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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

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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

Step-by-step guide to integrate on-premises AD environment with Azure AD

In this section, we are going to go through the Azure AD integration process. During the process, we are going to do the following:

Create a virtual network
Create an Azure AD instance
Add DNS server details to the virtual network
Create an AAD DC administrator group
Create a global administrator account for Azure AD Connect
Add a custom domain to Azure AD
Set up Azure AD Connect

Creating a virtual network

In Azure, a virtual network is similar to the concept we use in virtualization. Azure AD and other workloads should use the same virtual network to be operated under same managed domain. If you already have a subscription and have your virtual network set up, this step can be skipped.

Note

Any virtual network created using the new Azure portal (ARM) cannot be seen using the classic portal and will not be able to be associated with the Azure AD instance.

Azure AD portal preview is available at the new Azure portal (portal.azure...