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

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If you're among those looking for practical hands-on support, help is here with Active Directory Cookbook, Second Edition, a unique problem-solving guide that offers quick answers for Active Directory and updated for Window Server 2003 SP1 and R2 versions.

The book contains hundreds of step-by-step solutions for both common and uncommon problems that you're likely to encounter with Active Directory on a daily basis--including recipes to deal with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), ADAM, multi-master replication, Domain Name System (DNS), Group Policy, the Active Directory Schema, and many other features. Author Robbie Allen, a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, MVP for Directory Services, and co-author of Active Directory, Third Edition and Laura E. Hunter, MVP for Windows Server-Networking and author of several books, have based this collection of troubleshooting recipes on their own experience, along with input from Windows administrators. Each recipe includes a discussion explaining how and why the solution works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations.

This best selling book provides solutions to over 300 problems commonly encountered when deploying, administering, and automating Active Directory to manage users in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. The recipes include:

creating domains and trusts
renaming a domain controller
finding users whose passwords are about to expire
applying a security filter to group policy objects
checking for potential replication problems
restricting hosts from performing LDAP queries
viewing DNS server performance statistics

This Cookbook is a perfect companion to Active Directory, Third Edition, the tutorial that experts hail as the best source for understanding Microsoft's directory service. While Active Directory provides the big picture, Active Directory Cookbook gives you 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

Allen is a Systems Architect in the Enterprise Management group within the Information Technology department of Cisco Systems.

Hunter is a Senior IT Specialist with the University of Pennsylvania. Laura holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Product Details

Paperback: 991 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (June 9, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 059610202X
ISBN-13: 978-0596102029
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (76 customer reviews)

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group policy objects, directory service, restore mode, storage group name, finance users, administrative groups, operations master, quota management, infrastructure master, terminal services, selective authentication, virtual server, full synchronization, click the account, default domain policy, information store, deployment guide, schema table, audit policy, user principal name, interface events, controlling script, budget code, user configuration, ambiguous name resolution

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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

This review is from: Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 (Paperback)

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?"

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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

This review is from: Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 (Paperback)

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.

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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

This review is from: Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 (Paperback)

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!!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm, lot's of pages, less content
Firstly a warning, this is the second edition and covers Windows 2003. There is a third edition that covers the newer OS. Read more

Published 19 months ago by Timothy D. Paul

5.0 out of 5 stars In regular use on my office bookshelf
Very handy cookbook reference for my office bookshelf. I've used it a number of times, and it's more than paid for itself in expediting regularly-scheduled inquiries of our AD... Read more

Published 20 months ago by George Falcon

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Reference book for Admins and Developers!
Excellent reference if you work with AD on a regular basis either as an admin or a developer. Each "how to" offers methods for manually performing a specific task as well as... Read more

Published 21 months ago by kc2kth

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference, could use a little work on helping people implement in more useful ways though.
Overall, this is a great book for reference.

There are a number of areas where I think the book falls short - all of the scripts are very hard coded scripts that... Read more

Published on November 7, 2007 by W. Hargraves

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!!
I am so glad that this book was recommended to me by a guy I took a class on scripting from. I use this book everyday (almost). Read more

Published on July 26, 2007 by C. Ross

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!
Hard to say in words to adequately describe how much I like this book. I highly recommend to anyone who works with AD.

Published on March 8, 2007 by K. Chui

5.0 out of 5 stars a must have resource for any Windows Sys Admin
I highly recommend this book. I have used it frequently in the past 15 months. It offers solutions/ways to approach various tasks one might want to "automate" within an AD... Read more

Published on December 1, 2006 by D. Planchon

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book but get the new edition
This Cookbook is the best selling of the Active Directory books. But you should know that there is a new Second Edition simply called Active Directory Cookbook that was revised... Read more

Published on July 21, 2006 by Jerry

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource
This book is a great resource covering a wide variety of interactions with Active Directory. Whether you are new or experienced with AD, this book is an invaluable tool.

Published on October 20, 2005 by Daniel Edstrom

5.0 out of 5 stars Book payed for itself right away
Loaded with examples for real-world use. I was able to quickly grab a few script examples for a project I'm working on thus saving lots of time and and giving me confidence I had... Read more

Published on September 29, 2005 by D. Harrison

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