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Best Practice Active Directory Design for Managing Windows Networks
Best Practice Active Directory Design for Managing Windows Networks
A structured approach to Active Directory design makes enterprise-scale directory service deployment straightforward and easy to understand. This guide combines business and technical guidance to minimize the time and effort required to implement the Active Directory directory service.

This guide provides a step-by-step methodology based on best practices learned from customers that have already deployed Active Directory in their organizations. It provides all the tasks and decisions you need to develop an Active Directory design to manage Windows networks. The intended audience for this guide is the IT professional responsible for testing, piloting, and rolling out an Active Directory design.

On This Page Introduction About this Guide Active Directory Design: Key Concepts Part I: Determining the Number of Forests in Your Organization Determining the Number of Forests for Your Organization Part II: Creating the Forest Design Creating a Domain Design Creating a DNS Design for Active Directory Creating an Organizational Unit Design Creating a Site Topology Implementing Your Design Part III: Worksheets Number of Forests in Your Organization Worksheets Active Directory Forest Design Worksheets

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With the Active Directory service of Windows® 2000, organizations can simplify user and resource management while creating a scalable, secure, and manageable infrastructure for deploying additional important and emerging technologies.

To help shorten planning cycles and ensure successful deployments Microsoft is publishing a series of scenario-based guides that provide prescriptive, task-based, and solution-oriented guidance.

The Best Practice Active Directory Design for Managing Windows Networks and its companion guide, Best Practice Active Directory Deployment for Managing Windows Networks, are part of this series. These guides provide a

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