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When time is of the essence, Active Directory 2008 administrators can turn to this book first, to get reliable, easy-to-implement solutions you can trust -- and use immediately. This book brings together tested, step-by-step procedures for planning, installing, customizing, and managing AD DS in any production environment. Completely up-to-date, it fully reflects the brand-new version of Active Directory introduced in Windows Server 2008, which contains the most significant changes to Active Directory it was first introduced a decade ago. This hands-on, step-by-step how-to guide walks you through performing approximately 200 tasks, with clear and accurate steps and diagrams for each one. Active Directory MVP John Policelli walks through preparing for and installing AD; then managing trusts, domain controllers; operations master roles, sites, replication, schema, AD DS data, group policy, backup/recovery, auditing, time services, and more.