Summary

Managing Active Directory sites, groups, users, and printers in Windows Server 2012 can be daunting if some of these tasks cannot be automated or simplified. This chapter outlined ways and tools to create these objects and included the information necessary to manage these objects from a standalone and enterprise level.

This chapter addressed options for administration that included centralized, decentralized, and mixed administration, which provides a model that fits pretty much all organizations. Some of the key criteria in administration are addressed when sites and groups are created that identify administration boundaries and define the role of administration within and across the boundaries.

In addition, policies clarify how management ...

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