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You're reading from Active Directory Administration Cookbook Actionable, proven solutions to identity management and authentication on servers and in the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789806984

Length 620 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

Identity Management

Author (1):

Sander Berkouwer

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts FREE CHAPTER

2. Managing Domain Controllers

3. Managing Active Directory Roles and Features

4. Managing Containers and Organizational Units

5. Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication

6. Managing Active Directory Users

7. Managing Active Directory Groups

8. Managing Active Directory Computers

9. Getting the Most Out of Group Policy

10. Securing Active Directory

11. Managing Federation

12. Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and 3SO)

13. Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect)

14. Hardening Azure AD

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Upgrading SYSVOL replication from File Replication Service to Distributed File System Replication

Since Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory features the System Volume (SYSVOL). This shared folder is replicated between all of the domain controllers in an Active Directory domain and contains commonly-accessed files such as Group Policy objects, logon scripts, and logoff scripts and can hold any file an Active Directory admin wants it to hold.

In legacy Active Directory environments, SYSVOL replication uses the File Replication Service (FRS). This should be migrated to Distributed File System Replication (DFSR).

Getting ready

The deprecation of FRS may or may not be a problem in your Active Directory environment.

If your Active...

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Authors (1)

Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.

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