Directory Services in Windows Server

Now that you have learned how to install Windows Server 2016 and run the initial server configuration, it is time to set up the very first services in your organization's IT infrastructure. With that in mind, this chapter explains directory services. Specifically, this chapter will cover Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) infrastructure and Domain Name System (DNS) in Windows Server 2016 so that you will become familiar with topics such as domains, forests, trees, domain controllers, functional levels, trust relationships, organizational units, groups, forward lookup zones, reverse lookup zone, DNS records, and many others. Other than that, you will get to know the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), and DNS roles so that you can set up a domain controller and a DNS server in your organization's IT infrastructure. Additionally...