Chapter 1: Analyzing Business Requirements.

Analyze the existing and planned business models.

Analyze the existing and planned organizational structures. Considerations include management model; company organization; vendor, partner, and customer relationships; and acquisition plans.

Analyze factors that influence company strategies.

Analyze the structure of IT management.

Considerations include type of administration, such as centralized or decentralized; funding model; outsourcing; decision—making process; and change—management process.

Chapter 2: Analyzing Technical Requirements.

Evaluate the company's existing and planned   technical environment.

Analyze the impact of Active Directory on   the existing and planned technical   environment.

Analyze the business requirements for client   computer desktop management.

Chapter 3: Designing a Directory Service Architecture.

Design an Active Directory forest and domain   structure.

Design an Active Directory naming strategy.

Design and plan the structure of organizational units (OU).

  Plan for the coexistence of Active Directory and other directory services.

Design an Active Directory site topology.

Design a schema modification policy.

Design an Active Directory implementation plan.

Chapter 4: Designing Services Locations.

Design the placement of operations Masters.

Design the placement of global catalog servers.

Design the placement of domain controllers.

Design the placement of DNS servers.

Index.