Active Directory
- Key Terms
- Organization
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Need for central database for authentication & authorization
- Not all enterprises have one location (branches,etc), we need active directory to replicate the data
- High availability
- Security
- Auditing capabilities
- Single Sign-on
- Querying and indexing
Lab Setup:
- We would require
- Windows Server 2016 => 2-3
- Windows 10 => 2
- Azure Cloud account (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdDOc9OPVDA&list=PLuVH8Jaq3mLuqXuGs6aeqxhuvCYSzB1kT)
Understanding AD Components
- AD components can be divided into
- Logical Components
- Physical Components
- Consider any forest and we will have different tribes and animal species who belong to the forest and they will have their own boundary and child items
AD Logical Components
- Active Logical Structure contains two types of objects
- Container objects: can contain other objects
- Leaf objects
- Forest: Every organization has only one forest
- Domain: Collection of users, groups, systems and printers in an organizational boundary
- DomainTrees:
- Organization Units
AD Physical Components
- Domain Controller:
- Global Catalog
- Active Directory Sites
Setup of Active Directory
- Create a Windows Server 2016
- Follow the instructions as present in the video
