The Last Word

We've covered a lot of material in this chapter—perhaps the most complex component of Windows Server 2008, Active Directory Domain Services. In the next chapter, we'll look at the wonderful component of Group Policy, which allows you to manage groups of systems with remarkable ease and consistency. GP's foundation is in Active Directory, as you will see.

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