Decisions
This guide addresses the following decisions and/or activities that need to occur in preparing for Active Directory planning. The following 13 steps represent the most critical design elements in a well-planned Active Directory implementation:
Determine the number of forests (step 1).
Determine the number of domains required for each forest (step 2).
Assign Domain Name Service (DNS) and NetBIOS names for each domain (step 3).
Select the forest root domain for each forest (step 4).
Design the organizational unit (OU) structure for each domain (step A1).
Determine the domain controller placement for each domain (step B1).
Determine the number of domain controllers for each location (step B2).
Plan global catalog server placement for each forest ...
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