70-640 - Windows Server 2008 - Active Directory Configuration

KEY TERMS

Active Directory Domain, Services (AD DS), Application partition, Attribute, Configuration NC, Container object, Cross-forest trust, Delegation, Directory service, Distinguished name (DN), Domain, Domain controller (DC), Domain Name System, (DNS), Domain NC, Domain tree, External trust, fault tolerant, forest, forest root domain, functional levels, globally unique identifier (GUID), inbound replication, IP address, Knowledge Consistency, Checker (KCC), leaf object, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), link-value replication, locator service, loose consistency, naming context (NC), object, organizational unit (OU), outbound replication, partition, publishing, Read-Only Domain Controller(RODC), replication, rolling upgrades, schema, Schema NC, shortcut trust, site, SRV record, trust relationship

Lucerne Publishing is a publisher of medical textbooks that maintains offices in London, Tokyo, New York, and Bangalore. In the past, the Lucerne Publishing staff has used multiple usernames and passwords to access a small number of file servers and applications, but the company has grown significantly in recent years and this growth has made managing this process unwieldy. Lucerne has decided to deploy Windows Server 2008 to provide centralized authentication and authorization of users across its worldwide locations to provide users with a single username and password that will provide access to resources across the enterprise.

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the Active Directory Domain Services role in Windows Server 2008 and its functions and benefits. You will also develop an understanding of the components of an Active Directory environment, including forests, sites, domains, domain trees, and organizational units (OUs). We will discuss how to design the physical and logical structure of an Active Directory network and delve into

Active Directory's naming standards and their importance to a well-functioning Active Directory environment. Finally, you will understand and assess Active Directory domain and functional levels based on the needs of an organization's network environment as well as the trust models used by Active Directory and the role that Active Directory trusts play in resource accessibility across multiple organizations.