Active Directory For Dummies [Paperback]

Marcia Loughry (Author), Marcia R. Loughry (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764506595 | ISBN-13: 978-0764506598 | Publication Date: November 1, 1999 | Edition: 1

Active Directory, a fundamental component of Windows 2000, is revolutionizing the way people design and manage networks. Whether you are a savvy system administrator or are new to networking and information technology, Active Directory For Dummies helps you understand this wonderful new operating system technology.

This unpretentious resource presents the fundamentals of Active Directory and then moves right into planning, implementing, and managing it. Active Directory For Dummies offers a clear explanation of the program and a cataloging of its benefits and buzzwords. Explore the following topics in easy-to-understand language:
* Prepare your environment for a shift to Active Directory.
* Consider logical structure issues like planning the DNS namespace, designing the tree, and defining an organizational unit (OU) model.
* Build a model of an Active Directory domain and create your first objects.
* Migrate from an existing environment to an Active Directory environment.
* Manage security, users, resources, and replication traffic within the Active Directory tree.
* Understand how the Active Directory Services Interface works with other Microsoft technology.
Active Directory For Dummies also includes cool Web links for information on the program as well as a special section on troubleshooting common problems that may arise during installation and operation of Active Directory. The enclosed CD-ROM offers you 60-day test-drive versions of Visio Professional and Visio Enterprise as well as trial versions of Entevo DirectMigrate2000, EtherPeek 4.0, EtherHelp, TokenPeek, and TokenHelp.

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From the Back Cover

Visio Professional Test Drive plus migration tools on CD-ROM

Plain-English explanations of trees, forests, and other Active Directory concepts

Harness the power of Active Directory for everything from migration to network management If you're an IT professional, Active Directory is probably the one feature of Windows 2000 you're most excited about. But because it's so different from NT, it's also a little scary. Relax! With this friendly guide at your side, you'll quickly get a handle on this powerful network management tool — and jumpstart your deployment of Windows 2000. all this on the bonus CD-ROM 60-day Test Drive version of Visio Professional and Visio Enterprise Trial versions of Entevo DirectMigrate2000, EtherPeek, 4.0, EtherHelp, TokenPeek, and TokenHelp Plus all original Visio files for figures in the book so that you don't have to create your Active Directory diagrams from scratch! PC with Pentium 90 or faster running Windows 95 or later; or NT 4 or later. For details and complete system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix

Discover how to: Customize Active Directory for your network Build an Active Directory test model Migrate from NT or Novell to Active Directory Test bandwidth and optimize sites and replication Manage security, users, and resources

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About the Author

Marcia Loughry, MCSE, MCP+I, and Network+, is a Senior Infrastructure Specialist with a large IT firm in Dallas where she designs NT solutions and integrates UNIX and NetWare environments with NT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764506595
• ISBN-13: 978-0764506598
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #963,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am an Information Technology architect and engineer working the industry since 1990. I have been working primarily with Microsoft technologies and more specifically with Active Directory and Exchange Server. I have also had opportunities to speak at conferences and seminars related to these Microsoft technologies including the Microsoft TechEd conference as well as the TechMentor conference. I have also been lucky enough to be able to publish a couple of books on Active Directory. My first book title is MCSE Designing a Windows Server 2000 Active Directory Infrastructure for Dummies which is a study guide for the 70-219 MCP exam. I have a new book on AD coming out in August, 2008 - Active Directory for Dummies. My professional certifications include MCSE and MCT.

What about in my leisure time? My main hobbies are music (I play Trombone in a couple of jazz groups as well as at church) and playing Xbox. Between that and spending time with my wife and my dog (a Westie) that pretty much keeps me busy and entertained. I am also a big A/V nut. Just built out my home theatre and am always fiddling around with it.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good, Simple Overview or Refresher, May 21, 2000

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David Gurgel (Roseland, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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Doing Active Directory right was important to my small technology company, so I bought more than ten books on Active Directory, Windows 2000 Server, and DNS. This Dummies book I took home and planned to skim through it first, thinking it would be a nice quick introduction.

The book got mislaid, and I did not pick it up again until I was nicely up to speed with Active Directory and had done several installations. I read it anyway on a Saturday night as a quick review and was surprised at the clear style, nice organization, and adequacy of its coverage of the subject matter.

If you have just a day or two to get up to speed with this important new Microsoft technology, this book will certainly do. System administrators and architects will want a more technical treatment.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great little book, March 23, 2001

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One of my students told me about this book and brought it to class. I hadn't expected so much technical content from a Dummies book. This little book really should be the starting point for anyone interested in Active Directory.

29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A decent book of negligible usefulness, October 13, 2000

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Devin Rambo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Active Directory For Dummies (Paperback)

The fantastic complexity of Windows 2000 Active Directory almost makes the title of this book an oxymoron. Win2K presents a huge paradigm shift to network administrators, since the Active Directory is a completely new, radically different beast from what Windows NT was. Understanding AD and how it works takes patience...it isn't accidental that there are 1000+ page books out there on setting up and maintaining an AD infrastructure. This book doesn't aim to help you do specific tasks in AD, but what it does very well is explain in basic terms what AD is and does, how it it structured, and give you the frame of reference you need before you delve further in. But I'm not sure how many people need to [pay] for this book when there are other books out there that deal much more extensively in the workings of AD. The bottom line is that computer enthusiasts curious about the central feature of Win2K and newbie administrators of Win2K who have little or no experience with NT4 will find it a useful primer on AD. For anyone else, it's probably better to put the [money] toward one of the more detailed, albeit less plainspoken, AD guides.