Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Inside Out

Chapter 36. Implementing Active Directory

• Preinstallation Considerations for Active Directory

• Installing Active Directory

• Uninstalling Active Directory

• Creating and Managing Organizational Units (OUs)

• Delegating Administration of Domains and OUs

Once you've completed planning, the process of implementing Active Directory is similar whether you are installing Active Directory for the first time or extending your existing Active Directory infrastructure. In either case, you need to take the following steps:

1. Install the necessary domain controllers and assign any other needed roles to these servers

2. Create the necessary organizational units (OUs) and delegate administrative control over these OUs as necessary

3. Create any necessary user, group, and computer ...