Your Complete Guide to the Active Directory Architecture• Step-by-Step Instructions for an NT4 to Active Directory Migration • Hundreds of Configuring & Implementing, Designing & Plannin
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• Step-by-Step Instructions for an NT4 to Active Directory Migration
• Hundreds of Configuring & Implementing, Designing & Planning Sidebars,
Security Alerts, and FAQs
• Complete Coverage of Network Resources, Services, and Users and Groups
Melissa C Craft Thomas Llewellyn Technical Editor
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Melissa Craft (CCNA, MCNE, MCSE, Network+, CNE-3, CNE-4,CNE-GW, CNE-5, CCA) worked with computers during high school,developing computer programs and testing hardware solutions as asummer job After graduating from the University of Michigan, Melissadesigned business solutions for an insurance group using technology toautomate processes and using business process reengineering techniques.This position grew into engineering a wide area network, which subse-quently turned into a career move permanently into engineering
After making the jump to network engineering, Melissa threw herself
at the task of truly understanding network engineering, gaining a myriad
of technology certifications and, at the same time, deploying projects forclients Over the years, she has successfully designed, implemented, andintegrated networks ranging in size from a few nodes to over 100,000nodes Her consulting experience incorporated extensive project manage-ment, operational analysis, LAN and WAN design, deployment, andongoing network management
In 1997, Melissa began writing magazine articles on networking andthe technology industry In 1998, Syngress hired Melissa to contribute to
an MCSE certification guide Since then, Melissa has continued to writeabout various technology and certification subjects
Currently, Melissa is a Principal Consultant for CompuCom Systems,Inc As such, she develops enterprise-wide technology solutions andmethodologies focused on client organizations.These technology solu-tions touch every part of a system’s lifecycle, from assessing the need,determining the return on investment, network design, testing, and imple-mentation to operational management and strategic planning
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Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and
is a member of the IEEE, the Society of Women Engineers, and AmericanMENSA, Ltd Melissa currently resides in Glendale, AZ with her family,Dan, Justine, and Taylor
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he brings over 10 years of real-world IT enterprise experience to Integrathat spans the development, networking design, implementation, and on-going management and support of Information Technology business solu-tions He has a vast amount of experience with the Enterprise Deployment
of Microsoft Systems Management Server and other Windows NT/2000based Technologies.Tom has served as Technical Editor on other Syngressbooks and was previously employed as a Senior Consultant by CoreTechConsulting Group Inc He lives in Gilbertsville, PA
Technical Editor
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Norris L Johnson, Jr.(MCSE, MCT, CTT, A+, Network +) is aTechnology Trainer and Owner of a consulting company in the Seattle-Tacoma area His consultancies have included deployments and securityplanning for local firms and public agencies, as well as providing services toother local computer firms in need of problem solving and solutions fortheir clients He specializes in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 issues,providing planning and implementation and integration services In addi-tion to consulting work, Norris trains extensively in the AATP program atHighline Community College’s Federal Way,WA campus, and has taught inthe vocational education arena at Bates Technical College in Tacoma,WA.Norris holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University He isdeeply appreciative of the guidance and support offered by his parents andwife Cindy during the years of transition and education to make thecareer change that has been so wonderful to be involved in
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Part I: Getting Started 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Active Directory 3
Introduction 4
History of the Directory Service 6What Is in a Directory Service? 11
Directory Service Domino Effect 15
.NET 16
Namespace 23Forests 24Scope 24
Understand What Is in
a Directory Service
A directory is a place to
store information The
type of information that is
stored in a directory falls
into three basic categories:
■ Resources
■ Services
■ Accounts
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Viewing Trust Relationships 30
Sites 32Architecture 33
Chapter 2 Assessing Your Environment 41
Introduction 42
Matching Business Objectives to Technology 45Business Objectives That Active Directory
Benefits 51Assessing Your Current Environment 52
Gathering Information for Your Active Directory
Organizational and Network InfrastructuresThat Impact Active Directory Planning
Estimate Project Costs
■ Labor How many
people will be required
to work on the
project?
■ Capital What server
equipment will need to
be purchased?
■ Real estate Will you
require more space for
■ Ongoing costs What
are the costs of a
maintenance contract
for the hardware?
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Communications 64Gap Analysis of Business Objectives and
Chapter 3 Active Directory for Windows 2000 JumpStart Tutorial 73
Introduction 74What Active Directory Is, and Why You Need
Multi-Master Domain Controllers 82Intellimirror 82
Advantages and Disadvantages of
Advantages with Active Directory 90
Learn about Domain and Domain Trees
domain.com
eng.domain.com corp.domain.com
sales.corp.domain.com
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Summary 93
Part II: Designing the Active Directory 97
Chapter 4 DNS and Naming Strategies 99
Introduction 100
Active Directory’s Integration with DNS 106How Active Directory Uses DNS 108
Summary 131
server, you will not be
able to use it because
Q:Our company uses a
DNS server that does
for the namespaces
that Active Directory
encompasses must
also support the
SRV RRs.
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OU Objects in Active Directory 155
Summary 160
Chapter 6 Designing a Site Structure 165
Introduction 166The Function of Sites in Active Directory 167Default-First-Site-Name 170Replicated Active Directory Components 171
Schema and Configuration Containers 173
Design the Active Directory
When you design an Active Directory, there are four elements that must
be planned:
■ Forest Plan
■ Domain/DNS Strategy
■ Organizational Unit (OU) Structure
■ Site Topology
Understand the Components of the Active Directory Sites and Services Console Found in
Administrative Tools
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Chapter 7 Designing: A Case Study 197
Introduction 198
Determining the Business Objectives 200Kings Vineyard’s Business Objectives 201
Servers 206
Determining Domain and Tree Structure 210
One of the essentials of
site design is to place
servers in the various
locations When placing
servers, there are some
simple goals:
■ Ensure that users can
log on to and query
Active Directory.
■ Ensure that servers can
locate other domain
controllers.
■ Manage traffic
generated by Active
Directory.
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Part III: Installing Active Directory 231
Chapter 8 Migrating from NT 3.51
or NT 4 to Active Directory 233
Introduction 234
Changes Required When Upgrading
Installing Active Directory Services 251
Professional 266
Decide Whether to Upgrade Servers or Clients First
This decision is in line with long-standing networking best practices when deploying new networks:
1 Establish the network infrastructure first
2 Establish security and servers next
3 Establish workstations last.
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Summary 269
Chapter 9 Implementing a Domain 275
Integrating DNS into Active Directory 298Active Directory Integrated Zones 299Managing Objects in Active Directory 300
Chapter 10 Building Trees and Forests 317
Introduction 318Understanding the Characteristics of an Active
Learn the Three Basic
Steps for the
command (You have
the option of running
WINNT from a DOS
prompt, booting
directly into the
installation from the
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Right-Sizing the Active Directory Storage Space 334
Summary 342
Chapter 11 Implementing Sites 347
The Knowledge Consistency Checker 356Implementing a Site Structure in Active
Learn the Five Major Command Line Programs
■ REPLMON is a Windows 2000 Resource Kit utility that you can use to monitor replication traffic.
■ REPADMIN is a command-line utility that you use to diagnose problems with replication.
■ Although DSASTAT is not geared specifically towards replication, it can help diagnose replication problems that are based in naming context issues.