To get the most out of this book

Before you start with this book in order to prepare for Exam 70-742, you should have understanding of Active Directory environment and related services. Experience of configuring Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016 is required to better understand Active Directory-related services. The following Windows Server roles and services will be used in this book:

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• Active Directory Domains and Trusts
• Active Directory Sites and Services
• Group Policy Management
• Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
• Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
• Domain Name System (DNS)

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "By default, the location of the AD DS database is C:\Windows\NTDS\ntds.dit."

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services -IncludeAllSubFeature -
IncludeManagementTools

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select Operation Masters."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.