1.4. Overview of Forest and Domain Trust Models
No matter where you work, there will come a point in your administrative life where you simply have to break things down. As I alluded to earlier, it's rare that you will see a large enterprise using only one domain, or even one forest, to administer an entire facility. Unfortunately (or fortunately if you'd like to consider it in terms of job security), the real world is a lot more complex. Accordingly, designs and topologies become more complex as companies grow.
The main question that comes up as this process continues is this: how can you utilize resources that aren't part of your individual infrastructure? The answer, which originally came about in Windows Server 2000, is a trust. By now, ...
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