Windows Server 2012 Active Directory - what’s in it for me? Tony Murray, Directory Services MVP

Virtualization That Just Works All Active Directory features work equally well in physical, virtual or mixed environments Virtualization That Just Works All Active Directory features work equally well in physical, virtual or mixed environments Simplified Deployment of Active Directory Complete integration of environment preparation, role installation and DC promotion into a single UI DCs can be deployed rapidly to ease disaster recovery and workload balancing DCs can be deployed remotely on multiple machines from a single Windows Server 2012 machine Consistent command-line experience through Windows PowerShell enables automation of deployment tasks Simplified Deployment of Active Directory Complete integration of environment preparation, role installation and DC promotion into a single UI DCs can be deployed rapidly to ease disaster recovery and workload balancing DCs can be deployed remotely on multiple machines from a single Windows Server 2012 machine Consistent command-line experience through Windows PowerShell enables automation of deployment tasks Simplified Management of Active Directory GUI that simplifies complex tasks such as recovering a deleted object or managing password policies Active Directory Windows PowerShell viewer shows the commands for actions performed in the GUI Active Directory Windows PowerShell support for managing replication and topology data Simplify delegation and management of service accounts Simplified Management of Active Directory GUI that simplifies complex tasks such as recovering a deleted object or managing password policies Active Directory Windows PowerShell viewer shows the commands for actions performed in the GUI Active Directory Windows PowerShell support for managing replication and topology data Simplify delegation and management of service accounts

MiscellaneousMiscellaneous ManagementManagement Active Directory Replication & Topology Cmdlets Active Directory Platform Changes Group Managed Service Accounts

Timeline of events TIME: T2TIME: T3TIME: T4 Create Snapshot T1 Snapshot Applied! USN: 100 ID: ARID Pool: USN: 100 ID: ARID Pool: USN: 250 ID: A RID Pool: more users created = 200 DC2 receives updates: USNs >200 = 250 USN: 200 ID: ARID Pool: users added DC2 receives updates: USNs >100 DC1 DC2 TIME: T1 USN rollback NOT detected: only 50 users converge across the two DCs All others are either on one or the other DC 100 security principals (users in this example) with RIDs have conflicting SIDs