Active Directory Administration Cookbook, Second Edition (eBook)

Proven solutions to everyday identity and authentication challenges for both on-premises and the cloud

Sander Berkouwer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
696 Seiten
Packt Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80323-203-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Simplified actionable recipes for managing Active Directory and Azure AD, as well as Azure AD Connect, for administration on-premise and in the cloud with Windows Server 2022Key FeaturesExpert solutions for name resolution, federation, certificates, and security with Active DirectoryExplore Microsoft Azure AD and Azure AD Connect for effective administration on the cloudAutomate security tasks using Active Directory tools and PowerShellBook DescriptionUpdated to the Windows Server 2022, this second edition covers effective recipes for Active Directory administration that will help you leverage AD's capabilities for automating network, security, and access management tasks in the Windows infrastructure.Starting with a detailed focus on forests, domains, trusts, schemas, and partitions, this book will help you manage domain controllers, organizational units, and default containers. You'll then explore Active Directory sites management as well as identify and solve replication problems. As you progress, you'll work through recipes that show you how to manage your AD domains as well as user and group objects and computer accounts, expiring group memberships, and Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) with PowerShell. Once you've covered DNS and certificates, you'll work with Group Policy and then focus on federation and security before advancing to Azure Active Directory and how to integrate on-premise Active Directory with Azure AD. Finally, you'll discover how Microsoft Azure AD Connect synchronization works and how to harden Azure AD.By the end of this AD book, you'll be able to make the most of Active Directory and Azure AD Connect.What you will learnManage the Recycle Bin, gMSAs, and fine-grained password policiesWork with Active Directory from both the graphical user interface (GUI) and command lineUse Windows PowerShell to automate tasksCreate and remove forests, domains, domain controllers, and trustsCreate groups, modify group scope and type, and manage membershipsDelegate, view, and modify permissionsSet up, manage, and optionally decommission certificate authoritiesOptimize Active Directory and Azure AD for securityWho this book is forThis book is for administrators of existing Active Directory Domain Service environments as well as for Azure AD tenants looking for guidance to optimize their day-to-day tasks. Basic networking and Windows Server Operating System knowledge will be useful for getting the most out of this book.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• ISBN-10: 1-80323-203-X / 180323203X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80323-203-4 / 9781803232034