Chapter 3 - Managing and maintaining an active directory infrastructure

Abstract

It is very important to know how to plan and configure an Active Directory structure reasonably well. At times, Active Directory can require some minor changes to the structure along with some major changes. Events, such as company mergers, branch closures, and other business-oriented events can trigger a need to reconfigure the structure in order to accommodate changes. In these types of events, there is requirement of adding or removing trusts between domains, adding OUs, and performing other administrative tasks that can have a huge impact on the structure. This chapter illustrates how to manage the Active Directory structure. It also describes the Active Directory restore types and the usage of restore Active Directory. Microsoft has provided a number of tools that helps in managing Active Directory. Active Directory installation can be administered using Windows graphical user interface (GUI) tools, various command-line utilities, and more advanced scripting functions. The most common means of administering Active Directory infrastructure is through the built-in GUI utilities that are added during the Active Directory installation process.