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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What do Active Directory sites do?

Active Directory sites govern access and replication.

Active Directory's DClocator process allows for devices to find the nearest domain controllers. By default, these would be the domain controllers in the current Active Directory site where the device resides. The way the device knows in which site it resides is derived from its Internet Protocol (IP) address, which matches a subnet, as defined for the Active Directory site.

When there are no domain controllers in an Active Directory site, the site link costs define the nearest domain controllers to DClocator. The domain controllers in the site connected with the lowest cost will be returned to the device.

Domain controllers in different Active Directory sites replicate partitions over the same Active Directory site links through bridgehead servers; these are domain controllers that take on the additional role of replicating over the site link to the bridgehead server on the other...