Chapter 1 Analyzing Business Requirements 1
Analyze the existing and planned business models 2
Analyze the existing and planned organizational structures. Considerations include managementmodel; company organization; vendor, partner,and customer relationships; and acquisition plans 27
Analyze factors that influence company strategies 40
Analyze the structure of IT management. Considerations include type of administration, such as centralized or decentralized; funding model; outsourcing; decision-making process; and change-management process 46
Chapter 2 Analyzing Technical Requirements 61
Evaluate the company s existing and planned technical environment 62
Analyze the impact of Active Directory on the existing and planned technical environment 85
Analyze the business requirements for client computer desktop management 88
Chapter 3 Designing a Directory Service Architecture 113
Design an Active Directory forest and domain structure 114
Design an Active Directory naming strategy 122
Design and plan the structure of organizational nits(0U) 150
Plan for the coexistence of Active Directory and other directory services 167
Design an Active Directory site topology 188
Design a schema modification policy 208
Design an Active Directory implementation plan 229
Chapter 4 Designing Services Locations 259
Design the placement of operations masters 260
Design the placement of global catalog servers 266
Design the placement of domain controllers 269
Design the placement of DNS servers 274