Windows Server ® 2008: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second Edition

Chapter 8. Core Active Directory Administration

• Tools for Managing Active Directory 237

• Using Active Directory Users And Computers 242

• Managing Domain Controllers, Roles, and Catalogs 253

• Managing Organizational Units 261

• Managing Sites 262

• Maintaining Active Directory 269

• Troubleshooting Active Directory 272

Core Active Directory administration focuses on key tasks that you perform routinely with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), such as creating computer accounts or joining computers to a domain. In this chapter, you’ll learn about the tools you can use to manage Active Directory as well as about specific techniques for managing computers, domain controllers, and organizational units.

Tools for Managing Active Directory

Several sets of tools ...