Active Directory Infrastructure Self-Study Training Kit

833 Pages·2015·12.11 MB·English

by  William Stanek

Active Directory Infrastructure
Self-Study Training Kit

Windows Server 2012 and R2

2 Full-length Personal Training Guides in 1 Convenient Kit!

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Training Kit Contents
Active Directory Administration: The Personal Trainer
Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Chapter 1. Active Directory Essentials
Chapter 2. Installing New Forests, Domain Trees, and Child Domains
Chapter 3. Deploying Writeable Domain Controllers
Chapter 4. Deploying Read-Only Domain Controllers
Chapter 5. Configuring, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting Global Catalog Servers
Chapter 6. Configuring, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting Operations Masters
Chapter 7. Managing Active Directory Sites, Subnets, and Replication
Chapter 8. Managing Trusts and Authentication
Chapter 9. Maintaining and Recovering Active Directory

Windows Group Policy: The Personal Trainer
Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Chapter 1. Introducing Group Policy
Chapter 2. Deploying Group Policy
Chapter 3. Group Policy Management
Chapter 4. Advanced Group Policy Management
Chapter 5. Searching and Filtering Group Policy
Chapter 6. Maintaining the SYSVOL
Chapter 7. Managing Group Policy Processing
Chapter 8. Maintaining and Restoring Group Policy
Appendix A. Installing Group Policy Tools

Training Kit Contents: Detailed

Active Directory Administration: The Personal Trainer

Table of Contents
Introduction
What’s This Book About?
What Do I Need to Know?
How Is This Book Organized?
What Conventions Are Used in This Book?
Other Resources
Chapter 1. Active Directory Essentials
Understanding Directory Services
Introducing Active Directory
Active Directory Domains
DNS Domains
Domain Controllers
Active Directory Objects
Active Directory Schema
Active Directory Components
Physical Components
Logical Components
Managing Active Directory
Working with Active Directory
Active Directory Administration Tools
Graphical Administration Tools
Command-Line Tools
Chapter 2. Installing New Forests, Domain Trees, and Child Domains
Preparing for Active Directory Installation
Working with Directory Containers and Partitions
Establishing or Modifying Your Directory Infrastructure
Establishing Functional Levels