Chapter 3: Planning an Active Directory Deployment

Chapter 3 covered the finer points of active directory. I don't think, before I did the lab, that I really appreciated what a huge difference different directory structures can make on a network, though the lab did an excellent job of making that clear. A well-thought-out directory infrastructure has obvious advantages in terms of usability and security. This chapter is about the point where I've started to entertain the idea of slapping the MSDN academic alliance license of server 2008 on an old computer I've got at home and actually using it. We'll see if I go through with that plan. At present I haven't done anything with it yet.