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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. Deploy your first forest and domain
Before you start
Prerequisites
Versions
Code
Deploy your first forest
Configure the server IP address
Set the server name
Install Active Directory Domain Services
Create the forest (dcpromo)
Summary
Chapter 2. Manage DNS and DHCP
Manage DNS zones
Manage primary zones
Manage secondary zones
Manage stub zones
Configure conditional forwards
Manage zone delegation
Manage DNS records
Create name (A and AAAA) resource records
Create CNAME resource records
Create MX resource records
Create additional resource records
Configure zone scavenging and aging
Configure record options including Time To Live (TTL) and weight
Manage DHCP
Deploy DHCP
Configure IPv4
Configure IPv6
Summary
Chapter 3. Create and manage users and groups
Create users
Create a single user
Add users in a batch
Create and manage groups
Create a new group
Add users to a group
Manage groups
Create and manage OUs
Create an OU
Add computers and users to an OU
Summary
Chapter 4. Deploy additional domain controllers
Deploy domain controllers
Configure networking
Install the Active Directory role on the server
Join the server to the domain
Promote a server to domain controller
Clone a domain controller
Verify the environment
Prepare the source domain controller
Create the cloned domain controller
Manage FSMO roles
Transfer FSMO roles
Seize FSMO roles
Summary
Chapter 5. Deploy read-only domain controllers (RODCs)
Prepare the forest and domain
Staged deployment of an RODC
Prepare the RODC account
Prepare the RODC target server
Deploy the RODC target server
Non-staged deployment of an RODC
Prepare the RODC target server
Deploy the non-staged RODC target server
Summary
Chapter 6. Deploy additional domains and forests
Create a child domain
Prepare the server
Install the Active Directory Domain Services role
Create the new domain
Create a tree domain
Prepare the server
Install the Active Directory Domain Services role
Create the new domain
Create a new forest
Configure networking
Test the promotion to domain controller
Deploy the new forest
Create a trust
Create a shortcut trust
Create a forest trust
Summary
Chapter 7. Configure service authentication and account policies
Manage service authentication
Create service accounts
Configure managed service accounts (MSAs)
Configure group managed service accounts (gMSAs)
Configure virtual accounts
Configure account policies
Configure domain user password policy
Configure password settings objects (PSOs)
Summary
Chapter 8. Back up and restore AD DS
Back up Active Directory
Windows Server Backup
Create offline media
Configure Active Directory snapshots
Restore Active Directory
Perform a non-authoritative restore
Perform an authoritative restore
Restore an object by using the Active Directory Recycle Bin
Restore an object by using Active Directory snapshots
Summary
Chapter 9. Manage sites and replication
Configure sites
Create a new site
Create a replication subnet
Rename a site
Remove a site
Configure Universal Group Membership Caching (UGMC)
Create a site link
Manage replication
Set the replication schedule
Change the replication server
Summary
Chapter 10. Deploy Active Directory in the cloud
Install the Windows PowerShell Azure model
Install the Windows PowerShell Azure module
Load the Windows PowerShell Azure module
Connect to an Azure account
Authenticate to your Azure account
Set the current subscription
Create a VPN
Create self-signed certificates
Create a point-to-site VPN
Create a virtual machine
Connect to the subscription
Set a location
Provision a service
Provision a storage account
Create a virtual machine
Configure the domain controller
Summary
Index
About the author
Free ebooks
Survey
Code Snippets
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