Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Security Handbook

Summary

In this chapter, you have seen the fundamentals of Active Directory, from the new domain concepts that Windows 2000 introduces to the new objects and components that make the Active Directory the directory service of choice for large corporate networks. One of the weaknesses of Windows NT 3.5x/4 domains was the absence of a directory service capable of supporting tons of users and offering features that make administration easier. Actually the administration of a large network with a Windows NT 4 domain was and still is a headache.

This chapter doesn't provide a detailed guide of how to install the Active Directory; you will find that actually installing Active Directory is a fairly straightforward procedure. Rather this chapter focuses ...