Active Directory For Dummies® 2nd Edition -- About the Authors -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Getting Started -- Chapter 1 Understanding Active Directory -- What Is Active Directory? -- Getting Hip to Active Directory Lingo -- Because It's Good for You: The Benefits of Active Directory -- Chapter 2 Analyzing Requirements for Active Directory -- Why Gather Information? -- Gathering Business Information -- Gathering Technical Information -- Best Practices -- Chapter 3 Designing an Active Director y Implementation Plan -- Why You Need an Implementation Plan -- Building the Active Directory Planning Team -- Creating Active Directory Planning Documents -- Tracking Project Implementation -- Creating the Active Directory Design -- Best Practices -- Part II Planning and Deploying with Active Directory Domain Services -- Chapter 4 Playing the Name Game -- The Need for DNS -- Active Directory Requirements for DNS -- The Active Directory Namespace -- Types of Active Directory Naming -- Planning the Active Directory Namespace -- What's New in Windows Server 2008 DNS? -- Chapter 5 Creating a Logical Structure -- Planting a Tree or a Forest? -- Defining Domains: If One Isn't Enough -- Organizing with OUs: Containers for Your Trees -- Chapter 6 Getting Physical -- The Physical Side of Active Directory -- Active Directory Physical Components -- Designing a Site Topology -- Read-Only Domain Controllers -- Chapter 7 Ready to Deploy! -- Installing Windows Server 2008 -- To Core or Not to Core -- Deploying AD DS on a Full Server -- Deploying AD DS on a Core Server -- After the install -- Miscellaneous Issues -- Part III New Active Directory Features -- Chapter 8 AD LDS: Active Directory on a Diet -- The Need for a Lighter AD -- Working with AD LDS -- Security and Replication with AD LDS -- Deploying AD LDS -- Chapter 9 Federating Active Directory.

Authentication Everywhere! -- Federations -- Federation Scenarios -- Deploying Active Directory Federation Services -- Chapter 10 AD Certificate Services and Rights Management Services -- Active Directory Certificate Services -- Active Directory Rights Management Services -- Part IV Managing Active Directory -- Chapter 11 Managing Users, Groups, and Other Objects -- Managing Users and Groups -- Managing Organizational Units -- Delegating Administrative Control -- Chapter 12 Managing Active Directory Replication -- Understanding Replication -- Implementing a Site Topology -- Chapter 13 Schema-ing! -- Schema 101 -- Extending the Schema -- Transferring the Schema Master -- Reloading the Schema Cache -- Chapter 14 Managing Security with Active Directory Domain Services -- NTLM and Kerberos -- Implementing Group Policies -- Fine-Grained Password and Account Lockout Policies -- Active Directory Auditing -- Chapter 15 Maintaining Active Directory -- Database Files -- Defragmenting the Database -- Backing Up the Active Directory Database -- Restoring Active Directory -- Restartable Active Directory -- Other Tools for Maintaining AD -- Part V The Part of Tens -- Chapter 16 The Ten Most Important Active Directory Design Points -- Plan, Plan, Plan! -- Design AD for the Administrators -- What's Your Forest Scope? -- Often a Single Domain Is Enough! -- Active Directory Is Built on DNS -- Your Logical Active Directory Structure Isn't Based on Your Network Topology -- Limit Active Directory Schema Modifications -- Understand Your Identity Management Needs -- Place Domain Controllers and Global Catalogs Near Users -- Keep Improving Your Design -- Chapter 17 Ten Cool Web Sites for Active Directory Info -- Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 Web Site -- Windows Server 2008 TechCenter -- TechNet Magazine -- Directory Services Team Blog -- Exchange Server Team Blog.

Windows IT Pro Magazine -- Windows Server Team Blog -- Windows Server 2008 Most Recent Knowledge Base Articles Feed -- Windows Server 2008 Most Popular Downloads -- My Blog -- Chapter 18 Ten Troubleshooting Tips for Active Directory -- Domain Controller Promotion Issues -- Network Issues -- What Time Is It? -- Can't Log On to a Domain -- Monitoring Active Directory Resources -- Can't Modify the Schema -- Replication Issues -- Working with Certificates -- Group Policy Issues -- Branch Office Users Logging In for the First Time -- Part VI Appendixes -- Appendix A Windows 2008 AD Command Line Tools -- DNSCMD -- NTDSUTIL -- REPADMIN -- DSAMAIN -- Other Commands -- Appendix B Glossary -- Index.