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Why Non-Microsoft - they know the software better than most. <br />
Good very basic guide at &nbsp;<a href="http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1474461" rel="ugc">http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1474461</a><br />
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Good bsic book<br />
Networking with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 , By Craig Hunt and Roberta Bragg, O'Reilly, SBN 10: 0-596-00800-7<br />
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Why Non-Microsoft - they know the software better than most.
Good very basic guide at  http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1474461 [http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1474461]

Good bsic book
Networking with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 , By Craig Hunt and Roberta Bragg, O'Reilly, SBN 10: 0-596-00800-7



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Thats a better on-line guide than the link I gave ;-&gt;
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Thats a better on-line guide than the link I gave ;->

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Hello, <br />
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I'm looking for a good online walkthrough/guide for setting up an Active Directory enviroment in a office. &nbsp;I perfer it to be non-microsoft published as well. &nbsp;I'm needing to pass it along to an employee to take a look at.<br />
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Thanks!
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Hello, 

I'm looking for a good online walkthrough/guide for setting up an Active Directory enviroment in a office.  I perfer it to be non-microsoft published as well.  I'm needing to pass it along to an employee to take a look at.

Thanks!

Active Directory Setup Guide

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.