Become a master at managing enterprise identity infrastructure by
leveraging Active Directory
Key Features
- Manage your Active Directory services for Windows Server 2016
effectively
- Automate administrative tasks in Active Directory using PowerShell
- Manage your organization's network with ease
Book Description
Active Directory is a centralized and standardized system that automates
networked management of user data, security, and distributed resources
and enables interoperation with other directories. If you are aware of
Active Directory basics and want to gain expertise in it, this book is
perfect for you.
We will quickly go through the architecture and fundamentals of Active
Directory and then dive deep into the core components, such as forests,
domains, sites, trust relationships, OU, objects, attributes, DNS, and
replication. We will then move on to AD schemas, global catalogs, LDAP,
RODC, RMS, certificate authorities, group policies, and security best
practices, which will help you gain a better understanding of objects
and components and how they can be used effectively. We will also cover
AD Domain Services and Federation Services for Windows Server 2016 and
all their new features. Last but not least, you will learn how to manage
your identity infrastructure for a hybrid-cloud setup. All this will
help you design, plan, deploy, manage operations on, and troubleshoot
your enterprise identity infrastructure in a secure, effective manner.
Furthermore, I will guide you through automating administrative tasks
using PowerShell cmdlets. Toward the end of the book, we will cover best
practices and troubleshooting techniques that can be used to improve
security and performance in an identity infrastructure.
What you will learn
- Explore the new features in Active Directory Domain Service 2016
- Automate AD tasks with PowerShell
- Get to know the advanced functionalities of the schema
- Learn about Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) roles and their
placement
- Install and migrate Active directory from older versions to Active
Directory 2016
- Manage Active Directory objects using different tools and techniques
- Manage users, groups, and devices effectively
- Design your OU structure in the best way
- Audit and monitor Active Directory
- Integrate Azure with Active Directory for a hybrid setup
Who this book is for
If you are an Active Directory administrator, system administrator, or
network professional who has basic knowledge of Active Directory and are
looking to gain expertise in this topic, this is the book for you.
