In Windows 2000, domains exist in trees. A domain tree consists of a root-level domain and child domains, each of which can contain other child domains. Parallel directory trees are called forests.

How do Active Directory domains relate to DNS subdomains? I've gotten myself confused. We're expanding out from the corporate office to new facilities. The first thing that comes to mind is to create ...

Click Close and exit the Active Directory Domains and Trusts app. Transferring the Schema Master role is a bit more involved. Log on to the Windows Server 2003 DC using an account with domain ...

In "Mastering Active Directory Domains," I explained the importance of good domain naming and discussed the concept of nesting domains. In this article, I'll discuss two more Active Directory ...

How to deploy Samba on Linux as an Active Directory Domain Controller Your email has been sent Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s way of making it possible to create and apply policies to machines ...

If you are as old as I am, you remember when you first had to deal with domains and Active Directory (AD). Even if you aren’t as old as I am, you still probably must deal with domains and Active ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...