Introduction to Administering Active
Directory
This guide explains how to administer Microsoft
Active Directory. These activities are part of the
operating phase of the information technology (IT)
life cycle. If you are not familiar with this guide,
review the following sections of this introduction.
When to Use This Guide
You should use this guide when:
| • |
You want to manage
common Active Directory problems that are
associated with misconfiguration. |
| • |
You want to configure
Active Directory to increase network
availability. |
This guide assumes a basic understanding of what
Active Directory is, how it works, and why your
organization uses it to access, manage, and secure
shared resources across your network. You should
also have a thorough understanding of how
Active Directory is deployed and managed in your
organization. This includes an understanding of the
mechanism your organization uses to configure and
manage Active Directory settings.
This guide can be used by organizations that have
deployed Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003
with Service Pack 1 (SP1). It includes information
that is relevant to different roles within an IT
organization, including IT operations management and
administrators. It contains high-level information
that is required to plan an Active Directory
operations environment. This information provides
management-level knowledge of Active Directory and
the IT processes required to operate it.
In addition, this guide contains more detailed
procedures that are designed for operators who have
varied levels of expertise and experience. Although
the procedures provide operator guidance from start
to finish, operators must have a basic proficiency
with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and
snap-ins and know how to start administrative
programs and access the command line. If operators
are not familiar with Active Directory, it might be
necessary for IT planners or IT managers to review
the relevant operations in this guide and provide
the operators with parameters or data that must be
entered when the operation is performed. How to Use this Guide
The operations areas are divided into the following
types of content:
| • |
Objectives are
high-level goals for managing, monitoring,
optimizing, and securing Active Directory.
Each objective consists of one or more
high-level tasks that describe how the
objective is accomplished. |
| • |
Tasks are used
to group related procedures and provide
general guidance for achieving the goals of
an objective. |
| • |
Procedures
provide step-by-step instructions for
completing the task. |
If you are an IT manager who will be delegating
tasks to operators within your organization, you
will want to:
| • |
Read through the
objectives and tasks to determine how to
delegate permissions and whether you need to
install tools before operators perform the
procedures for each task. |
| • |
Before assigning tasks
to individual operators, ensure that you
have all the tools installed where operators
can use them. |
| • |
When necessary, create
“tear sheets” for each task that operators
perform within your organization. Cut and
paste the task and its related procedures
into a separate document and then either
print these documents or store them online,
depending on the preference of your
organization. |
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