To get the most out of this book

To get the most out of the book, it helps to have basic knowledge of Windows Server and Active Directory.

Many recipes are written to lift an aging Active Directory environment to new heights. It helps in these cases to know the old protocols, such as NT Lan Manager (NTLM), but an open mind is a more valuable asset when engaging with the recipes.

Some recipes in this cookbook require significant hardware, so if you're staging changes in development, test, or acceptance environments, make sure you have the computational power and storage to do so.

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2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
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Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

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• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Active-Directory-Administration-Cookbook. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Bookname_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "To work with repadmin.exe, sign into a domain controller."

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Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "The Multiple Users window appears:"

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.