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Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

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Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801070393

Pages 780 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

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Author (1):

Dishan Francis

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals

2. Active Directory Domain Services 2022

3. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure

4. Active Directory Domain Name System

5. Placing Operations Master Roles

6. Migrating to Active Directory 2022

7. Managing Active Directory Objects

8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

9. Designing the OU Structure

10. Managing Group Policies

11. Active Directory Services – Part 01

12. Active Directory Services – Part 02

13. Active Directory Certificate Services

14. Active Directory Federation Services

15. Active Directory Rights Management Services

16. Active Directory Security Best Practices

17. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell

18. Hybrid Identity

19. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

21. Index

Zone transfers

Healthy DNS replication is a key requirement for service and infrastructure integrity. In the previous section, I explained the different zones. I also mentioned how to set the zone transfer permissions. Now, it is time to look into DNS replications.

There are two types of zone file replications:

Asynchronous Full Transfer Zone (AXFR): When setting up a new secondary zone, the system will replicate a full copy of the zone file from the master server. It is not just for the secondary zone; it's applicable to other zones, too. In the event of DNS replication issues, the administrator may need to request a full zone transfer (aka complete zone transfer) from its master server from time to time.
Incremental Zone Transfer (IXFR): After the initial full zone transfer, the system will only replicate the records that have been modified. It reduces the replication traffic as well as providing faster replication.

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Authors (1)

Dishan Francis

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.

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