Mastering Active Directory [Paperback]

Robert King (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mastering | Publication Date: April 1999

Active Directory enables network administrators to manage networks and resources quickly and efficiently. This text aims to help network administrators and IS managers evaluate Active Directory and plan for NT 5.

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From the Back Cover

Master the Technology That Enables You to Master Network Management

Active Directory represents an enormous advance in network administration. It provides a vast set of powerful tools and technologies for managing a network within a native Windows environment. Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 is the resource you need to take full advantage of all it has to offer. You get a sound introduction to network directory services, then detailed, practical instruction in the work of implementing Active Directory and using all of its tools. This edition has been completely updated to address features new to Active Directory for Windows Server 2003. Coverage includes:

• Understanding the concept of a network directory service
• Understanding benefits specific to Microsoft’s Active Directory
• Analyzing business needs
• Designing your Active Directory environment
• Developing and executing a roll-out plan
• Securing the Active Directory database
• Installing and configuring DNS under AD
• Creating users, groups, and objects
• Implementing group policies
• Modifying the Active Directory schema
• Controlling Active Directory sites
• Managing replication
• Performing backups and recoveries
• Migrating from both Windows NT and Novell environments
• Integrating Active Directory and Novell Directory Services

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Robert King is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), a Master Certified Novell Instructor (MCNI) and Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE). King has more than ten years of experience in designing and maintaining networks, and is the owner of King Technologies, a network consultancy. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 485 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782124232
• ISBN-13: 978-0782124231
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,792,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Primer text, not for knowledgeable technicians, January 15, 2002

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mastering Active Directory (Paperback)

Mastering Active Directory provides the framework to understand and set up the Active Directory system. However, it covers Active Directory in more general theoretical terms and does not do a thorough job of detailing how to plan and implement the system. If you are unfamiliar with NDS or other Directory Services, the LDAP protocols and similar then this book is a good place to start. If you are already familiar with such things then you will find this book to be lacking in useful information. My recommendation would be to purchase the book if you are new to the whole Directory concept and read it as a foundational text and then graduate to a more detailed text, such as Windows Active Directory Design and Deployment, before actually implementing Active Directory or attempting to resolve problems with it. For someone who already understands the concepts they should just go ahead and move to the above mentioned book and skip this one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Active Directory for Databasers, September 21, 2001

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Thomas F. Ewald "tewald" (Hazel Park, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mastering Active Directory (Paperback)

I'm in the process of taking Microsoft's MOC classes for MCSE, including 2154 & 1561, the two classes on Active Directory. They aren't bad, but they totally ignore the simple fact that AD is a database!

This book was great! DHCP, DNS, and AD itself are all explained in view of their being databases. I'm a laid-off Access trainer, and this was JUST what I needed! BTW, it also included the best intro to LDAP I've come across (I'd already seen it in the courses, but it "clicked" for me with King's explanation). This book isn't specifically for the MCP courses, but it sure gave me a great foundation for those classes. I recommended it to the other students in my classes, and I unreservedly recommend it to you!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Poor title, but great primer or overview for IT manager, July 20, 2003

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Shannon Gaw (Roswell, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 (Paperback)

My only substantive criticism of this book is its reluctance to define its audience, and correspondingly, using a title that misrepresents its content.

This is a book for a party that has former hands-on experience with a similar technology (e.g., X.500, NDS, LDAP) and needs to manage a Microsoft implementation. Or for a hands-on technician who is new to the technology in general.

The author is a former Novell employee and this is the third version of the book, so readers can expect some broad insights and no vendor bigotry. In many sections, one can tell that "Server 2003" was added to the text via "search and replace", but it matters little, and Server 2003 was directly addressed in areas where it matters (i.e., global catalog servers, etc.).

Architects and implementers should pass on this one, but managers and consultants should pick it up.