Summary

In this chapter you were introduced to the major decisions you must make during a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory installation. While the mechanics of installing Active Directory are straightforward, the decisions that you will make should be carefully planned and must fit into your Active Directory design plan. Similarly, removal of Active Directory is a simple procedure, but you must consider the impact on the rest of your directory services infrastructure caused by removing a domain controller. This chapter also introduced a new Active Directory installation feature, installing an additional, or replica, domain controller from restored backup files. This feature will greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to install an additional ...

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