Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Logical components

Each business has its own hierarchical organization layout. It may contain multiple branch offices, multiple groups of companies, and many different departments. Each of these components in the business carries out different operations. Operations in the sales department are completely different from in the IT department. Everyone is bound to the company by following different operational guidelines and targets. When we design the identity infrastructure, we need to match it with the company hierarchical layout, in order to effectively manage resources and security. The logical components of Active Directory help you to structure the identity infrastructure by considering design, administration, extensibility, security, ...