Index

Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations.

A
–a parameter, 82
abstract classes, 303
AccessPointDN, 290, 312
access rights Permissions screen, 199, 200
account domains, upgrading from NT, 325
ACEs (access control entries), 149–50
ACLs (access control lists), 149. See also DACLs (discretionary access control lists); SACLs (system access control lists)
Active Directory Connector (ADC), 79, 341–42
Active Directory Domains And Trusts snap-in, 203, 229–32, 229, 266, 268
Active Directory Installation wizard, 193–202, 195, 327
Active Directory Schema snap-in, 203, 232–41, 233
    attribute objects, 237–40
    class objects, 233–37
    loading, 232–33, 233
    replicate attributes to Global Catalog, 240–41
    Schema Master, 266–67
    view object information, 240
Active Directory Sites And Services snap-in, 203, 219–29, 220, 260–61
Active Directory Users And Computers snap-in, 203, 206–19, 207
    Add User button, 210
    computers, adding, 211–12
    Delegation Of Control wizard, 241–46
    domain-based FSMO roles, 266, 268–69
    Folder Redirection, 389–93
    groups, adding, 213–14
    managed computers check box, 210
    moving objects, 217–19
    object selection, 207
    OUs adding, 214–15
    printers, adding, 215–17
    Properties sheet, 390, 391
    shared folders, adding, 215–17
    shortcut menus, 207
    Software Installation and Maintenance, 394–98
    user passwords, 209
    users adding, 208–10
ADC (Active Directory Connector), 79, 341–42
adding
    computers, 211–12
    printers, 215–17
    shared folders, 215–17
    users, 208–10
additional sites, 130–31, 134
Add User button, 210
adminDisplayName, 299, 309
administration, 375–79. See also administrators; management
    building blocks, 72–73
    centralization, 6–8, 13, 71–72, 379
    Change and Configuration Management, 377–79
    delegation, 28–29, 73, 241–46
    desktops, 261–65
    Dfs (distributed file system), 412–24
    domains, number required, 136
    ease of, 14–15, 25–26, 71–73
    IntelliMirror, 30–31, 379–98
    multiple forests, 125–27
    OUs (organizational units), 140–43, 369
    parent/child domain structure, 127–28
    remote access, 378
    Remote OS Installation, 398–411
    self-healing applications, 72
    snap-in availability, 203
    software, centralized, 379
    standardization, 71–72
    TCO (total cost of ownership), 376–77
    without logging user off, 283–84
administrative boundaries, 45–47
Administrative Tools
    Configure Your Server dialog box, 193–94, 194
    display name of class used, 299
    Distributed File System snap-in, 417–24
    installing, 204–5
    loading snap-ins, 206
    locating, 203
administrators, 4–5
    Enterprise Administrators group, 356
    local passwords, 200
    Schema Administrators group, 356
ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces), 15–16, 63, 74–75, 155
    schema class creation, 308
    Scripting, 351–52
advanced management, 190, 254–70
aliases, 94
APIs (application programming interfaces), 74–75
applications
    ADSI, 74–75
    APIs, 74–75
    assigning vs. publishing, 385–87
    automated distribution, 29–31
    automatic fixes, 384–87
    BDC-dependent, 328
    DEAs, 29
    directory enabled, 297
    installation, 384–87
    integration, 74–75
    IntelliMirror, 30–31
    interface, 14–16
    schema, 74, 297
    self-healing, 72
    Windows Installer, 385
architecture
    Global Catalog, 58–64
    partitioning, 56–58
    replication, 64–68
    scalability, 55–70
A records, 106
AS (Authentication Service) Exchange, 159–63, 162
assigning software, 385–86
attribute ID, 309–10
attributes
    adding, 235–36
    adding to classes, 297–98
    attributeSyntax, 289–90
    creating, 298
    default, 62
    indexing, 315
    inheritance, 304–5
    isSingleValued, 314
    multivalued, 314–15
    objects, 59, 289
    Properties sheet, 238, 239, 241, 241
    schema, 61–62, 287–90, 314–16
    security, 153–55
    Top class, 296
attributeSchema class, 287, 289–96, 308–15
attributeSecurity GUID, 309
attributeSyntax attribute, 289–90, 309–14
auditing, SACL, 150
authentication, 31, 165
    cross-link trusts, 45
    Exchange Server, 343
    Kerberos, 159–70, 162
    mutual, 166–67
    SSL/TLS, 181
    user logons, 157–58
authoritative restore, 253–54, 278
authorization, 159–60
automated software distribution, 29–31
automatic population, 16–17
auxiliaryClass, 299
auxiliary classes, 299, 303–4, 304

B
Backup And Recovery Tools screen, 246–48, 246
backups, 29
    Active Directory, 246–53
    Dfs, 424
    labels, 251
    media options, 251
    restoring backups, 253–54
    scheduling, 251
    System State data, 246–53
    type selection, 250
    upgrading from Windows NT, 326
    users, 384
backward compatibility, 29
base directory information tree (DIT), 286, 295–96
base schema, 295–96
BDCs (Backup Domain Controllers)
    applications, dependent, 328
    mixed mode, 329
    resource domain upgrades, 336
    rollbacks, 330
    RRAS Server, 332
    security, 330
    upgrading process, 326–28
benefits of Active Directory, 9
binary, reading, 228–29
BIOS, flash upgrade, 406
Boolean, 290, 311
booting
    from CD, 187
    remote (see Remote OS Installation)
bridgehead servers, 257–61, 258, 259
building blocks, 72–73

C
C programming language, LDAP, 75
cabling, security, 187–88
caching servers, 88
capacity, domain controllers, 146–47
CAs (Certificate Authorities), 173–75, 179–80. See also Microsoft Certificate Server
CaseExactString, 290, 312
CaseIgnoreString, 290, 313
catalogs, 47–52
catalog services, 58. See also Global Catalog
central definition of settings, 378
centralization, 13–14, 77–79
    Active Directory Connectors, 79
    domain controllers, 77
    ease of administration, 71–72
    schema, 79
    single sign-on, 77, 78
    technical specifications, 24–25
Certificate Authorities. See CAs (Certificate Authorities)
certificates. See digital certificates
Certificate Server. See Microsoft Certificate Server
Change and Configuration Management, 377–79
    IntelliMirror, 379–98
    map of features and benefits, 400
    Remote OS Installation, 398–400
Change Mode button, 232
changes, postdeployment. See organizational changes
child domains, 38
classes, 88, 304
    abstract, 303
    adding attribute objects, 238–40
    adding attributes, 235–36
    ADSI, 308
    assigning LDAP name, 234–35
    assigning OIDs, 234–35
    attributes, creating, 298
    auxiliary, 303–4, 304
    creation process, 307–8
    deleting, 315–16
    inheritance, 304–5
    Lost-And-Found, 296
    objectClassCategory, 303
    parents, 299
    schema, 287–88
        creating, 297–98
        deactivating, 315–16
        modifying, 297–98
        resurrecting, 316
    structural, 303
    subclasses, 298
    system checks, 305–7
    Top, 296
    types, 303–4
classes, 88, 304
classSchema objects, 287–89, 291–95, 298, 303–4
Client Installation wizard, 403
ClonePrincipal, 335, 367–68
closed sets, 365–67
Cmd command, 276
cn, 298, 309–10
CNAME (canonical name) RRs, 94
collisions, 66
combination upgrade, 320, 324
command line, 270–84, 271
    application menu, 271
    clipboard, 272
    Colors page, 274–75, 274
    command history, 272
    customizing, 271–75
    Edit Options, 272
    fonts, 273
    function keys, 276
    help, context sensitive, 277
    keyboard shortcuts, 275–76
    Layout page, 273–74, 273
    LDIFDE utility, 282–83, 349–51
    management, 190, 270–84
    ntdsutil, 277–82
    Options page, 272–73, 273
    properties sheet, 272–74
    runas utility, 283–84
    saving settings, 272
    screen buffer size, 274
    shortcuts, 275–76
    syntax, 277
    utilities, 277–84
    window size, 274
command prompt. See command line
compatibility, backwards, 29
compression, replication, 145
computers
    adding to OUs or domains, 211–12
    GPOs, 261–65
    managed check box, 212
    names, 83–85
computing, laws of, 6–9
configuration
    namespaces, 287
    parameters, 298, 309
Configuration container, 124, 143
connection agreements, 342–44
connections, replication, 145
consistency checks, 305–6
consolidation, 339
containers
    access rights, 154–55
    Configuration, 124, 143
costs of links, 226
Create New Dfs Root wizard, 418–21, 418–21
Create Or Join Forest screen, 196, 196
Create Time inheritance, 154–55
Create Tree Or Child Domain screen, 195, 196
cross-domain object references, 266
cross-link trusts, 44–45
CS (client/server) Exchange, 159, 161, 166–67, 166
CSPs (cryptographic service providers), 176–77

D
DACLs (discretionary access control lists), 73, 150–52
Database And Log Locations screen, 197, 198
databases, Active Directory. See also zone files
    location, 31–36, 197
    security, 155
db files. See zone files
DEAs (Directory-Enabled Applications), 29, 297
defaultHidingValue, 300
defaultObjectCategory, 299
defaultSecurityDescriptor, 300
delegation of administration, 73, 143, 241–46
Delegation Of Control wizard, 143, 241–46
DENs (Directory-Enabled Networks), 29–30
deployment, 193–202
description, 300, 309
desktop management, 261–65. See also IntelliMirror; Remote OS Installation
Dfs (distributed file system), 412–24
    backups, 424
    enabling technologies, 414
    File Replication Services, 414
    filing structure, 413
    implementing, 415–24
    limitations, 424
    links, 415, 422–23
    PKT, 414–15
    replica, 415, 423
    roots, 416–21, 417
    security, 424
    snap-in, 417–24
    Windows NT 4.0, 414, 416
    Windows 2000 Server, 416
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
    Dynamic DNS, 98
    Remote OS Installation, 401, 403, 409
digital certificates, 156, 170–79
    authentication, 176–77
    CA services, 174–78
    certificate services, 174–75
    creation, 176, 178
    cryptographic service providers, 176–77
    expiration, 174
    fields, 174
    issuance, 176
    service operation, 178–79
digital envelopes, 172
digital post office, 172
digital signatures, 172–73
directories
    catalog, 52
    consolidation, 339
    defined, 9–10
    distribution, 51–52
    non–Active Directory (see migration)
    partitions (see partitioning)
    replication, 51–52
    simple example, 17–18
    stores, 31–36, 33–35
Directory-Enabled Applications. See DEAs (Directory-Enabled Applications)
Directory-Enabled Networks. See DENs (Directory-Enabled Networks)
directory information tree. See DIT (directory information tree)
directory services
    Administrator Password screen, 200, 200
    advanced example, 18–19
    applications interface, 14–16
    centralization, 13–14
    defined, 9–12
    DNS, 10–11
    enterprise class, 11–17
    history, 3–5
    multipurpose, 10–12
    vs. relational databases, 21
    need for, 5
    Restore Mode, 200
    scalability, 13
    security, 14–15
    WINS, 10
directory stores, 31–36, 33–35
DirectoryString, 290, 312
DirSync, 340, 348
discretionary access control lists. See DACLs (discretionary access control lists)
Discretionary Control, 142
distinguished names, 60
Distributed File System snap-in, 417–24
distribution, directory, 51–52
distribution list, 347
DIT (directory information tree), 286
    attribute listing, 296
    base classes, 295–96
DN, 290, 311
DNS (Domain Name Service), 10–11, 81–113
    caching, 88–89
    components, 87–99
    concepts, 84–87
    Configure DNS screen, 199, 199
    domain controller location, 110–12
    domain names, 360–61
    domains, 86–87
    Dynamic, 98–99
    dynamic updates, 103
    forwarders, 89–91
    FQDN, 84, 86
    full zone transfers, 96–97, 97
    Global Catalog, 64
    illegal characters, 85
    incremental zone transfers, 98, 99
    installing, 199, 199
    integrated, 96, 112–13
    iterative queries, 101–3, 102
    Microsoft, 112–13
    name resolution, 75, 87, 99–100
    namespaces, 82–84, 86
    New Domain screen, 196, 197
    Notify, 98–99
    publishing to, 103
    recursive queries, 100–101, 101
    registered names, 137–39
    relative distinguished name, 84, 86
    Remote OS Installation, 401
    resolvers, 91
    reverse name resolution, 87
    root, 87
    RRs (resource records), 82, 91–96
    scalability, 24
    secondary servers, 93
    servers, 87–91
    slaves, 90–91
    Unicode characters, 85
    Windows 2000, 140
    zones, 87–88
DNWithBinary, 290
DNWithOctetString, 291, 312
DNWithString, 291, 314
domain controllers, 31–36, 34–35, 77. See also PDCs (Primary Domain Controllers)
    Administrator Password screen, 200, 200
    backups, 247
    bridgehead servers, 257–59, 258, 259
    capacity, 146–47
    Configure DNS screen, 199, 199
    Create Or Join Forest screen, 196, 196
    Create Tree Or Child Domain screen, 195, 196
    creating, 193–202
    Database And Log Locations screen, 197, 198
    Domain Controller Type screen, 194, 194
    fault tolerance, 146
    FSMO roles, 265–66
    Global Catalog, 52, 62, 147–48, 266
    KCC, 255–60
    KDC, 44, 160–61
    locating, 109–12
    LSA (Local Security Authority), 155
    move to new domain, 334
    namespaces, 286–87
    NetBIOS Domain Name screen, 197, 197
    New Domain screen, 196, 197
    partitioning, 56–57, 56
    Permissions screen, 199, 200
    planning, 146–48
    promoting servers to, 32, 193–202
    property version numbers, 66
    queries, 50
    recovery, 65
    registration, 103–4
    remote, 51
    restoring, 253–54
    schema, 286–87
    security, 153, 205
    server type designation, 105
    Shared System Volume screen, 198, 198
    site links, 147
    upgrading from BDCs, 328
    user accounts, 146
    USNs, 68
Domain Controller Type screen, 194, 194
domain local groups, 121–23
Domain Name Service. See DNS (Domain Name Service)
Domain Naming Master, 69, 265–66, 268
domain partition namespaces, 287
domains, 37–53, 86–87
    account, upgrading, 325
    Active Directory Domains And Trusts snap-in, 229–32, 229
    adding
        children, 360
        computers, 211–12
        effects of, 58
        to forests, 357, 362
        groups, 213–14
        OUs, 214–15
        parents, 362
        printers, 215–17
        shared folders, 215–17
        trusts, 230–31
        users, 208–10
    administrative requirements, 136
    administrative rights, 46–47
    cataloging, 47–52
    changes, organizational, 359–68
    child, 38, 360
    directory distribution, 51–52
    directory partitions, 47–50
    DNS, 38–39
    forests, 40, 124
    General property page, 232, 232
    GPOs, 127, 261–65
    hierarchy, 38–40
    Internet DNS name, 138–39
    intranet vs. Internet distinction, 139
    management submenu, ntdsutil, 278–79
    maps for planning, 130–31, 132–34
    merging, 362
    MoveTree utility, 364–67
    moving, 137, 361
    multiple, reasons for, 135
    multiple-site, 136, 144
    naming, 38, 128, 137–40, 360–61
    non-standard characters in names, 140
    number of, 135
    OUs, 46–47, 140–43
    parent/child structure, 128
    physical network topology, 130
    planning, 119, 127–40
    Property sheet, 232, 232
    queries, 50
    registered DNS names, 137–39
    removing, 360
    renaming, 362
    replication traffic, 136
    root, 38, 138–39
    security, 152
    SIDhistory, 362–64
    SMTP links, 136
    splitting, 362
    stability, 119
    structure, 35, 326
    switching to native mode, 231–32
    TGTs (ticket granting tickets), 135
    transitive trust relationships, 230
    trees, 39–40, 39, 41, 129, 129, 137
    trusts, 40–45, 183–85
    upgrading, 321–22, 325–26, 331
    Windows 2000 DNS, 140
    Windows NT, 137
Domains And Trusts snap-in, 203, 229, 229–32, 266, 268, 330
domainwide FSMO roles, 265
DSA (Directory Service Agent), 155
DsGetDcName(), 110
Dynamic DNS. See DNS (Domain Name Server), Dynamic
dynamic inheritance, 154
dynamic updates, 98, 103–4, 112

E
ease of administration, 14–15, 25–26, 71–73
e-mail distribution lists, 120
encryption
    data, 187–88
    Kerberos, 168
    one-way hash, 163
    PKI, 171
    RRAS, 187
    SSL/TLS, 181–82
engine, 21
Enterprise Administrators group, 124, 130, 356
enterprise class directory services, 11–17
enterprise solutions, 14–17
Entire Directory search, 125
Enumeration, 291, 314
Event Viewer snap-in, 276
Eventvwr command, 276
everyday management, 189–252
Exchange Server, migration from, 21, 340–47
    5.5, 341–45
    authentication, 343
    configuration information, 347
    connection agreements, 342–44
    custom recipients, 347
    deletions, 344
    distribution list, 347
    e-mail, 346–47
    mailboxes, 344, 346
    Platinum, 341–42, 345–47
    policies, 343
    recipient information, 346–47
    replication, 342–43, 346
    schema, 346–47
    Service Pack 1, 341
    Sites container, 347
    synchronization, 340, 342
Explorer command shortcut, 276
exporting in LDAP format, 349–51
export objects, 282–83

F
failure recovery, 65
fault tolerance
    domain controllers, 146
    IntelliMirror, 384
    root domains, 138
features, 28–31
fiber-optic cabling security, 188
files, ntdsutil submenu, 279
file servers, 412–24
floppy drive security, 186
Folder Redirection
    enabling, 389–92
    IntelliMirror, 382
forests, 40, 41, 50
    add new domains, 357
    changes, 356–59
    Configuration container, 124
    Create Or Join Forest screen, 196, 196
    domains, 124
    Enterprise Administrators group, 356
    merging, 359
    MoveTree utility, 364–67
    moving
        domains, 361
        objects, 358
        user accounts, 367–68
    multiple, 126
    number of, 125–27
    planning, 119, 124–27
    resource sharing, 358
    root, upgrading from NT, 325
    root domain installation, 359
    Schema Administrators group, 356
    security principals, 359
    transitive trust relationships, 230
    upgrade planning, 321
forestwide FSMO roles, 265
forwarders, 89–91, 90
FQDN (fully qualified domain name), 84, 85
FRS (File Replication Services)
    Dfs (distributed file system), 414
    upgrading from Windows NT, 331–32
FSMO (flexible single–master operation), 68–70
    role holders, 68–69
    submenu, ntdsutil, 280–81
FSMO roles
    categories, 265
    domain based, 265–66
    locating, 265–66
    managing, 265–70
    seizing, 270
    transferring, 269–70
Full Control, 142
fully qualified domain name. See FQDN (fully qualified domain name)
full zone transfers, 96–97, 97
function of Active Directory, 5
function keys, command line, 276

G
genealogy constraints, 294
GeneralizedTime, 291, 312
Global Catalog, 52, 58–64
    ADSI, 63
    housing, 62
    namespace, 59
    naming contexts, 61
    objects, 59–60
    operation, 62–64
    replicate attributes to, 240–41
    schema, 61–62
    searches, 63–64
    servers
        domain controllers, 147–48
        SRV RRs, 107–8
        type designation, 105
    universal groups, 122
global groups, 121
governsID, 298–99
GPOs (Group Policy objects), 261–65
    boundaries, 127
    create new, 395
    Folder Redirection, 390–91
    software deployment, 394–98
Group Policies, 261–65. See also GPOs (Group Policy objects)
    domain trees, 129–30
    IntelliMirror, 378, 382
    OUs, 143, 371
    property page, 263, 395, 395
    Software Installation and Maintenance feature, 385
Group Policy snap-in, Folder Redirection, 391–92, 391
groups. See also Group Policies
    adding, 213–14
    built-in, 123–24
    delegating control to, 241–46
    domain local, 121–23
    e-mail distribution lists, 120
    Enterprise Administrators, 124, 130, 356
    export objects, 282–83
    global, 121, 123
    GPOs, 261–65, 390–98
    local, 121, 123
    maximum number of members, 121
    MoveTree utility, 365–67
    moving to OUs, 336
    naming, 213
    native mode, 329
    nesting, 121
    non–security, 120
    planning, 120–24
    restructuring, 335–36
    Schema Administrators, 124, 356
    scope, 213
    security, 120
    software distribution, 394
    stand-alone servers, 206
    type selection, 213
    universal, 122–23
GUIDs (globally unique identifiers), 105