Today Microsoft Active Directory underpins many IT infrastructures. The ongoing success of the business is dependent on the availability and reliability of the of the underlying IT systems. An Active Directory implementation consists of a number of critical components: the Active Directory database, domain controllers, global catalogs, FSMO roles, replication, SYSVOL, system services and DNS. The success of any deployment depends on reliable design and deployment combined with procedures to rapidly and successfully recover from any type of infrastructure component failure.

This two-day seminar will explain the role and dependencies of each component, examine potential failure points and show you how to minimize their impact through best practice design combined with well honed recovery techniques. You will learn best practices for server and role placement and how to take a proactive approach to backup and disaster recovery. You will see how to take a systematic approach to minimizing the impact of a series of incidents with scenarios that range from the loss of a single domain controller through to a catastrophic forest failure.

Throughout the seminar demonstrations will illustrate and augment the topics.

Anyone who needs a detailed technical insight into maintaining and restoring the Active Directory database and infrastructure, including: Windows 2000/2003/2008 system consultants, architects, administrators, and troubleshooters.

The knowledge gained will help you to maximize your infrastructure design for high availability and reliability.

• Best practices for designing and building the AD infrastructure
• Pragmatic solutions for recovering from AD failures
• Troubleshooting tips and insights
• An extensive workbook that documents the presentation and techniques used in the demos
• A DVD with videos of all the demos

The seminar provides real technical detail and assumes a working knowledge of Active Directory concepts such as forests, domains, sites, replication, domain controllers, organizational units and group policy.

Our two-day seminar “Microsoft Active Directory Internals” would be an excellent precursor to this seminar.