You're reading from Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition Design, deploy, and protect Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2022

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801070393

Length 780 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Dishan Francis

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Active Directory Domain Services 2022

3. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

4. Active Directory Domain Name System

5. Placing Operations Master Roles

6. Migrating to Active Directory 2022

7. Managing Active Directory Objects

8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

9. Designing the OU Structure

10. Managing Group Policies

11. Active Directory Services – Part 01

12. Active Directory Services – Part 02

13. Active Directory Certificate Services

14. Active Directory Federation Services

15. Active Directory Rights Management Services

16. Active Directory Security Best Practices

17. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell

18. Hybrid Identity

19. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

21. Index

How to plan AD migrations

AD migration from an older version to a newer one is a common requirement for any AD infrastructure. As time goes by, operating systems go out of support. Even if an organization is not looking to implement new AD features, sometimes they have to migrate to a newer version if the operating system is out of support. In a typical AD migration process, a new AD DS version will be installed on a new server. Then, the FSMO roles will migrate to the new domain controllers.

Once this is completed, the older version of AD DS will be decommissioned. Afterward, the domain and forest functional levels will be raised to match the new AD DS version. Even though each AD DS version has core functions that are the same, newer versions always have new features and enhancements that apply to the domain or forest level.

There can be many reasons why an organization may consider an AD migration. I have listed a few reasons as follows: