Active Directory Fundamentals

"Despite all this rapid change in the computing industry, we are still at the beginning of the digital revolution."

- Satya Nadella

It has been two years since the release of the second edition of this book, Mastering Active Directory. First of all, I would like to thank all my readers for their valuable feedback, which encouraged me to write this third edition. I am sure that you will all benefit from the additional content that has been added to this new edition.

We are going to start this book by refreshing our knowledge of the fundamentals of Windows Active Directory. The main topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

• Modern access management
• The future of access management
• The role of Active Directory in hybrid identity
• Benefits of using Active Directory
• Understanding Active Directory components
• Understanding Active Directory objects

To start with, let's talk about how the pandemic and other factors have shaped modern access management.