You're reading from Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition Design, deploy, and protect Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2022

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801070393

Length 780 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

Design

Author (1):

Dishan Francis

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

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

AD CS disaster recovery

Like any other computer system, CA also may face disasters due to operating system issues, hardware failures, and so on. Depending on the CA's role in the infrastructure, we can plan how to recover from such failure. There are certain things we need to consider when developing a disaster recovery plan for the CA.

Role of the CA: The importance of the CA in infrastructure has a major impact on the disaster recovery plan. If an organization is using certificates for day-to-day activities such as computer authentication and Wi-Fi connection, this means the CA's availability is crucial for carrying on operations.
On the other hand, if the CA is only used to issue certificates for a few internal applications or systems that are renewed every few years, CA availability is not as crucial as in the first scenario.

In the event of a disaster, even a redeployment of the CA may not have a huge impact. As we can see, the role of the CA will...