Managing Active Directory
Thomas K. Lee · 2020
Microsoft first introduced Active Directory (AD) with Windows 2000, where it replaced the domain structures previously implemented with Windows NT. This chapter looks at how readers can use PowerShell 7 to install, configure, and manage AD. It demonstrates how to create and configure parent and child domains. Each forest has a single forest root domain. That domain can have one or more subdomains, which in turn can contain subdomains. The chapter also demonstrates how to create a cross-forest trust. For many organizations, a single domain forest with multiple domain controllers (DCs) is adequate and has the benefit of being simple to manage. But in some cases, having one or more child domains can be advantageous. The chapter shows how to install a replica DC in a domain. The chapter also shows how readers can manage the user, group, and organizational unit objects.