Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-640): Configuring Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® (2nd Edition)

Chapter 8. Improving the Security of Authentication in an AD DS Domain

When a user logs on to an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain, she enters her user name and password, and the client uses those credentials to authenticate the user—to validate the user’s identity against her Active Directory account. In Chapter 3, you learned how to create and manage user accounts and their properties, including their passwords. In this chapter, you will explore the domain-side components of authentication, including the policies that specify password requirements and the auditing of authentication-related activities. You will also discover three new options to improve the security of accounts and authentication: managed service accounts’ password ...