Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory Fifth Edition

by Brian Desmond (Author), Joe Richards (Author), Robbie Allen (Author),

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Organize your network resources by learning how to design, manage, and maintain Active Directory. Updated to cover Windows Server 2012, the fifth edition of this bestselling guide gives you a thorough grounding of Microsoft's network directory service by explaining concepts in an easy-to-understand, narrative style.

You'll negotiate a maze of technologies for deploying a scalable and reliable AD infrastructure, with new chapters on management tools, searching the AD database, authentication and security protocols, and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). This book provides real-world scenarios let you apply what you've learned--ideal whether you're a network administrator for a small business or a multinational enterprise.

Upgrade Active Directory to Windows Server 2012
Learn the fundamentals, such as how AD stores objects
Use the AD Administrative Center and other management tools
Learn to administer AD with Windows PowerShell
Search and gather AD data, using the LDAP query syntax
Understand how Group Policy functions
Tackle designing a new Active Directory forest
Examine the Kerberos security protocol
Learn AD Federation Services
Get a detailed look at the AD replication process
Explore AD Lightweight Directory Services

Ideal for administrators, IT professionals, project managers, and programmers alike, Active Directory is not only for people getting started with AD, it's also for experienced users who need to stay up-to-date with the latest AD features in Windows Server 2012. It is no wonder this guide is the bestselling AD resource available.

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About the Author

Brian Desmond is a consultant focused on Active Directory, Identity Management, and Identity Federation projects for higher education and commercial enterprise customers. He has worked in numerous large-scale enterprise deployments at various Fortune 100 and larger-scale organizations as well as dozens of K-12 and Higher Education institutions and public sector customers across state and local government.

Since March 2003, Brian has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for Active Directory for contributions to the Microsoft technical communities at large. He is a frequent contributor to various industry leading publications and a frequent speaker at conferences and events around the world.

Joe Richards is a consultant / admin / tool writer who happens to have a secret identity as a Microsoft MVP for Windows Server Directory Services. His specialty is Directory Services but has "minors" in Security and Active Directory programming. By day he works for a large services/consulting/manufacturing company. He takes time to chat with people on listservs and newsgroups, write about stuff he knows, and whips up various fairly useful tools.

Robbie Allen is a technical leader at Cisco Systems, where he has been involved in the deployment of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and several network management solutions. Robbie was named a Windows Server MVP in 2004 and 2005 for his contributions to the Windows community and the publication of several popular O'Reilly books. For more information, see Robbie's web site at rallenhome.com.

Alistair G. Lowe-Norris is an Architectural Enterprise Strategy Consultant for Microsoft UK. He worked for Leicester University as the project manager and technical lead of the Rapid Deployment Program for Windows 2000, responsible for rolling out one of the world's largest deployments of Windows 2000 preceding release of the final product.

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Publisher : O'Reilly Media; Fifth edition (June 11, 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 738 pages
ISBN-10 : 1449320023
ISBN-13 : 978-1449320027
Item Weight : 2.6 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.43 x 9.19 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #422,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #71 in Windows Administration (Books)

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Matthew S.

This book give a great overview of the inner workings of AD

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2015

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I purchased this book because I have become responsible for securing a relatively small cloud software companies information systems. While I had a lot of background in network engineering and security, I did not know nearly enough about Active Directory. I knew enough to be dangerous (in other words, I've used the Users and Computers tool a handful of times), but I knew nothing about the inner workings or how you would go about using it to secure my windows servers and desktops. This book give a great overview of the inner workings of AD, how to manage it, best practices, and some security advice. One thing this book does not provide is step-by-step guides on how to configure all the various aspects of AD. it's just not that kind of book. However for the kind of engineer that just needs a nudge in the right direction from an expert before beginning the journey on their own, it's perfect. It definitely helps if you access to an AD ecosystem on which you have some or most administrative privileges so you can at the very least just look at the things the book is describing. I don't know that the book would have been as helpful for me if I didn't have that. This is one of the very few IT books that I've read cover to cover. It's also one of the few I find I reach for fairly often. So if you're like me and you just inherited an Active Directory forest after spending your past life managing Cisco routers and switches, pick up this book.

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Bskee

Too Complicated

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2019

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The info is way too hard to make sense of for people that don't do AD for a living. I manage maintenance on a large communication system that uses AD to manage about 50 servers and 100 operators. I need a working knowledge of AD. This book is useless to me. Maybe for advanced IT pros as a reference tool it's okay.

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Bruno D.

Very informative book and easy to read

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2017

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Very informative book and easy to read. Essential knowledge if you want to understand what is going on in the background with AD. This book is based on concepts, not on tasks.

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Cody A. Aldrich

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2017

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Great and thorough read for anyone looking to improve their knowledge of Active Directory.

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Bill S.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2015

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Great book

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Ashley Meece

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2016

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good resource.

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Brenda

Good book

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2014

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I found this book very informational. I manage AD at my work and was looking for some in-depth information on managing it.

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V. Portolese

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2016

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Quite thorough.

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A.Miah

Excellent reference material

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2017

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A very good book for anyone who has a foundation level understanding of the topic and wants some deep level material to cover certain areas. For example the replication chapter gives a detailed example that may not be necessary but well worth having several reads.

The real life examples and the side notes give me the Oh yeah moments and I find I am already reeling off what I learned at work! My only gripe is maybe not enough trouble shooting examples but I think most issues are fixed by reboots or dc promos!

You could probably Google most of what this book has but having it in a well structured book is very handy.

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Zack

Clear and concise

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2019

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A great concise book to help someone understands the concepts. Reccomended for someone that is studying IT or a second line help desk specialist.

William

Comprehensive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2015

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A very comprehensive book, with a lot of effort put into explaining what is dependant on the version of AD you are using. It would be easier to use as a reference as an e-book (searchable) but I intentionally bought the hardcopy as it is easier when reading front-to-back. I have yet to reach the back...

Jay

Very low level info!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2016

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The most in depth low level read on the subject I have yet to come across. If you are looking for a book on how to create users and delete accounts look else where, this is not that book.

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ChrisJ

Excellent Book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2013

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I am still in the process of reading the book but so far I have been impressed by the level of detail. I have been working with AD for 10 years but I have still picked up some very useful knowledge from this book, particularly around the changes in 2012 AD!

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