Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services

Information Collection

Various types of information will be needed during the planning process. The following information is required for designing the Active Directory infrastructure.

• Needed for designing the OU structure of each domain (A1)

  • The current administrative model used in the organization. This lists who is responsible for managing the resources of the environment. Another way of looking at it would be to ask "Who does what to whom?"

  • Group Policy deployment requirements and strategies

• Needed for domain controller placement (B1)

  • The number of users per physical location (for example., corporate office, branch office, satellite office)

  • The number of computers per physical location

• Needed for creating a site design (C1)

  • Physical location ...