Active directory services for microsoft windows 2000 : technical reference / David Iseminger.

Contents

Part 1 Understanding active directory services

1. Understanding directory services
Network history and the need for directory services
The laws of computing
The directory defined
The enterprise directory service shopping list
etc.

2 Active directory services as a directory service implementation
Active directory technical specifications
Active directory features
Where is active directory services

3 Windows 2000 domains active directory services
Windows 2000 domains
Active directory services interaction

4 Active directory services scalability architecture
The importance of scalability
Partitioning approach
Catalog services (the global catalog)
Replication

5 More active directory services architecture
Achieving ease of administration
Achieving security
Achieving application integration
Achieving standardization and openness
Achieving centralization

6 Active directory services and DNS
Understanding DNS
DNS name resolution operations
How active directory services use DNS

Part II Deploying directory services

7 Planning an active directory services deployment
overview of planning decisions Understanding windows 2000 groups
Active directory services planning recommendations

8 Active directory services and security
Windows 2000 security
Active directory security
Understanding the windows 2000 security infrastructure
Security and active directory deployment

9 Managing active directory services
Everyday management
Mapping windows NT tasks to
Advanced management
Command line management

10 working with the active directory services schema
Understanding the schema
The base schema
Extending the schema

11 Upgrading to active directory services
Understanding your upgrade options
Upgrading from a windows NT environment
Restructuring a windows NT environment

12 Migrating to active directory services
Migrating from Novell NDS
Authentication methods and their security
Migrating from other directory services

13 Making post deployment organization changes
Making forest changes
Making domain changes
Making OU changes
Making site changes

14 Administering leveraging active directory services
Managing change
What change and configuration management enables using Intelli mirror
Implementing Intellimirror
Using remote OS installation
Using distributed file system

Includes Index : p. 445 - 464