Windows 2000 Active Directory - Softcover

Casad, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072123230 ISBN 13: 9780072123234

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2000

Synopsis

Get a jump on the all-new Windows 2000 directory service Window 2000's Active Directory identifies all resources on a network, making them accessible to users and application ù something previous versions of NT lacked. Windows 2000 Active Directory, by Joe Casad, shows you how to to use Active Directory to reduce the total cost of running a network by controlling all the directories and devices on a network from one location, under one platform. This unique, in-depth treatment gives you specific cost-saving tips and examples. You learn how to set up Active Directory...handle security....distinguish domains trees and interoperate Active Directory with NT and NetWare, TCP/IP and DNS...write scripts to automate administrative tasks...support applications...customize schema...and more.

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Review:

Many organizations are choosing to deploy Windows 2000 on their networks precisely because of the power and flexibility that Active Directory promises. Windows 2000 Active Directory represents a complete guide to Active Directory services and certain aspects of their use. You might think of this book as the Active Directory equivalent of one of those big guides to Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop: it's big, procedure-rich, and organized around the features of the software, instead of around the engineering considerations that are central to using it. Its focus on the features isn't a shortcoming, but a characteristic.

A typical section has to do with Replication Monitor, a diagnostic and observation program that's part of the Windows 2000 Resource Kit. In this section, the author first provides a quick statement of where Replication Monitor is and what it does, then gives steps for using it. These steps could benefit from more illustrations, but they're not bad. The author then goes through options--synchronizing with a replication partner, checking Update Sequence Number (USN), and so on--before listing a replication log and commenting a bit on it. He repeats the strategy for scores of other features, capabilities, and utilities, the result being a detailed document that assumes little on the part of the reader. --David Wall

Topics covered: An overview of Active Directory's purpose and architecture, followed by detailed guides to each of its features and capabilities. Coverage deals with replication, security, users and groups, and systems administration issues, such as installation.

From the Back Cover:

Your practical guide to Active Directory - the most important new feature of Windows 2000.

Administer and customize your Active Directory network with the secrets revealed in this comprehensive volume. Windows 2000 Active Directory provides hands-on details about Active Directory, the multi-master directory service at the heart of the Windows 2000 network. This practical study of Active Directory provides a balanced discussion that delves into the theory and serves as a practical desktop reference. If you are looking for the straight facts on how to administer Active Directory, look inside. This single-volume reference explains how to plan, deploy, configure, manage, and customize the Active Directory environment. Plus, you'll get eight pages of color blueprints that illustrate core Active Directory concepts.

• Manage and monitor the Active Directory replication process
• Customize and manipulate the Active Directory schema to create new object classes and attributes
• Understand Kerberos authentication and how it operates on Windows 2000 networks
• Create and manage group policy objects for efficient, granular administration of network resources
• Secure network communications through Windows 2000's IP security
• Backup and reset the Active Directory database
• Configure Active Directory domains, trusts, sites, site links, and site link bridges
• Administer Active Directory through command-line tools provided with the Windows 2000 Support Tools and the Windows 2000 Resource Kit

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0072123230
• ISBN 13: 9780072123234
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 564