Microsoft Active Directory Design and Administration

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  • DCPromo (Domain Controller Promoter)

    DCPromo (Domain Controller Promoter) is a tool in Active Directory that installs and removes Active Directory Domain Services and promotes domain controllers.  Definition

  • VPN Reconnect

    VPN Reconnect is a feature of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that allows a virtual private network (VPN) connection to remain open during a brief interruption of Internet service.  Definition

  • transitive trust

    Transitive trust is a two-way relationship automatically created between parent and child domains in a Microsoft Active Directory forest.  Definition

  • Active Directory tree (AD tree)

    An Active Directory tree is a collection of domains within a Microsoft Active Directory network.  Definition

  • Active Directory domain (AD domain)

    An Active Directory domain is a collection of objects within a Microsoft Active Directory network. An object can be a single user or a group or it can be a hardware component, such as a computer or printer.  Definition

  • Active Directory forest (AD forest)

    An Active Directory forest is the highest level of organization within Active Directory. Each forest shares a single database, a single global address list and a security boundary. By default, a user or administrator in one forest cannot access anoth...  Definition

  • Active Directory

    Active Directory is Microsoft's trademarked directory service, an integral part of the Windows 2000 architecture. Like other directory services, such as Novell Directory Services (NDS), Active Directory is a centralized and standardized system. (Cont...  Definition

  • What to expect from Windows Server 2008 R2

    In this podcast, learn what's changing in the areas of Active Directory, failover clustering and more for Windows Server 2008 R2, as well as how user feedback has affected some of the other improvements made to the upcoming release.  Podcast

  • New AD features in Windows 2008

    In this video from TechEd 2008, Microsoft senior technical product manager Justin Graham discusses some of the lesser known improvements made to Active Directory with Windows Server 2008. Here you'll get details on features such as stickiness prevent...  Video

About Microsoft Active Directory Design and Administration

Proper administration and design is the cornerstone of a successful Microsoft Active Directory environment, and this topic page provides the Active Directory best practices to get you there. Here you'll find news and tutorials covering the broad scope of Active Directory design, as well as information on how to plan, implement and administer that design for Microsoft operating systems such as Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003. You'll also find information on what's new to Active Directory with Windows Server 2008, as well as details on the planning, design and administration of your new environment.

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