Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory
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ctive Directory, 4e will fit on the bookshelves of a large cross-section of IT professionals, including operations resources, enterprise architects, and consultants. Completely updated, it covers Active Directory from its origins in Windows 2000 to what will be present day with Windows 2008 and everything in between. Active Directory is a core piece of Microsoft's server offering and the central component of its overall identity management strategy. Practically every Windows shop has Active Directory deployed to some scale.
PrefaceActive Directory BasicsChapter 1: A Brief IntroductionChapter 2: Active Directory FundamentalsChapter 3: Naming Contexts and Application PartitionsChapter 4: Active Directory SchemaChapter 5: Site Topology and ReplicationChapter 6: Active Directory and DNSChapter 7: Read-Only Domain ControllersChapter 8: Group Policy PrimerChapter 9: Fine-Grained Password PoliciesDesigning an Active Directory InfrastructureChapter 10: Designing the NamespaceChapter 11: Creating a Site TopologyChapter 12: Designing Organization-Wide Group PoliciesChapter 13: Active Directory Security: Permissions and AuditingChapter 14: Designing and Implementing Schema ExtensionsChapter 15: Backup, Recovery, and MaintenanceChapter 16: Upgrading to Windows Server 2003Chapter 17: Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 R2Chapter 18: Upgrading to Windows Server 2008Chapter 19: Integrating Microsoft ExchangeChapter 20: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (a.k.a. ADAM)Scripting Active Directory with ADSI, ADO, and WMIChapter 21: Scripting with ADSIChapter 22: IADs and the Property CacheChapter 23: Using ADO for SearchingChapter 24: Users and GroupsChapter 25: Permissions and AuditingChapter 26: Extending the Schema and the Active Directory Snap-insChapter 27: Scripting with WMIChapter 28: Scripting DNSChapter 29: Programming the Directory with the .NET FrameworkChapter 30: PowerShell BasicsChapter 31: Scripting Active Directory with PowerShellChapter 32: Scripting Basic Exchange 2003 TasksChapter 33: Scripting Basic Exchange 2007 TasksColophonBrian Desmond spends his days focused on Active Directory for some of the world's largest companies. A Microsoft MVP since 2004, Brian brings extensive knowledge of how Active Directory works and how to successfully run Active Directory deployments large and small.Joe Richards is a consultant/admin/tool writer and Microsoft MVP for Windows Server Directory Services. Joe updated the second edition of Active Directory Cookbook for O'Reilly.Robbie Allen is an author, entrepreneur, web industry veteran, and new father. His day job has been in IT for the last 12 years. He is the coauthor of Active Directory, 2nd Edition and the author of the Active Directory Cookbook.Alistair G. Lowe-Norris is an Architectural Enterprise Strategy Consultant for Microsoft UK. During the writing of the first version of this book he worked for Leicester University as the project manager and technical lead of the Rapid Deployment Program for Windows 2000. During his time there, Leicester was part of Microsoft's U.K. and U.S. Rapid Deployment Programs for Windows 2000, and was responsible for rolling out what turned out to be one of the world's largest deployments of Windows 2000 preceding release of the final product. Since 1998 he has been the technical editor and a monthly columnist for the Windows Scripting Solutions magazine and a technical editor and author for Windows & .Net Magazine (previously Windows NT Magazine and Windows 2000 Magazine). In addition he is an author and editor for various other publications and online sites worldwide. He holds various Microsoft and other accreditations and has been using Windows 2000 and its descendents daily since October 1997. He lives in Leicester, UK.
