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= Introduction = In an Active Directory (AD), DNS is a very important service. It is used for:

= Introduction = ...er (DC) to an Active Directory (AD), certain DNS records must exist in the AD DNS zone to enable the DC to work and replicate correctly.

= Introduction = ...quires the deletion of the machine account entry, but, to remove a DC from AD, you have to demote it.

= Introduction = To administer Active Directory (AD) from Windows, use the Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).

= Introduction = ...ectory Organizational Units represents the logical structure of a company, sites define the physical topology of the network.

= Introduction = ...x user and group information in an LDAP directory. In an Active Directory (AD) with Linux integration, this has several advantages:

| text = There be dragons! Joining a Windows Server as DC to a Samba AD domain is generally not recommended. = Introduction =

= Introduction = Directory replication is important in an Active Directory (AD) forest with multiple domain controllers (DC) for fail-over and load balanc

= Introduction = ...Domain_to_Samba_AD_(Classic_Upgrade)|Migrating a Samba NT4 Domain to Samba AD (Classic Upgrade)]].

= Introduction = ...ot problems users can encounter when running Samba as an Active Directory (AD) domain controller (DC).

= Introduction = ...AD differs from provisioning the first DC in a forest. If you set up a new AD forest, see [[Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller|Set

...d in the [[Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller|Samba AD DC HOWTO]]. ...ty in this area is largely feature complete and stable. There are several sites reporting that they have been using Samba4 as their primary production Doma

== Introduction == Since this post aims to address LDB, I’ll go further into LDAP and how we use it at a later date. For now, some basic LDAP informatio