Active Directory.
Contributors: Desmond, Brian.; Richards, Joe, 1969-
Edition: 4th ed. / Brian Desmond ... [et al.].
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sebastopol, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 823
ISBN-13: 9780596520595
Subjects: Microsoft Windows (Computer file); Operating systems (Computers); Local area networks (Computer networks) -- Management; Directory services (Computer network technology)
Other titles: Windows Active Directory
Notes: "Designing, deploying and running Acive Directory"--Cover.

"Covers Windows 2000-2008, Exchange 2007, and PowerShell"--Cover.

"November 2008"--T.p. verso.

Rev. ed. of: Active Directory / Joe Richards, Robbie Allen, and Alistair G. Lowe-Norris. 3rd ed. c2006.

Originally published as Windows 2000 Active Directory: Beijing: O'Reilly, c2000.

Includes index.

"Free online edition for 45 days with purchase of the book"--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Active Directory basics: A brief introduction ; Active Directory fundamentals ; Naming contexts and application partitions ; Active Directory schema ; Site topology and replication ; Active Directory and DNS ; Read-only domain controllers ; Group Policy primer ; Fine-grained password policies; title: Designing an Active Directory infrastructure: Designing the namespace ; Creating a site topology ; Designing organization-wide Group Policies ; Active Directory security: permissions and auditing ; Designing and implementing schema extensions ; Backup, recovery, and maintenance ; Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 ; Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 R2 ; Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 ; Integrating Microsoft Exchange ; Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (a.k.a. ADAM); title: Scripting Active Directory with ADSI, ADO, and WMI: Scripting with ADSI ; IADs and the property cache ; Using ADO for searching ; Users and groups ; Permissions and auditing ; Extending the schema and the Active Directory snap-ins ; Scripting with WMI ; Scripting DNS ; Programming the directory with the .NET Framework ; PowerShell basics ; Scripting Active Directory with PowerShell ; Scripting Basic Exchange 2003 tasks ; Scripting Basic Exchange 2007 tasks.