Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 (Paperback)

by Robbie Allen (Author)
Key Phrases: group policy objects, directory service, restore mode, Active Directory, Windows Server, Solution Using (more...)

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Product Description
The book contains hundreds of step-by-step solutions for both common and uncommon problems that you might encounter with Active Directory on a daily basis--including recipes to deal with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), multi-master replication, Domain Name System (DNS), Group Policy, the Active Directory Schema, and many other features. Author Robbie Allen, a Senior Systems Architect at Cisco Systems and co-author of our Active Directory tutorial, based this collection of troubleshooting recipes on his own experience, along with input from Windows administrators throughout the industry. Each recipe includes a discussion to explain how and why the solution works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations. If your company is considering an upgrade from Windows NT or 2000 to Windows Server 2003, the Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 will help reduce the time and trouble it takes to configure and deploy Active Directory for your network. This Cookbook is also a perfect companion to Active Directory, the tutorial that experts hail as the best source for understanding Microsoft's network directory service. While Active Directory provides the big picture, Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 gives you the quick solutions you need to cope with day-to-day dilemmas. Together, these books supply the knowledge and tools so you can get the most out of Active Directory to manage users, groups, computers, domains, organizational units, and security policies on your network.

About the Author
Robbie Allen is a Senior Systems Architect in the Advanced Services Technology Group at Cisco Systems. He was instrumental in the deployment and automation of Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP at Cisco. Robbie enjoys working on the Unix and Windows platforms, especially when Perl is installed. He is a firm believer that all system administrators should be proficient in at least one scripting language and most of his writings preach the benefits of automation. Robbie has a web site at www.rallenhome.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 622 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (September 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0596004648
• ISBN-13: 978-0596004644
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #457,531 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I finally *get* AD and LDAP, September 23, 2005

By	Michael (Garrett Park, MD United States) - See all my reviews

If you are the kind of person who doesn't really understand something until they've actually had hands-on experience with it, this is *the* book to learn LDAP and Active Directory. I have 5 other books on LDAP/AD (really) and it's only after running the scripts in this book that it all snapped into focus. Download the scripts, modify them for your environment, run them, study them, and you'll be praising the author as I am. Although all the scripts are in VBScript, Perl translations are available on-line. I don't think you can find this information any where else, which leads me to ask, "How did the author figure it all out?"

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oreilly + Windows Active Directory + GUI/CMD/Scripting = EXCELLENT BOOK, July 24, 2005

By	Mark Webster "Mark Webster" (Manassas, Va, USA) - See all my reviews

I'm a Senior Network Security Engineer for a consulting firm and I support over 1,000 companies, local county governments, public school systems, state and local law enforcement and this is one book that doesn't go unused.

What can I say. It's one of the best books I've found to include examples in GUI, command-line, and scripting all-in-one! I've always enjoyed Oreilly books, they are some of the best publications on the market. Robbie Allen has included many recipes in here that took time for me to find on my own, or figure out on my own. Now I have a complete resource at my finger tips! I have a lot of computer books, about 40 books in the Oreilly publications alone including almost every PHP and Perl book published and I've got to say this is one I keep in the car with me all the time.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing!!!, October 21, 2003

By	EtherGod "It's all 1's and 0's" (USA) - See all my reviews

The most detailed and concise book I have ever read. I am an Engineer and have not done much with scripting, this book makes it clear and simple.
You can download all the examples from the web site and modify as needed. I have used this book to write a web site my Help staff uses to pull real time reports out of AD.
The script for finding stale accounts saved me weeks trying to verify and locate dead computers.
A "Must" have for anyone dealing with Active Directory along with "Managing Enterprise Active Directory"
This is the most valuable book I have in my libary.

Buy It, don't even think twice, you need this book!!