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Chapter 8. Core Active Directory Administration

In this chapter:

Tools for Managing Active Directory

Using the Active Directory Users And Computers Tool

Managing Domain Controllers, Roles, and Catalogs

Managing Organizational Units

Managing Sites

Maintaining Active Directory

Troubleshooting Active Directory

Core Active Directory administration focuses on key tasks that you’ll perform routinely with Active Directory Domain Services, such as creating computer accounts or joining computers to a domain. In this chapter you’ll learn about the tools you can use to manage Active Directory as well as about specific techniques for managing computers, domain controllers, and organizational units.

Tools for Managing Active Directory

Several sets of tools are available ...