questions on implementing active directory

[Jason Brown]

I need help on an assignment wondering if you could help.
In a medium sized network with with 150 users and 5
sebnets using TCP/IP. What are some questions to ask
before implementing Active directory. Then had would you
use the following elements of active directory in this
situation. OUS. Domains. Trees. Forests. Sites. If you
could send me some information on this i would be gratful.
Jason

 

[BS]

Jason-

Sounds like you want a single forest with a single tree. You'd want to
limit it to a single domain unless you have specific security requirements
that would warrant using more than one domain. Is the business located in
one location? If so, that's a single site. If you have multiple sites, are
they connected via high bandwidth or low bandwidth? High bandwidth, keep
them in the same site. Low bandwidth, create a site for each low bandwidth
location.

With 150 users, you'd only need 2 domain controllers (that is the minimum
you should ever deploy in a production environment due to redundancy).

Questions to ask:

1. What are the business requirements of the directory?

2. What type of security does the business require?

3. How much down time can the business afford (what are the disaster
recovery requirements)?

4. Are they in an industry that requires meeting certain regulations
regarding data, backups, information, etc.?

5. Who will administrate AD once it is implemented?

The list goes on and on....

BS