Active Directory, 2nd Edition, provides system and network administrators, IT professionals, technical project managers, and programmers with a clear, detailed look at Active Directory for both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.
Part I: Active Directory Basics
Chapter 1. A Brief Introduction
Chapter 2. Active Directory Fundamentals
Chapter 3. Naming Contexts and Application Partitions
Chapter 4. Active Directory Schema
Chapter 5. Site Topology and Replication
Chapter 6. Active Directory and DNS
Chapter 7. Profiles and Group Policy Primer
Part II: Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure
Chapter 8. Designing the Namespace
Chapter 9. Creating a Site Topology
Chapter 10. Designing Organization-Wide Group Policies
Chapter 11. Active Directory Security: Permissions and Auditing
Chapter 12. Designing and Implementing Schema Extensions
Chapter 13. Backup, Recovery, and Maintenance
Chapter 14. Upgrading to Windows Server 2003
Chapter 15. Migrating from Windows NT
Chapter 16. Integrating Microsoft Exchange
Chapter 17. Interoperability, Integration, and Future Direction
Part III: Scripting Active Directory with ADSI, ADO, and WMI
Chapter 18. Scripting with ADSI
Chapter 19. IADs and the Property Cache
Chapter 20. Using ADO for Searching
Chapter 21. Users and Groups
Chapter 22. Manipulating Persistent and Dynamic Objects
Chapter 23. Permissions and Auditing
Chapter 24. Extending the Schema and the Active Directory Snap-Ins
Chapter 25. Using ADSI and ADO from ASP or VB
Chapter 26. Scripting with WMI
Chapter 27. Manipulating DNS
Chapter 28. Getting Started with VB.NET and System.Directory Services