This multimedia presentation describes basic Active Directory concepts, including topics such as organizational units (OUs), trees, forests, DNS naming conventions, and sites.
As you view the presentation, try to answer the following questions:
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An OU is a logical container that you use to organize resources. You can use OUs to create a hierarchy that duplicates the structure of an organization or an administrative model.
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A network of multiple domains is useful for organizations that use a decentralized administrative model. Multiple domains are also useful in multinational organizations that require local administration to be performed in different languages.
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A forest is useful in organizations that need to maintain separate organizational structures, such as a company that needs distinct public identities for its subsidiaries.
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Trees in a forest share transitive trusts, a common schema, and a common global catalog.
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Sites are beneficial in organizations that have geographically separate locations that are connected by slow links. Sites help reduce Active Directory traffic, such as workstation logon traffic and replication traffic.