Chapter 1. Getting Started
Approach to the Book
If you are familiar with the O’Reilly Cookbook format, which can be seen in other popular books such as the Perl Cookbook, Java Cookbook, and DNS and BIND Cookbook, then the layout of this book will be familiar to you. The book is composed of 21 chapters, each containing 10 to 30 recipes for performing a specific Active Directory task. Within each recipe are three sections: “Problem,” “Solution,” and “Discussion.” The “Problem” section briefly describes the task that the recipe focuses on. The “Solution” section contains step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish the task. The “Discussion” section contains detailed information about the problem or solution. A fourth section, “See Also,” is included in most recipes and contains references to additional sources of information that can be useful if you still need more information after reading the discussion. The “See Also” section may reference other recipes, MS Knowledge Base articles or documentation from the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN).
At Least Three Ways to Do It!
When we first began developing the content for the book, we struggled with how to capture the fact that you can do things in multiple ways with Active Directory. You may be familiar with the famous computer science motto: TIMTOWTDI, or There Is More Than One Way To Do It. With Active Directory, there are often At Least Three Ways To Do It! You can perform a task with a graphical user interface (GUI), such as ADSI ...
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