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Windows Server 2022 & Powershell All-in-One For Dummies
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Windows Server 2022 & Powershell All-in-One For Dummies

by Sara Perrott
March 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
784 pages
18h 19m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5

Promoting Your Server to Domain Controller

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Understanding Active Directory domains and why you want them

check Preparing to create your domain with Windows Server 2022

check Performing the domain configuration prerequisites

check Configuring your server as a domain controller

In the last chapter, I explain how to create and use workgroups. Although workgroups work well for smaller environments with few systems (less than 15 systems), they do not scale well in enterprise environments.

In most enterprise environments, you’ll be using a domain. A domain provides one central source of truth for all authentication events. You only need to create a user account once, assign it to the appropriate security groups, and then you’re able to assign the security group to whatever resources the user needs to access (assuming, of course, that the resources are on the domain). This simplifies user management significantly and improves your organization’s security standing because you’re able to enforce settings across the domain with Group Policy (see Book 3, Chapter 2).

Understanding ...

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