Chapter 11
Managing Microsoft Active Directory service is an important part of the Microsoft Windows 2000 administration process, and familiarity with the various tools provided for this purpose is essential. Nearly all the tools use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins to provide the user interface. The Administrative Tools program group on the Start menu includes some snap-ins, but you must add others manually by using the MMC's Add Snap-In function.
You'll find that some of the Active Directory management tools are programs that you run every day, whereas others are needed only during Active Directory installation or occasionally thereafter. The MMC snap-ins that provide Active Directory management functions are as follows:
In addition to the MMC snap-ins, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server includes separate utilities for importing data to and exporting it from Active Directory. This chapter examines the tasks that Active Directory administrators typically perform using the Active Directory Installation Wizard, the Active Directory Domains and Trusts snap-in, and the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. The next chapter examines the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in and the Active Directory Schema Administrator snap-in.