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Windows Server 2012Active Directory: Domain Services

What’s new in Active Directory: Domain Services?

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About me

Krzysztof Pytko

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Agenda

1.Domain Controller promotion process2.Active Directory Administrative Center3.Live Demo4.Domain Controller virtualization features5.Dynamic Access Control6.Active Directory Based Authentication7.RID Operation Master improvements

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DCPROMO (?)

• What is DCPROMO for ? • What happened to DCPROMO ?• Is DCPROMO completely deprecated ?• Remote Domain Controller promotion• Forcefully AD:DS role removal• Other available modes for DCPROMO• No manual adprep required anymore

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Active Directory Administrative Center

Windows Server 2008R2• User management• Group management• Computer management• DFL / FFL management• LDAP queries

Windows Server 2012• All 2008R2 features• Fine-Grained Password

Policy GUI• AD Recycle Bin GUI• Dynamic Access Control• PowerShell history

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Live Demo

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Domain Controller virtualization

• Safe Domain Controller virtualization• Rapid Domain Controller deployment• Better snapshot management preventing USN Rollback issue• Export/Import virtual machine of Domain Controller

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Dynamic Access Control

• New feature• Central Access Policy store• Use in combination with FileServer• Claims based authorization

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Active Directory Based Authentication

• Windows Server 2012 Active Directory schema required• Support for KMS servers• Automatic Windows 8 activation• Activation over LDAP instead of RPC

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RID Operation Master improvements

• Periodic RID consumption warning• RID pool reuse• Increased the global RID space (2^31)• RID Manager artificial ceiling protection mechanism

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Summary

• Domain Controller promotion• Active Directory Administrative Center• Domain Controller virtualization• Active Directory Based Authentication• RID Operation Master

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Links

Microsoft Language Portalhttp://www.microsoft.com/Language/en-US/Default.aspx

Windows Server 2012 evaluation downloadhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx

My bloghttps://kpytko.wordpress.com/

E-mail meKrzysztof.Pytko@outlook.com

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