You're reading from Active Directory Administration Cookbook, Second Edition Proven solutions to everyday identity and authentication challenges for both on-premises and the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803242507

Length 696 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Identity Management

Author (1):

Sander Berkouwer

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts

2. Chapter 2: Managing Domain Controllers FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Managing Active Directory Roles and Features

4. Chapter 4: Managing Containers and Organizational Units

5. Chapter 5: Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication

6. Chapter 6: Managing Active Directory Users

7. Chapter 7: Managing Active Directory Groups

8. Chapter 8: Managing Active Directory Computers

9. Chapter 9: Managing DNS

10. Chapter 10: Getting the Most Out of Group Policy

11. Chapter 11: Securing Active Directory

12. Chapter 12: Managing Certificates

13. Chapter 13: Managing Federation

14. Chapter 14: Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and DSSO)

15. Chapter 15: Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect)

16. Chapter 16: Hardening Azure AD

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Chapter 13: Managing Federation

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) has been around for 20 years. Its interactions are based on protocols—such as New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) and Kerberos—that Microsoft has invented and/or expanded on. In fact, these protocols originated before some companies were even connected to the internet era; they were intended for safe networks. However, today, there's a need for open protocols that are usable on all networks, allowing for interactions without technology boundaries. Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) allows for these interactions.

AD FS was initially purposed for organization-to-organization collaboration without a need to set up and maintain Active Directory trusts. Recently, it gained traction as a common way to implement single sign-on (SSO) between AD DS on-premises and Azure AD.

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