Seminar Abstract
A rock-solid Active Directory® infrastructure is pivotal to the success of any
business critical systems based on Windows® 2000 or Windows® Server 2003. The infrastructure consists of a number of critical components: the Active Directory® database, domain controllers, global catalogs,
FSMO roles, replication, SYSVOL, system services and DNS. The success of any deployment
requires rapid and successful recovery from any type of infrastructure component failure.
This seminar will explain the role and dependencies of each component, examine the impact of failure,
and show you the steps for recovery and metadata cleanup. You will learn best practices for server and
role placement and how to take a proactive approach to backup and disaster recovery. You will gain a detailed insight in to the issues surrounding authoritative restore of
user and groups and how to take a systematic approach to recovering from a series of incidents. Scenarios range from the loss of a single domain controller through to a catastrophic forest failure.
Throughout the seminar demonstrations will illustrate and augment the topics.
Who should attend?
Anyone who needs a detailed technical insight into maintaining and restoring
the Active Directory® database and infrastructure, including: Windows 2000
system consultants, architects, administrators, and troubleshooters.
The seminar does not cover Active Directory® design concepts, although the
knowledge gained will certainly help in making informed design decisions.
Prerequisites
The seminar provides real technical detail and assumes a working knowledge of
Active Directory® concepts such as forests, domains, sites, replication, domain
controllers, organizational units and group policy.
The seminar is not suitable for personnel engaged in basic day-to-day
administrative tasks.
Speaker Biography
John Craddock (v-jcradd@microsoft.com, johncra@kimberry.co.uk)
BSc Hons CEng MBCS
Principal Systems Consultant, Kimberry Associates
John Craddock has designed and implemented computing systems ranging from embedded high-speed industrial controllers through to distributed IT solutions. John works as a consultant providing services to industry leaders including Microsoft; he was a key player in the Government Gateway Project, is the infrastructure architect for a number of web portals built on Windows Sever 2003 technologies. In addition to his role as a consultant, he has written over 20 technical training courses that have been published worldwide. John lectures internationally and has written and presented sessions on Windows 2000 and 2003 Active Directory at MTB, MEC, TechEd, IT Forum, JDP and deployment conferences.
Sally Storey (sallysto@kimberry.co.uk)
Senior Consultant, Kimberry Associates
Sally Storey has worked in management and consulting in the IT industry for both Novell, Microsoft and independently. Sally works as a consultant on enterprise infrastructure projects in operations, logistics and deployment roles. Sally is ITIL qualified and specializes in building process that keep systems highly available and secure.
John and Sally co-authored “Investigating and Managing Objects and Attributes for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows server 2003” ISBN 0-9544218-0-9
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