Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2008

771 Pages·2008·11.29 MB·English

by  John Price

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Mastering
Active Directory®
for Windows Server® 2008
John A. Price
Brad Price
Scott Fenstermacher
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Mastering
Active Directory®
for Windows Server® 2008
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Mastering
Active Directory®
for Windows Server® 2008
John A. Price
Brad Price
Scott Fenstermacher
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
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Price, John A., 1970-
Mastering active directory for Windows Server 2008 / John A. Price, Brad Price, Scott Fenstermacher.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-470-24983-3 (paper/website)
1. Directory services (Computer network technology) 2. Microsoft Windows (Computer file) 3. Operating systems (Computers)
I. Price, Brad. II. Fenstermacher, Scott. III. Title.
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Acknowledgments
I want to start by thanking my wife and daughter for their patience while I work on yet another
project. You two are the motivation to do all the things that I do. I know that I would not be where
I am today if it weren't for the love and support you have given me, whether it is for writing, start-
ing a new company, deciding to remodel the house, or some goofy “computer project” that you
don’t even want to understand. You both make me laugh on a daily basis. Your smiles, hugs, and
laughter are all I need to keep me going at this breakneck pace day after day.
I would like to thank my family for giving me support throughout the writing process. There
were times when the typical “let’s meet in town for dinner” was not an option as deadlines were
looming (and often missed). Mom and Dad always understood and were always more than willing
to babysit in a crunch. Brian—thank you for taking my mind out of the book and getting me back
to reality with random phone calls and lunches to talk about the important stuff in life, like super-
charging my GTO or starting a restoration on a diamond-in-the-rough Camaro.
Professionally, I want to thank my brother Brad. Brad—we’ve worked on a lot of books together,
and we’ve always talked about going into business together. Throughout everything, you’ve been
a great brother, friend, and business partner, and I can’t wait to see where this road leads us. A very
big thank-you goes out to Scott Fenstermacher and Robin Wright. Both of these talented authors
stepped up to provide some great material, most of which was with very tight deadlines. Both of
you are amazing and the book is a better product because of your knowledge and writing ability.
To the Sybex crew—a HUGE thank you. Thanks to Tom Cirtin for going to bat and getting the
new edition approved and working with us in the early stages; Pete Gaughan for keeping us on
schedule and making sure we were not overloading the other editors' schedules; Jim Kelly for mak-
ing sure everything is technically accurate; and last but certainly not least, Karen L. Lew. Karen is
a master at taking my rambling thoughts and actually making me sound like I can write. I called
Karen a showoff for taking a paragraph of mine that was close to 30 words and knocking it down
to a 9-word sentence that had more power than my initial attempt.
— John Price
The work that I did on this book wouldn’t have been possible if not for the support of my family.
DeAnn—you have been very patient and understanding when it comes to my long workdays and
weeks away from home. One of these days I am going to repay you for all that you have done for me.
To my beautiful daughters, Jami and Becca—you both make me so very proud to be your dad. You
were great kids and have you have grown up to be intelligent, kindhearted, and honest adults. You
have bright futures ahead of you. To Dad and Mom—thanks for your support through everything.
It should come as no surprise that I think the world of you. To John—thanks for being the best friend
a brother could have. To the rest of my family—I am glad I can call each and every one of you family.
—Brad Price
First I would like to thank the brothers Price for asking me once again to share the book-writing expe-
rience with them. They're a couple of really smart guys, so you would think they’d have learned their
lesson by now. And you can’t write a book without a great publisher and people like Tom Cirtin, Pete
Gaughan, Jim Kelly, and Karen Lew, who make it tick, so a big thanks go out to the entire John Wiley
& Sons staff for the too-often thankless job of actually producing the book that you now hold in your
hands. It’s a task with details beyond my comprehension, so I’ll just stick to the easy things, like beta
software.