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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787289352

Length 742 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Active Directory Domain Services

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Dishan Francis

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Preface

1. Active Directory Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Active Directory Domain Services 2016

3. Designing Active Directory Infrastructure

4. Active Directory Domain Name System

5. Placing Operations Master Roles

6. Migrating to Active Directory 2016

7. Managing Active Directory Objects

8. Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

9. Designing the OU Structure

10. Managing Group Policies

11. Active Directory Services

12. Active Directory Certificate Services

13. Active Directory Federation Services

14. Active Directory Rights Management Services

15. Active Directory Security Best Practices

16. Advanced AD Management with PowerShell

AD management with PowerShell - preparation

17. Azure Active Directory Hybrid Setup

18. Active Directory Audit and Monitoring

19. Active Directory Troubleshooting

Planning PKI

By now, we understand what PKI is and how it works. You also learned about AD CS components and their capabilities. The next thing is to plan the deployment of PKI. In this section, we will look into things we need to consider during the PKI planning process.

Internal or public CAs

AD CS is not just a role that we can install on a server and leave it to run. It needs resources to run the role services. It needs knowledge to set up and operate it. It needs to be maintained as any other IT system. It also needs solutions for backup and high availability. All these come with a cost. On the other hand, public CA certificates need to be purchased through a service provider. Each provider has many different types of certificates with different price ranges. It is important to evaluate these associated costs against the company requirements. If its regarding a few web service certificates, there is no point to maintain few servers internally just for that. If a public CA can offer same...