Trace Using the Organizational Domain Forest Model across Active Directory and Windows DNS
Microsoft states: “In the organizational domain forest model, several autonomous groups each own a domain within a forest.”
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Review Understanding the Active Directory Logical Model before AD/DNS changes
Microsoft states: “Designing your logical structure for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) involves defining the relationships between the containers in your directory.”
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Scope Creating a Site Link Bridge Design in observed AD/DNS state
Microsoft states: “A site link bridge connects two or more site links and enables transitivity between site links.”
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Validate Appendix I - Creating Management Accounts for Protected Accounts and Groups in Active Directory with AD/DNS evidence
Microsoft states: “Some privileged identity management solutions require that the software’s service accounts are granted permanent membership in groups such as DA or Administrators in each domain in the forest.”
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Stage Overview of Active Directory Domain Services with AD/DNS rollback checks
Microsoft states: “A directory is a hierarchical structure that stores information about objects on the network.”
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Trace AD DS Design and Planning across Active Directory and Windows DNS
Microsoft states: “By deploying Windows Server Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in your environment, you can take advantage of the centralized, delegated administrative model and single sign-on (SSO) capability that AD DS provides.”
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Review Appendix M - Document Links and Recommended Reading before AD/DNS changes
Microsoft states: “The following table contains a list of links to external documents and their URLs so that readers of hard copies of this document can access this information.”
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Scope Delegating Administration by Using OU Objects in observed AD/DNS state
Microsoft states: “You can use organizational units (OUs) to delegate the administration of objects, such as users or computers, within the OU to a designated individual or group.”
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Validate AD Forest Recovery - Reset the krbtgt password with AD/DNS evidence
Microsoft states: “Use the following procedure to reset the krbtgt password for the domain.”
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Stage AD Forest Recovery - Remove the global catalog with AD/DNS rollback checks
Microsoft states: “Use the following procedure to remove the global catalog from a DC.”
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