Designing the Active Directory Structure |
Use Table 9.4 as a checklist to be sure you have performed all the primary tasks necessary to design your Active Directory structure.
Table 9.4 Active Directory Planning Task List
Task | Location in Chapter |
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Determine the number of forests. | Creating a Forest Plan |
Create a change control policy for each forest. | Creating a Forest Plan |
Determine the number of domains in each forest. | Creating a Domain Plan |
Choose a forest root domain. | Creating a Domain Plan |
Assign a DNS name to each domain. | Creating a Domain Plan |
Plan DNS server deployment. | Creating a Domain Plan |
Optimize authentication with shortcut trust relationships. | Creating a Domain Plan |
Create OUs to delegate administration. | Creating an Organizational Unit Plan |
Create OUs to hide objects. | Creating an Organizational Unit Plan |
Create OUs for Group Policy. | Creating an Organizational Unit Plan |
Define sites and site links. | Creating a Site Topology Plan |
Place servers into sites. | Creating a Site Topology Plan |