Best Practice Active Directory Design for Managing Windows Networks

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Best Practice Active Directory Design for Managing Windows Networks

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A structured approach to Active Directory design makes enterprise-scale directory service deployment straightforward and easy to understand. This guide combines business and technical guidance to minimize the time and effort required to implement the Active Directory directory service.

This guide provides a step-by-step methodology based on best practices learned from customers that have already deployed Active Directory in their organizations. It provides all the tasks and decisions you need to develop an Active Directory design to manage Windows networks. The intended audience for this guide is the IT professional responsible for testing, piloting, and rolling out an Active Directory design.

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Introduction 
About this Guide 
Active Directory Design: Key Concepts 
Part I: Determining the Number of Forests in Your Organization 
Determining the Number of Forests for Your Organization 
Part II: Creating the Forest Design 
Creating a Domain Design 
Creating a DNS Design for Active Directory 
Creating an Organizational Unit Design 
Creating a Site Topology 
Implementing Your Design 
Part III: Worksheets 
Number of Forests in Your Organization Worksheets 
Active Directory Forest Design Worksheets