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

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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Recommendations

It is a recommended practice to design Active Directory sites following these rules of thumb:

Create one Active Directory site per location. If the bandwidth between locations is above 10 megabits and reliable, and you don't want to segment services or subnets, create one Active Directory site for these locations.
Configure one Active Directory site link between two Active Directory sites.
Configure a catch-all subnet (for instance, a 10.0.0.0/8 subnet) in your main location and create subnets with smaller ranges (for instance, 10.1.0.0/16 and 10.3.1.0/24 subnets) for other locations.
Do not disable the Bridge all site links option for all IP-based site links and all Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)-based site links.
Do not enable the Ignore schedules option for all IP-based site links.
Keep the ISTG enabled.
Keep the KCC enabled.
Keep Strict Replication Consistency enabled.
Define a process where networking administrators...