests, domains, sites, and OUs
• Manage Active Directory objects, including users and groups
• Optimize domain controller data replication
• Use group policies to deploy software and manage desktops
• Implement authentication, Kerberos, and other security features and tools
• Monitor Active Directory replication and domain controller performance, and manage the Active Directory database
• Perform critical maintenance and plan for disaster recovery

About this title

About the Author

Stan Reimer is an independent consultant and trainer specializing in Microsoft Exchange Server, ISA Server, and Active Directory® design and implementation. He has developed courseware and security clinics and coauthored Active Directory for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference for Microsoft Learning.

p>Mike Mulcare is an instructional systems design engineer in the Training and Certification division of the Microsoft Corporation. Mike has worked for the past two years on Directory Services and Windows Server 2003 courseware. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mike developed Windows 2000 courseware for IBM Learning Services and has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1997. Mike has also worked for several years as a technology consultant in the legal industry specializing in system deployment and migration projects.

About this edition

• Publisher: Microsoft Press US
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0735615772
• ISBN 13: 9780735615779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480