Sams Teach Yourself Windows® Server 2008 in 24 Hours

Chapter 9. Creating Active Directory Groups, Organizational Units, and Sites

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

• Understanding Active Directory Groups

• Using Default Groups

• Creating Groups

• Adding Users and Groups to a Group

• Raising Domain Functional Levels

• Using Organizational Units

• Using Active Directory Sites

• Active Directory Replication and Sites

• Understanding Delegation

This hour examines two Active Directory objects: groups and Organizational Units. It also discusses the use of Active Directory sites and issues related to Active Directory replication and the Global Catalog.

Understanding Active Directory Groups

The Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in is used to manage Active Directory objects such as users, computers, and groups. A group is a collection ...