Seminars
25th - 26th February 2009
11th - 12th March 2009
18th - 19th March 2009
Microsoft Active Directory Internals
Windows Server 2000/2003/2008
Seminar Dates: Central London, 25th - 26th February 2009
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Seminar abstract

Designing, maintaining and troubleshooting the Active Directory requires a clear and precise vision of the underlying technologies.

This seminar will drill-down into the Active Directory and present the details logically and concisely. Extensive demonstrations will illustrate the use of the system and support tools to probe and troubleshoot the directory.

The sessions explores the anatomy of directory objects, publication of resources, attribute definitions, object classes, extending the schema, the directory security model, the role of display specifiers, search flags, indexing, phantom records, constructed and linked attributes, the directory security model, replication metadata, Read-Only Domain Controllers, GC dependencies, password policy objects and more...

Who should attend?

Anyone who needs a detailed technical insight into the Active Directory, including: system consultants, architects, administrators, troubleshooters, and programmers who are tasked with writing directory enabled applications.

The seminar does not cover Active Directory design concepts, although the knowledge gained will certainly help in making informed design decisions.

What you'll gain:
  • A comprehensive knowledge of the internals of Active Directory
  • Highly valuable troubleshooting tips and techniques
  • A detailed insight which will enable you to resolve Active Directory issues
  • An extensive workbook that documents the presentation and techniques used in the demos
  • A DVD with videos of all the demos

Prerequisites

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.

Topics covered include:
  • Object and partition naming
  • The Global Catalog
  • Searching and ambiguous name resolution
  • Programmatic access (ADSI & LDAP)
  • RootDSE
  • Global Catalog dependencies
  • Active Directory versioning
  • AD security model
  • Delegation of administration
  • Confidential, indexed and constructed attributes
  • FSMO roles
  • Linked attributes and cross-references
  • Phantom records
  • Password policy objects
  • Extending the schema
  • LDP, ADSI Edit and other tools
  • Managing shadow copies
  • Restoring attributes from snap-shots
  • Read-only Domain Controllers
  • Application Directory partitions
  • Inter- and intra-site replication
  • Troubleshooting tips and techniques


Two-day seminar, XTSeminars workbook, videos of demos, light refreshments and lunches all for just £1024 + VAT Book Now
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