Active Directory Infrastructure
Active Directory is one of the core services for a Windows Server 2012 environment. As such, documenting the AD infrastructure is a critical component to the environment. There are many aspects to documents as they relate to AD, including the following:
• Forest and domain structure, such as DNS names, NetBIOS names, mode of operation, and trust relationships
• Names and placement of domain controllers (DCs) and Global Catalog (GC) servers
• Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) locations on DCs or GCs
• Sites, site links, link costs, and site-link bridges
• Organizational unit (OU) topology
• Special schema entries (such as those made by applications)
• Security groups and distribution lists
• AD-integrated ...
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