1. Domain Structure and Active Directory presented by Andreas Vetter, Thomas Winterscheid

2. Topics of presentation: Domain Structure Active Directory

3. Domain Structure Defines a group of computers Higher level as a workgroup Domains are security borders Domains are authentification units requires a domain server controlling users

4. Domain Structure C1C2C3C4C5C6 Workstations Subdomains Do2 Company Domain for all locations Root domain Do1 Trusting WAN

5. Active Directory Comes along with Win 2000 Server Edition Directory service to administrate the entire resources of a network Central database contents every information about user and workstations and other components (Global Catalog) controls synchronization between all domain controllers

6. Active Directory Easy management of user accounts Gives users all resources with a single sign- on Integration with DNS Information Replication

7. The Active directory stores many interesting objects in a network. It simplifies the administration and the search for resources

8. Frankfurt Köln Stuttgart Wien Change User Data Global Catalog Domain Controller

9. Thank you for your attention! Any questions? Please feel free to ask...