Take the guesswork out of deploying, administering, and automating Active Directory. With hundreds of proven recipes, the updated edition of this popular cookbook provides quick, step-by-step solutions to common (and not so common) problems you might encounter when working with Microsoft€s network directory service.

This fourth edition includes troubleshooting recipes for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and Exchange 2013, based on valuable input from Windows administrators. You€ll also find quick solutions for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), multi-master replication, DNS, Group Policy, and many other features.

• Manage new AD features, such as the Recycle Bin, Group Managed Service Accounts, and fine-grained password policies
• Work with AD from the command line and use Windows PowerShell to automate tasks
• Remove and create forests, domains, and trusts
• Create groups, modify group scope and type, and manage membership
• Delegate control, view and modify permissions, and handle Kerberos tickets
• Import and export data with LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)
• Synchronize multiple directories and enforce data integrity within a single or multiple stores
• Back up AD, and perform authoritative and non-authoritative restores