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Mastering Active Directory

You're reading from   Mastering Active Directory Deploy and secure infrastructures with Active Directory, Windows Server 2016, and PowerShell

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789800203
Length 786 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Dishan Francis Dishan Francis
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Preface 1. Section 1: Active Directory Planning, Design, and Installation FREE CHAPTER
2. Active Directory Fundamentals 3. Active Directory Domain Services 2016 4. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure 5. Active Directory Domain Name System 6. Placing Operations Master Roles 7. Migrating to Active Directory 2016 8. Section 2: Active Directory Administration
9. Managing Active Directory Objects 10. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices 11. Designing the OU Structure 12. Managing Group Policies 13. Section 3: Active Directory Service Management
14. Active Directory Services 15. Active Directory Certificate Services 16. Active Directory Federation Services 17. Active Directory Rights Management Services 18. Section 4: Best Practices and Troubleshooting
19. Active Directory Security Best Practices 20. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell 21. Azure Active Directory Hybrid Setup 22. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring 23. Active Directory Troubleshooting 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

Managing Group Policies

When I started preparing for this chapter, many things about this topic were going through my head because there's a lot of things to cover in just one chapter. Group policies is a broad topic to discuss, and it's possible to even write a whole book about it. It will be challenging, but I will make sure that I cover a majority of it.

My council tax increased by 8% in April, 2019. It is a rule and whether I like it or not, I have to pay it every month. If not, I will have to face the consequences. This particular rule has a clear audience: it will only apply to houses under the Kingston council. We can consider Group Policy as an authority that executes a rule or set of rules against a clearly identified audience. This is similar to the council in my example.

It is impossible to describe the benefits of Active Directory (AD) without mentioning...

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