Additional Resources

These resources contain additional information and tools related to this chapter.

Related Information

• Restructuring Windows NT 4.0 Domains to an Active Directory Forest in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit (or see Restructuring Windows NT 4.0 Domains to an Active Directory Forest on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about restructuring domains when upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003.

• Designing the Active Directory Logical Structure in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit (or see Designing the Active Directory Logical Structure on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about the Active Directory logical structure.

• Designing the Site Topology in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit (or see Designing the Site Topology on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about Active Directory site topology.

• Enabling Advanced Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Features in Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit (or see Enabling Advanced Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Features on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about enabling functional levels.

• Deploying DNS in Deploying Network Services in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit (or see Deploying DNS on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/reskit) for more information about deploying DNS.

Related Tools

• Adsiedit.exe

  The ADSI Edit tool (Adsiedit.exe) is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in that you can use to edit objects in the Active Directory database. For more information about Adsiedit.exe, in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003, click Tools, and then click Windows Support Tools.

• Ldp.exe

  Ldp.exe provides an interface to perform LDAP operations against Active Directory. For more information about Ldp.exe, in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003, click Tools, and then click Windows Support Tools.

Related Help Topics

For best results in identifying Help topics by title, in Help and Support Center, under the Search box, click Set search options . Under Help Topics , select the Search in title only check box.

• Active Directory in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.

• Windows Support Tools under Tools in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.

• Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always) in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more information about SMB packet signing.

• Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always) in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more information about secure channel signing.

• Active Directory support tools in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more information about the options that are available for the Active Directory support tools.

• Security options: Security Setting Descriptions in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more information about security policies.

• Configure site settings: Active Directory and Configure replication between sites: Active Directory in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more information about configuring your site topology.

• Understanding aging and scavenging: DNS in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003 for more information about how to configure aging and scavenging of stale resource records.