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Chapter 2. Active Directory Fundamentals

This chapter aims to bring you up to speed on the basic concepts and terminology used with Active Directory. It is important to understand each component of Active Directory before embarking on a design, or your design may leave out a critical element.



    		Preface
    		Part I: Active Directory Basics
    		Chapter 1. A Brief Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Active Directory Fundamentals
    		2.1 How Objects Are Stored and Identified
    		2.2 Building Blocks
    		2.3 Summary
    		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
    		Part III: Scripting Active Directory with ADSI, ADO, and WMI