Migrating from Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Active Directory to Windows Server 2012 Active Directory

For organizations that are still running an Active Directory 2003 environment, migrating to Active Directory 2012 can provide access to several additional capabilities, of which some were mentioned earlier in this chapter, including Active Directory Recycle Bin, global catalog cloning, managed service accounts, PowerShell administration, and offline domain join.

Organizations that have already migrated to Active Directory 2008 or 2008 R2 already have most of the new functionality available in Active Directory and may determine whether a movement to AD/2012 will be of value. Effectively, Windows Server 2012 uses the same Active Directory organizational ...

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