Exam Ref 70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure

Chapter 4. Design and implement an Active Directory infrastructure (logical)

Active Directory, which is a critical piece of most modern corporate networks, provides authentication and authorization for every aspect of your network, including email, file shares, and corporate websites. Active Directory is also one of those services that people notice only when something malfunctions. One observation that can be made regarding Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 is that several of the processes that used to be critical skills for certification candidates can now be handled automatically. Preparing the Active Directory schema used to be a required first step performed when introducing a domain controller with a newer version of Windows Server. ...