Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide for Information Technology professionals looking to improve their knowledge about MS Windows Active Directory Domain Service. The book will help you to use identity elements effectively and manage your organization’s infrastructure in a secure and efficient way. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect the importance of cloud-based strong authentication and other tactics to protect identity infrastructure from emerging security threats.
Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition provides extensive coverage of AD Domain Services and helps you explore their capabilities as you update to Windows Server 2022. This book will also teach you how to extend on-premises identity presence to cloud via Azure AD hybrid setup. By the end of this Microsoft Active Directory book, you’ll feel confident in your ability to design, plan, deploy, protect, and troubleshoot your enterprise identity infrastructure.
Install, protect, and manage Active Directory Domain Services (Windows Server 2022)
Design your hybrid identity by evaluating business and technology requirements
Automate administrative tasks in Active Directory using Windows PowerShell 7.x
Protect sensitive data in a hybrid environment using Azure Information Protection
Learn about Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) roles and their placement
Manage directory objects effectively using administrative tools and PowerShell
Centrally maintain the state of user and computer configuration by using Group Policies
Harden your Active Directory using security best practices
You need to have some experience of working with Active Directory to make the most of this book.