MCSE: Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Planning, Implementation, and Maintenance -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Assessment Test -- Answers to Assessment Test -- Chapter 1: Overview of Active Directory -- The Industry before Active Directory -- The Benefits of Active Directory -- Active Directory's Logical Structure -- Active Directory's Physical Structure -- Active Directory Names and DNS -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 2: Planning and Installing Active Directory -- Preparing for Active Directory Installation -- Installing Active Directory -- Verifying Active Directory Installation -- Creating and Configuring Application Data Partitions -- Configuring DNS Integration with Active Directory -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 3: Installing and Managing Trees and Forests -- Reasons for Creating Multiple Domains -- Creating Domain Trees and Forests -- Demoting a Domain Controller -- Managing Multiple Domains -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 4: Configuring Sites and Managing Replication -- Overview of Active Directory Physical Components -- Planning Your Sites -- Implementing Sites and Subnets -- Configuring Replication -- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 5: Administering Active Directory -- An Overview of OUs -- Planning the OU Structure -- Creating OUs -- Managing OUs -- Troubleshooting OUs -- Creating and Managing Active Directory Objects -- Publishing Active Directory Objects -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 6: Planning Security for Active Directory.

Active Directory Security Overview -- Implementing Active Directory Security -- Using Group Policy for Security -- Understanding Smart Card Authentication -- Using the Security Configuration And Analysis Utility -- Implementing an Audit Policy -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 7: Active Directory Optimization and Reliability -- Overview of Windows Server 2003 Performance Monitoring -- Using Windows Server 2003 Performance Tools -- Saving and Analyzing Data with Performance Logs and Alerts -- Monitoring and Troubleshooting Active Directory Components -- Backup and Recovery of Active Directory -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 8: Planning, Implementing, and Managing Group Policy -- An Introduction to Group Policy -- Planning a Group Policy Strategy -- Implementing Group Policy -- Managing Group Policy -- Troubleshooting Group Policy -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Chapter 9: Software Deployment through Group Policy -- Overview of Software Deployment -- Implementing Software Deployment -- Configuring Software Deployment Settings -- Optimizing and Troubleshooting Software Deployment -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Answers to Review Questions -- Glossary -- Index.