Chapter 5. Active Directory

If you work on a large project within a large corporation and need to find a file, but you are not sure exactly where the file is stored or even which server on your network holds it, what can you use to see your network's directory structure? How can you "drill down" on each server if you don't even know the server names? When you manage an enterprise network and you have a set of internal servers for your users, a set of servers for sensitive data, an intranet with restricted and open areas, and a public Internet site, how can you see everything you have from a single view? How can you set restrictions so that others do not have access to sensitive data? How can you replicate data so that it is controlled, yet available? ...

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