Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2008

John A. Price is the Lead Architect for a Microsoft Gold consulting firm in the Midwest. He has 11 years of experience with several Microsoft products, specializing in Active Directory, Exchange Server, and the System Center line of products. Brad Price is an MCT with 16 years of experience in the IT field, specializing in Active Directory, Exchange Server, Systems Management Server, and Operation Manager. He is the author of several books on Active Directory.Scott Fenstermacher is an MCSE/MCDBA/MCSD, also with 16 years of experience in IT, in areas such as programming and scripting, database design and programming, and Windows and Linux network management.

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• Introduction xxvPart 1 • Active Directory Design 1Chapter 1 • Active Directory Fundamentals 3Chapter 2 • Domain Name System Design 17Chapter 3 • Active Directory Domain Services Forest and Domain Design 43Chapter 4 • Organizing the Physical and Logical Aspects of AD DS 79Chapter 5 • Flexible Single Master Operations Design 119Part 2 • Active Directory Object Management 127Chapter 6 • Managing Accounts: User, Group, and Computer 129Chapter 7 • Maintaining Organizational Units 179Chapter 8 • Managing Group Policy 207Chapter 9 • Managing Active Directory Security 245Part 3 • Active Directory Service Management 265Chapter 10 • Managing Access with Active Directory Services 267Chapter 11 • Managing Active Directory Rights Management Services 297Chapter 12 • Managing Active Directory Certificate Services 329Chapter 13 • Managing the Flexible Single Master Operations Roles 365Chapter 14 • Maintaining the Active Directory Database 387Part 4 • Active Directory Best Practices and Troubleshooting 409Chapter 15 • Microsoft’s Troubleshooting Methodology for Active Directory 411Chapter 16 • Troubleshooting Problems Related to Network Infrastructure 425Chapter 17 • Troubleshooting Problems Related to the Active Directory Database 451Part 5 • Streamlining Management with Scripts 483Chapter 18 • ADSI Primer 485Chapter 19 • Active Directory Scripts 541Chapter 20 • Monitoring Active Directory 615Chapter 21 • Managing Active Directory with PowerShell 653Appendix A • The Bottom Line 683Index 709