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Mastering Active Directory

You're reading from   Mastering Active Directory Understand the Core Functionalities of Active Directory Services Using Microsoft Server 2016 and PowerShell

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787289352
Length 742 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dishan Francis Dishan Francis
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Preface 1. Active Directory Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Active Directory Domain Services 2016 3. Designing Active Directory Infrastructure 4. Active Directory Domain Name System 5. Placing Operations Master Roles 6. Migrating to Active Directory 2016 7. Managing Active Directory Objects 8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices 9. Designing the OU Structure 10. Managing Group Policies 11. Active Directory Services 12. Active Directory Certificate Services 13. Active Directory Federation Services 14. Active Directory Rights Management Services 15. Active Directory Security Best Practices 16. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell 17. Azure Active Directory Hybrid Setup 18. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring 19. Active Directory Troubleshooting

Group Policy objects

When new Active Directory objects are added, system saves the object data inside the Active Directory database. But the GPO store procedure is different from the typical Active Directory object. GPO object contents are stored in two locations in the Active Directory infrastructure.

Group Policy container

As with any other object, the Active Directory database also holds GPO information. This information is more related to system settings and the path reference for the other dataset. When GPO is created, as with any other AD object, it will also have the globally unique identifier (GUID) value; this is important as this value is used by both datasets to refer to each other. This value is used in Common...

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