Whether you're new to Active Directory (AD) or a savvy system administrator looking to brush up on your skills, this title helps you understand the basics of AD and utilize its structures to simplify your life and secure your digital environment. It also includes a list of ten most important points about AD, and ten troubleshooting tips.

You will learn how to: navigate the functions and structures of AD; understand business and technical requirements and determine goals; become familiar with physical components like site links, network services, and site topology; manage and monitor new features, AD replication, and schema management; maintain AD databases; and avoid common AD mistakes that can undermine network security. Complete with lists of the ten most important points about AD, and ten cool Web resources, and ten troubleshooting tips, "Active Directory For Dummies, 2nd Edition" is your one-stop guide to setting up, working with, and making the most of Active Directory.

Introduction.Part I: Getting Started.Chapter 1: Understanding Active Director y.Chapter 2: Analyzing Requirements for Active Director y.Chapter 3: Designing an Active Director y Implementation Plan.Part II: Planning and Deploying with Active Directory Domain Services.Chapter 4: Playing the Name Game.Chapter 5: Creating a Logical Structure.Chapter 6: Getting Physical.Chapter 7: Ready to Deploy!Part III: New Active Directory Features.Chapter 8: AD LDS: Active Directory on a Diet.Chapter 9: Federating Active Directory.Chapter 10: AD Certificate Services and Rights Management Services.Part IV: Managing Active Directory.Chapter 11: Managing Users, Groups, and Other Objects.Chapter 12: Managing Active Directory Replication.Chapter 13: Schema-ing!Chapter 14: Managing Security with Active Directory Domain Services.Chapter 15: Maintaining Active Directory.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 16: The Ten Most Important Active Directory Design Points.Chapter 17: Ten Cool Web Sites for Active Directory Info.Chapter 18: Ten Troubleshooting Tips for Active Directory.Part VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: Windows 2008 AD Command Line Tools.Appendix B: Glossary.Index.