Active Directory Domain Services
From ITHandbook
Active Directory stores information about objects on the network and makes this information available to users and network administrators. AD DS uses domain controllers to permit resources anywhere on the network through a single logon process.— Official Description
Installation
- Install AD DS
- Understand installation requirements and perform installation.
Post-Installation tasks
- Promoting to a Domain Controller
- Promoting your server to a domain controller step by step.
- Promoting to an additional Domain Controller
- Add an additional domain controller for high availability.
Computers, users, and other resources
- Add a user
- Create a user, add it to groups, and set attributes.
- Add a group
- Create and manage a group.
- Join a computer to a domain
- Join a computer or server to a domain.
Group Policies
- Understanding Group Policy
- Learn about group policy, group policy object (GPO), and applied order.
- Create a Group Policy Object (GPO)
- Create a Group Policy Object (GPO) and link it to an OU.
- Group Policy Practices
- Group Policy Best Practices.
Backup and restore
- Backup Domain Controllers
- Backup your Domain Controllers using Windows Server Backup.
- Perform a recovery
- Restore the data of AD DS.
Tutorials
- Prevent unauthorized users from joining computers to a domain
- Prevent unauthorized users from joining computers to a domain.
- Enable AD Recycle Bin
- Recover deleted objects instantly without authoritative restore.
Uninstallation
- Demoting domain controllers
- Demote to a normal server and remove the AD DS roles.
See also
Active Directory Domain Services Overview (Microsoft Official Documentation)
