Active Directory For Dummies

by Steve Clines, Marcia Loughry

Your guide to learning Active Directory the quick and easy way Whether you're new to Active Directory (AD) or a savvy system administrator looking to brush up on your skills, Active Directory for Dummies will steer you in the right direction. Since its original release, Microsoft's implementation of the lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) for the Windows Server line of networking software has become one of the most popular directory service products in the world. If you're involved with the design and support of Microsoft directory services and/or solutions, you're in the right place. This comprehensive guide starts by showing you the basics of AD, so you can utilize its structures to simplify your life and secure your digital environment. From there, you'll discover how to exert fine-grained control over groups, assets, security, permissions, and policies on a Windows network and efficiently configure, manage, and update the network. With coverage of security improvements, significant user interface changes, and updates to the AD scripting engine, password policies, accidental object deletion protection, and more, this plain-English book has everything you need to know. You'll learn how With chapters on the ten most important points about AD design, ten online resources, and ten troubleshooting tips, this user-friendly book really is your one-stop guide to setting up, working with, and making the most of Active Directory. Get your copy of Active Directory For Dummies and get to work.

Genres: Technology, Computer Science

360 pages, Paperback

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.