Summary

In conclusion, this chapter taught you about the various directory services and naming resolution concepts. First, you became familiar with the AD DS role and got acquainted with the DNS role. Now, you know how to set up a DC to authenticate users and computers and the naming resolution server in your organization’s infrastructure. Furthermore, you became familiar with OUs and delegated control to OUs, which will help you easily organize and manage AD objects. Then, you were introduced to accounts and groups, which will help you place the right users in the respective groups of the organization.

Finally, this chapter provided a chapter exercise that explained how to install an AD DS role and promote the server to a DC.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to add roles to Windows Server 2022.