Learning Active Directory administration doesn't have to be a frustrating experience, you can learn everything you need to manage Active Directory effectively by reading this book. To learn how to manage Active Directory, you need practical hands-on advice from an expert who understands what it is like to just start out. By working step by step through essential tasks, you can learn to: Install forests, domain trees, and child domains; Add and remove writable domain controllers: Deploy and manage read-only controllers; Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot global catalog servers; Maintain directory and data integrity using operations masters; Evaluate sites, subnets, and replication before expanding a network; Establish a trust relationship between domains and between forests; Maintain and recover Active Directory Domain Services; Employ essential tools and command-line utilities. This book is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to manage Active Directory, including those who manage or support computers running Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Inside, you'll find comprehensive overviews, step-by-step procedures, frequently used tasks, documented examples, and much more. - Provided by publisher.;Introduction -- Ch. 1. Active Directory essentials -- Ch. 2. Installing new forests, domain trees, and child domains -- Ch. 3. Deploying writeable domain controllers -- Ch. 4. Deploying read-only domain controllers -- Ch. 5. Configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting global catalog servers -- Ch. 6. Configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting operations masters -- Ch. 7. Managing Active Directory sites, subnets, and replication -- Ch. 8. Managing trusts and authentication -- Appendix A. Active Directory utilities reference.