1.1 Overview

1.2 Differing Views of Active Directory

1.3 Active Directory Components

1.3.1 Administration

1.3.2 Forest

1.3.3 Domains

1.3.4 Schema

1.3.5 Trusts

1.3.6 Sites, Subnets, & Replication

1.3.7 Organizational Units

1.3.8 DNS

1.3.9 Domain Controllers

1.3.9.1 DCLocator

1.3.9.2 Global Catalog

1.3.9.3 FSMOs

1.3.10 Read-Only Domain Controllers

1.3.10.1 DNS Zone Hosting

1.3.10.2 Kerberos Handling

1.3.10.3 Authentication & Password Caching

1.3.10.4 Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) account

1.3.11 Active Directory Database

1.3.12 Group Policy

1.4 Authentication

1.4.1 The Evolution of Windows Authentication

1.4.2 NTLM

1.4.3 Kerberos

1.5 Active Directory Administration Groups

1.5.1 Default Groups & Permissions: DC Rights