Learn Active Directory Management in a Month of Lunches

Part 3. Managing the Active Directory service

So far you’ve learned to manage the data in your Active Directory (users, groups, computers, and OUs) as well as the policies you apply to those objects (Group Policy and Fine-Grained Password Policies). In this section you’ll discover how to manage the underlying Active Directory service.

Domain controllers are essential to your Active Directory. They’re the machines that store a copy of the AD database and handle the authentication and authorization requests from your users. In chapter 11 you’ll learn how to create domain controllers. This information is extended in chapter 12 when you learn to manage your domain controllers.

The data stored in your Active Directory is vital to the wellbeing ...