Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

, by Bell, Michael; Hynes, Byron; Wright, Byron

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ISBN: 9780619186104 | 0619186100
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Copyright: 7/15/2003

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Introduction

Active Directory: The Directory Service for Microsoft Windows Networks

(28)

Introducing Active Directory

(8)

Active Directory as the Directory Service for the Operating System

(5)

Active Directory as a Directory Service for Applications

(2)

Active Directory Is an Application Itself

(1)

The Power of Active Directory

(1)

Introduction to Multinational Mega Corporation and Heartland Hospital

(1)

The Building Blocks of Active Directory

(13)

Windows Domains

(4)

Forests and Trees

(1)

The Active Directory Schema

(1)

Active Directory Classes, Objects, and Attributes

(3)

Replication and Partitions

(2)

Searching and Global Catalog Servers

(2)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Review Questions

(2)

MNC/Heartland Hospital Case Projects

(2)

Case Project Background

(2)

Installing Active Directory

(38)

Understanding the Domain Name System

(11)

DNS Structure

(1)

DNS Names

(3)

DNS Servers

(3)

The DNS Name Resolution Process

(4)

Common Errors and Misconceptions About DNS

(1)

Using DNS with Active Directory

(7)

Defining the Namespace

(1)

Locating Services

(1)

Resolving Names to IP Addresses

(1)

Installing Microsoft DNS Server in Windows Server 2003

(6)

Installing Active Directory

(13)

Exploring Available Options in the Active Directory Installation Wizard

(1)

Gathering the Required Information

(2)

Running the Active Directory Installation Wizard

(11)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Review Questions

(2)

Multinational Mega Corporation Case Projects

(3)

An Active Directory Design Philosophy

(16)

Introducing Design Philosophy

(1)

Ownership Roles

(2)

A Question of Trust

(1)

Making Active Directory Design Decisions

(2)

Design to Support the Organization's Goals

(1)

Gaining Executive Sponsorship with Documented Value

(1)

Designing for the Future and the Present

(1)

Designing to Support the Delegation of Authority

(1)

Designing to Support the Application of Group Policy

(1)

Justifying the Design

(1)

Starting a Design Project

(3)

Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)

(1)

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)

(1)

The Need for a Vision

(1)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Review Questions

(2)

Case Projects

(1)

Practical Active Directory Design Decisions

(34)

Choosing a DNS Name

(9)

What Makes a Good DNS Name?

(2)

Choosing How DNS Names for Internet and Active Directory Will Be Related

(5)

Best Practices for Choosing a DNS Name

(2)

Designing a Forest

(1)

Characteristics of a Forest

(1)

How Many Forests?

(1)

Understanding and Implementing Trust Relationships

(7)

Two-Way, Transitive Trusts

(2)

Shortcut Trusts

(2)

Explicit Inter-Forest Trusts

(3)

Designing Domains

101

(4)

Functions of a Domain

102

(1)

The Forest Root Domain

103

(1)

Is It a Security Boundary?

104

(1)

Which Works Better: Single or Multiple Domains?

104

(1)

Using a Dedicated Forest Root

104

(1)

Designing Organizational Units

105

(1)

Best Practices for Designing OUs

106

(2)

Chapter Summary

108

(1)

Key Terms

109

(1)

Review Questions

110

(2)

Heartland Hospital Case Projects

112

(5)

Managing Directory Objects: Users, Groups, and Resources

117

(44)

Creating and Managing User Objects

118

(21)

User Classes, Properties, and Schema

118

(1)

Creating Users with Active Directory Users and Computers

118

(5)

Setting Additonal Attributes

123

(14)

Resetting Passwords

137

(2)

Creating Users Programmatically

139

(1)

Working with Groups

139

(10)

Group Types

139

(1)

Group Scopes

140

(4)

Groups as Members of Other Groups

144

(1)

Creating Groups

145

(1)

Changing Groups

146

(3)

Creating Resource Objects

149

(2)

Shared Folder

149

(1)

Printers

150

(1)

Other Resources

150

(1)

Organizing Objects in the Directory

151

(3)

Organizing and Controlling with OUs

151

(2)

Moving Objects between OUs

153

(1)

Moving Objects between Domains

153

(1)

Chapter Summary

154

(1)

Key Terms

154

(1)

Review Questions

155

(2)

Heartland Hospital Case Projects

157

(4)

Securing and Protecting the Network

161

(42)

Security Concepts in Active Directory

162

(8)

Security Principals

163

(2)

Kerberos Tickets and Access Tokens

165

(1)

Discretionary Access Control Lists (DACL)

166

(1)

System Access Control Lists (SACL)

166

(1)

ACEs that Allow or Deny

166

(2)

Inheritance

168

(1)

Groups in Security

168

(2)

Protecting Objects in Active Directory

170

(6)

Delegation of Control

170

(2)

Granular Control

172

(4)

Protecting Network Resources

176

(10)

The NT File System (NTFS)

176

(5)

Printers

181

(1)

File Shares

181

(1)

Registry Keys

182

(3)

Other Applications

185

(1)

Understanding the User Authentication Process

186

(9)

Kerberos Version 5

186

(1)

Kerberos in Action

187

(3)

NTLM Authentication

190

(1)

Down-Level Client Authentication

191

(1)

Two-Factor Authentication

192

(1)

Public Key Infrastructure for Authentication with Smart Cards

193

(2)

Chapter Summary

195

(1)

Key Terms

196

(1)

Review Questions

197

(2)

Heartland Hospital Case Projects

199

(4)

Active Directory Sites

203

(32)

Understanding Sites

204

(1)

Active Directory Objects Related to Sites

204

(14)

Naming Contexts (Partitions)

204

(5)

Site Objects

209

(1)

Subnet Objects

210

(1)

Domain Controllers

211

(1)

Bridgehead Servers

212

(4)

Connection Objects

216

(1)

Global Catalog

217

(1)

Planning and Designing Sites

218

(4)

Physical Network

218

(1)

Site Topology

219

(3)

Creating and Managing Sites

222

(5)

Assigning Computers to Sites

223

(1)

Creating Sites

223

(2)

Modifying the Default-First-Site-Name Site

225

(1)

Configuring Site Links

225

(1)

Configuring Site Link Bridges

226

(1)

Chapter Summary

227

(1)

Key Terms

227

(1)

Review Questions

228

(2)

Heartland Hospital Case Projects

230

(5)

Active Directory Replication

235

(22)

The Replication Process

236

(2)

Tracking Replication

236

(1)

Replication Timing

236

(2)

Replication Topology

238

(2)

Active Directory Partitions

238

(1)

Intra-site Replication

238

(1)

Inter-site Replication

239

(1)

Replication Updates

240

(1)

Replication Conflicts

240

(1)

Managing Active Directory Replication

240

(5)

Using Sites

241

(2)

Site Links

243

(2)

Monitoring Active Directory Replication

245

(3)

Operations Masters

248

(2)

Schema Master

248

(1)

Domain Naming Master

249

(1)

RID Master

249

(1)

PDC Emulator

249

(1)

Infrastructure Master

250

(1)

Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication

250

(1)

Chapter Summary

251

(1)

Key Terms

251

(2)

Review Questions

253

(3)

Heartland Hospital Case Project

256

(1)

Active Directory Maintenance and Data Recovery

257

(26)

Active Directory File Structure

258

(1)

NTDS.DIT

258

(1)

EDB.LOG

259

(1)

EDBXXXXX.LOG

259

(1)

EDB.CHK

259

(1)

RES1.LOG and RES2.LOG

259

(1)

TEMP.EDB

259

(1)

How Data is Written to Active Directory

259

(1)

Managing Deleted Objects

260

(1)

Defragmenting the Database

260

(3)

Online Defragmentation

261

(1)

Offline Defragmentation

261

(2)

Moving the Active Directory Database

263

(1)

Backing up Active Directory

263

(2)

Recovering Active Directory

265

(6)

Soft Recovery

265

(1)

Repairing Active Directory

265

(1)

Restoring Active Directory

266

(5)

Reinstalling Active Directory

271

(1)

Operations Master Roles

271

(6)

Changing the Holder of Operations Master Roles

273

(4)

Chapter Summary

277

(1)

Key Terms

277

(1)

Review Questions

278

(3)

Heartland Hospital Case Projects

281

(2)

Using Active Directory as a Tool to Enforce Corporate Policy

283

(36)

Group Policy

284

(4)

Administrative Templates

284

(1)

Group Policy Storage

285

(3)

Group Policy Application

288

(9)

Group Policy Priority

288

(3)

Modifying Group Policy Priority

291

(4)

Controlling Group Policy Application with Permissions

295

(1)

Windows Management Instrumentation Filters

296

(1)

Desktop Management with Group Policy

297

(4)

Restricting Windows

297

(1)

Folder Redirection

297

(3)

Scripts

300

(1)

Application Distribution with Group Policy

301

(4)

Application Types

301

(2)

Maintaining Applications

303

(2)

Security Management with Group Policy

305

(5)

Account Policies

305

(1)

Local Policies

306

(1)

Restricted Groups

306

(1)

System Services

306

(1)

Registry Settings

306

(1)

File System

306

(1)

Wireless Network Policies

306

(1)

IP Security Policies

307

(1)

Security Templates

307

(1)

Analyzing Security

308

(2)

Troubleshooting Group Policy

310

(2)

Troubleshooting Tools

310

(2)

Chapter Summary

312

(1)

Key Terms

312

(2)

Review Questions

314

(3)

Heartland Hospital Case Projects

317

(2)

Interoperability Between Active Directory and Other Directories

319

(18)

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

320

(6)

A Common Protocol for Directory Access

320

(1)

LDAP and Active Directory

321

(1)

LDAP Naming

322

(1)

Lightweight Directory Interchange Format

323

(1)

Querying Active Directory Using LDAP

324

(2)

Active Directory Services Interface

326

(3)

A Common Programming Mechanism for Directory Access

326

(1)

Administrative Uses for ADSI

326

(3)

Microsoft Metadirectory Services

329

(1)

Management Agents

329

(1)

Active Directory Connector

330

(1)

Installing ADC

330

(1)

Configuring Connection Agreements

330

(1)

Chapter Summary

331

(1)

Key Terms

331

(1)

Review Questions

332

(2)

Heartland Hospital Case Projects

334

(3)

Upgrading a Windows NT or Windows 2000 Domain

337

(24)

Active Directory Functionality Levels

338

(11)

Windows 2000 Mixed Domains

339

(1)

Windows 2000 Native Domains

340

(2)

Windows 2003 Interim Domains

342

(1)

Windows 2003 Native Domains

342

(3)

Windows 2000 Forests

345

(1)

Windows 2003 Interim Forests

346

(1)

Windows 2003 Forests

346

(3)

Upgrading Windows NT Domains

349

(4)

Domain Structure

349

(1)

Keeping the Existing Domain Structure

350

(2)

Creating a New Domain Structure

352

(1)

PDC Overloading

352

(1)

Upgrading Windows 2000 Domains

353

(1)

Adding Windows Server 2003 Domain Controllers

353

(1)

Restructuring Existing Domains

353

(1)

Chapter Summary

354

(1)

Key Terms

355

(1)

Review Questions

356

(2)

Sacred Heart Hospital Case Projects

358

(3)

Glossary

361

(10)

Index

371

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