Mastering Active Directory: Design, deploy, and protect Active Directory Domain Services for Windows Server 2022

by Dishan Francis

Overview

Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide for Information Technology professionals looking to improve their knowledge about MS Windows Active Directory Domain Service. The book will help you to use identity elements effectively and manage your organization’s infrastructure in a secure and efficient way. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect the importance of cloud-based strong authentication and other tactics to protect identity infrastructure from emerging security threats.

Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition provides extensive coverage of AD Domain Services and helps you explore their capabilities as you update to Windows Server 2022. This book will also teach you how to extend on-premises identity presence to cloud via Azure AD hybrid setup. By the end of this Microsoft Active Directory book, you’ll feel confident in your ability to design, plan, deploy, protect, and troubleshoot your enterprise identity infrastructure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781801073752
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	11/30/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	780
Sales rank:	820,013
File size:	48 MB
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About the Author

Dishan Francis is an IT professional with over 15 years of experience. He was a six-time Microsoft MVP in enterprise mobility before he joined Microsoft UK as a security consultant. He has maintained the RebelAdmin technology blog over the years, with lots of useful articles that focus on on-premises Active Directory services and Azure Active Directory. He has also written for other Microsoft-managed blogs such as canitpro and ITopsTalk. When it comes to managing innovative identity infrastructure solutions to improve system stability, efficiency, and security, his level of knowledge and experience places him among the very best in the field.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Active Directory Fundamentals
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 1
12. Active Directory Services - Part 2
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. Bonus Chapter: Active Directory Troubleshooting
21. Bonus Chapter: Appendix A, References