Best Practices
The following are best practices from this chapter:
• Fully understand the structure of AD DS before designing.
• Implement fine-grained password policies and the Active Directory Recycle Bin to reduce the need for additional domains.
• Secure any external namespace chosen by registering it so that it cannot be used anywhere on the Internet.
• Start a domain design by considering the single-domain model first.
• Consider using multiple domains for specific reasons only.
• Consider using the federated-forest design model when uniting two disparate AD DS structures.
• Control and optimize replication traffic by using sites.
• Upgrade any down-level clients to reduce administration and maintenance.
• Use domain rename sparingly, ...
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