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Windows 2000(r) Active Directory Survival Guide: Planning and Implementation
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by Richard Schwartz
Sales Rank: 2864303
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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons December 20, 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 047135600X
ISBN-13: 978-0471356004
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.5 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
Product Review
The biggest challenge and opportunity for IS departments approaching Windows 2000 is probably Active Directory (AD), which can reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and simplify administration. For any IS professional or administrator, Windows 2000 Active Directory Survival Guide provides both a high-level introduction and a hands-on guide to transitioning to Windows 2000 successfully.
The standout feature here is a thorough discussion of the right way to model organizations using Windows 2000 Active Directory (AD) in terms of domains, trees, forests, and organization units (OUs). More than ever, a proper model of your organization's structure is critical for efficient, maintainable network infrastructure with Windows 2000. This book shows clearly what works and what doesn't. The author also provides the details of underlying standards, like DNS, Dynamic DNS, LDAP, and NDS and their relation to Active Directory. Each chapter includes a "Best Practices" section with many useful tips on planning and implementing your organization's Windows 2000 network and server infrastructure.
After the planning stages, the book turns to hands-on examples of upgrading and administering Windows 2000, with plenty of screenshots of the actual tools like the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and Active Directory wizards. Notable material here discusses how to upgrade from Windows NT successfully (and how to let NT 4.0 coexist with Windows 2000 for those who require this option). Besides all the basics, the author shows how to take advantage of group policies and delegation, which can significantly lower costs by standardizing the corporate desktop and spreading administrative responsibilities across the enterprise.
In all, with its inside-and-out tour of the Active Directory and solid guide to the nuts and bolts of common administrative tasks, Windows 2000 Active Directory Survival Guide is an excellent resource. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: Active Directory (AD) overview and architecture, LDAP, NDS, X.500 standards, domains and domain controllers, DNS architecture, host names and name resolution, Dynamic DNS, trust relationships, namespaces, organization units (OUs), trees, forests, global catalog servers, replication, security and ACLs, Windows 2000 security, organization models, naming strategies, replication, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and snap-ins, group policy, ADSI, and upgrading to Windows 2000.
Back Cover Copy
An excellent resource for learning how to take full advantage of Active Directory's flexibility, extensibility, and scalability
Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ Survival Guide
At the core of the Windows 2000 system lies one of the most welcome additions to the Windows NT product line-Active Directory. This directory offers a flexible hierarchical structure and interoperability with existing standards-based directories. This book/CD package uncovers all of the key features of Active Directory and provides you with the tools you'll need for a successful and rapid deployment.
Richard Schwartz offers real-world insight into this technology and takes you step-by-step through the planning and implementation stages of Active Directory. Focusing on concepts, he guides you through this intricate process and develops your skills with hands-on sections using directory tools. Schwartz clearly illustrates the process and reinforces key concepts.
This book/CD covers:- The concepts of directory services
- Features specific to Active Directory
- Active Directory's architecture
- Security concepts
- Planning phases for implementation
- Directory management
- Domain Name Services concepts
- Domain structures
- Configuring the directory
- Applying administrative control
- Active Directory Services interface primer
- Schema nuts and bolts
- Upgrade issues
- Architecting a Windows 2000 network site
The CD-ROM contains a complete HTML version of the book.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This book provided some information on configuring and implementing Active Directory but overall was pretty poorly written and seems to not have passed by an editors eyes at all. Many of included diagrams added nothing to the discussion - others were mislabelled or otherwise didn't match what the text was saying. So, to sum up, this appears to be a hastily published effort to get out before or when Win2k released. I'm still looking for the right book - currently reading Windows 2000 Active Directory by Alistair Lowe-Norris
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