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Chapter 4
Implementing Active Directory Directory Services
About This Chapter
You use a directory service to uniquely identify users and resources
on a network. Microsoft Active Directory directory services is in all
of the products in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family and is a
significant enhancement over the directory services provided in
previous versions of Windows. Directory services based on Active
Directory technology provide a single point of network management,
allowing you to add, remove, and relocate users and resources
easily.
This chapter introduces you to Active Directory directory services
and to how to plan your Active Directory directory services
implementation. It also presents the skills and knowledge necessary to
install and explore Active Directory directory services. Finally, you
will be introduced to configuring Active Directory replication by
creating a site, configuring a site link, and configuring a global
catalog server.
Before You Begin
To complete this chapter
- You must have a computer that meets or exceeds the minimum
hardware requirements listed in "Getting Started."
- You must have installed Windows 2000 Server. The computer
should be installed as a stand-alone computer in a workgroup and TCP/IP
should be the only installed protocol.
- Your computer should be using a static IP address.
- You must have installed DNS on your server, as outlined in
Chapter 3, or you must have a DNS server available on your
network.
- You must have Windows 2000 Server on CD-ROM.
NOTE
The Active Directory directory services features
are also included with the Advanced Server and Datacenter Server
editions of Windows 2000, but the practice exercises in this chapter
are based on Windows 2000 Server.
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