Active Directory for Dummies.

by Steve Clines, Marcia Loughry

Playing an integral role in the Windows Server administration, Active Directory (AD) allows users to configure groups, implement network security, create and enforce network policies, and more. This friendly introduction to AD provides system administrators with the basics of AD and points them in the right direction for setting up a network schema, helping them avoid common AD mistakes that can undermine network security. New material includes coverage of security improvements, significant user interface changes, and updates to the AD scripting engine, password policies, accidental object deletion protection, and more.

Genres: Technology, Computer Science

361 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 5, 2000

Reviews

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its greatest thing since sliced bread

When Microsoft took an elegant simple schema from UNIX and redesigned it into a convoluted might mare called “Active Directory” it was time for this book. Turns out that “Active Directory” is not active or a directory; who would have guessed? Well, this book starts you off with correcting concepts and even lets you know that with the new terminology that the definition of “domain” has been changed.

A lot of time Dummies books are too busy being cute; this one however is so packed with helpful information that it does not have time to be cute. This book takes you from ground zero to up and running while helping avoid common pitfalls.

[Benjamin Sigrist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seemed pretty decent - still a lot of high level language. But it is high level subject matter.

[Penny Ramirez]

useful - filled in the gaps!

[L Eidsness · Rating 3 out of 5]

Without a copy of active directory in front of me it's hard to ascertain the value here, I felt like I learned that there wasn't that much to learn, I think my intent here was to couple it with programmatic access, which was not covered.