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Mastering

Active

Directory

Robert R. King

San Francisco • Paris • Düsseldorf • Soest • London

Associate Publisher: Guy Hart-Davis

Contracts and Licensing Manager: Kristine O’Callaghan

Acquisitions and Developmental Editor: Maureen Adams

Editor: Suzanne Goraj

Project Editor: Elizabeth Hurley

Technical Editor: Don Meyers

Book Designer: Bill Gibson

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Electronic Publishing Specialist: Rhonda Ries

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To my wife and best friend, Susan

Acknowledgments

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Acknowledgments

’m fairly new to the whole publishing game. I’ve been involved in a few

other projects (namely the Sybex Exam Notes series), but I’m still surprised

by the number of people and the amount of work that go into producing any

kind of high-quality material. There are numerous people who helped get

this book into your hands—and each of them was critical to the process.

My family deserves the most thanks. Every time I start a new Sybex

project, I promise them that I’ll “work a normal schedule,” and every time

I end up working into the wee hours more often than not. This book could

not have been finished without their love and support.

I also would like to thank the fine folks at Sybex. I have never worked

with a more supportive and understanding group of people. Both Maureen

Adams, the book’s developmental editor, and Elizabeth Hurley, the book’s

project editor, were understanding when I ran over deadlines. Editor

Suzanne Goraj was insightful and really helped to ensure that I held to some

sort of consistent style! Production Editor Jennifer Durning and electronic

publishing specialist Rhonda Ries from Publication Services made the final

product look sharp. Finally, my technical editor, Don Meyers, ensured that

I didn’t embarrass myself—something I really appreciate! To these, and to

all of those who helped put this book together, I’d like to say one big

“Thank you.”

Introduction

xvii

Introduction

ver the last few years, Microsoft Windows NT 4 has become the

hottest “new” technology to hit the networking market. This has always sur-

prised me, since the networking portion of Windows NT 4 is based on a

domain model that is over 10 years old. In other words, Microsoft’s newest

technology isn’t really all that new. That has changed, however, with the

release of the newest version of NT—Windows 2000 Server.

Windows 2000 Server moves Microsoft networking away from the dated

(and limiting) domain-based architecture of earlier releases and toward the

true directory service–based architecture necessary in today’s complex net-

works. Microsoft provides this service through the addition of Active Direc-

tory Services (ADS), an open, standards-based, X.500-compliant, LDAP-

accessible network directory. (Don’t worry—we’ll talk about X.500, LDAP,

and what seems like an endless list of industry acronyms throughout this

book.)

ADS provides the power and flexibility you need in today’s changing com-

puter world, but it provides these at a price. A large portion of that price will

be the steep learning curve that administrators will need to climb in order to

fully understand and utilize the potential of Microsoft Windows 2000 and

Active Directory Services.

The first commercially viable directory service–based operating system to

hit the networking industry was Novell’s NetWare 4 with NetWare Direc-

tory Services (NDS). At the time of its release, I was working as a senior tech-

nical instructor for a company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In order to be one

step ahead of the competition, my company sent me to the prep classes

taught on the beta version of the software. After two weeks of intensive

training on NDS, I returned home and started to reevaluate my career

choices. It seemed as if everything I knew about networking was about to

become out of date, and I would be forced to master this new paradigm

known as a “directory service.” I have to admit that when I first saw Novell’s

directory service I didn’t get it, didn’t think I would ever get it, and wasn’t

sure I wanted to get it. I felt safe with earlier versions of NetWare, and I

couldn’t understand why

would want to add the complexity of a

directory service to their network.

I’m hoping that this book can help you avoid being caught by surprise

by Microsoft’s newest technology—Windows 2000 Server and Active

anyone

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