Chapter 2 Managing Advanced Server Domains

Table of Contents

Directory Services and Domains

Network Building Blocks-An Overview

Advanced Server Domains
User Access to Domain Resources
Trust Relationships
Grouping Users With Similar Needs
Computers that Can Participate in Domains
Advanced Server Computer Accounts
Computers that Can Interact with Domain Computers
How User Logons Work

Deciding on a Domain Model

Directory Database Size
Single Domain Model
Single Master Domain Model
Multiple Master Domain Model
Dedicated Server in a Master Domain Model

Managing Domains

Promoting and Demoting Domain Controllers
Directory Database Synchronization
Adding, Renaming, Moving, and Removing Domain Computers
Adding a Domain Workstation or Server Computer
Managing Domain Security Policies
Administering Trust Relationships

Managing Services

Integrating Advanced Server with Existing Systems

Local User Accounts
How Advanced Server Works with LAN Manager

This chapter presents an overview of the various components of an Advanced Server network. The relationships between computers and domains, users and domains, groups and domains, and between multiple domains are explained, providing a general understanding of how all of the pieces fit together.

Also in this chapter is an introduction to the basic concepts involved in managing an Advanced Server domain. Step-by-step procedures are provided in online Help.

Chapter 2 Managing Advanced Server Domains

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