Active Directory naming strategy and an Organizational Unit (OU) strategy

Introduction

As the business grows, the administration of the Active Directory becomes more complex. In such a scenario, if the entire administration responsibility of the Active directory is given in the hands of a few administrators, the administrators may feel overburdened. This is because it is not possible for a person to know the small details or every minute detail of vast network structures. A proper administrative delegation strategy can shift the administrative burden from a few administrators to many administrators that may be responsible for administering their small area of authority. (Raymond, 15)

Plan an Organizational Unit Structure Based on Delegation Requirements

An organizational unit is the container in the Active Directory that can be easily managed by an administrator. The main purpose of defining an OU is to delegate administration. An OU can contain objects such as users, computers, groups, application, shared folders, and other OUs, and organize them logically. You can create nested OUs and create a nested structure of OUs in a domain. (Raymond, 15) Windows server 2003 allows you to delegate the administration of even the individual contents of an OU by granting permissions to an item. These permissions form Access Control Entries (ACE) in the ACL for the OUs.

Identify components of different network topologies

In the world of computer technology, the term that refers to the diagramming of connected devices within a network it 'topology'. Simply put, 'topology' is the structure, layout or shape of the various devices contained in a network. Three of those basic topologies are the ring, bus and star.

The Bus Topology: All too often bus networks are confused with the system bus contained within the computer. These two are not the same. A bus network uses a single cable that functions in the capacity of a shared communication exchange medium. It attaches devices or permits the devices to connect with the interface connector. Simply put, (www.devhardware.com) should one device on the network want to 'speak' with another device on the network, it sends out a message through the cable that all of the devices can 'see'. However, only the device for which the message was intended will accept delivery of the message and process it.

The Ring Topology: The ring topology is just what it sounds like, a ring. In this system, all the devices have two companions for the purpose of communication. All the messages circulate ...