Published: February 25, 2008 | Updated: July 15, 2009
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About This Guide
The Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Domain Services guide is intended to assist designers in the decision-making process by providing a clear and concise path for designing the Active Directory infrastructure, given the relative context. To develop and implement a successful design of Active Directory, this guide addresses numerous questions that must be answered and the many decisions and strategies that must be determined. Considerations for performance, security, manageability, scalability, and many other criteria must be taken into account if the design is to be successful. This guide, when used in conjunction with product documentation, will help companies confidently plan an Active Directory implementation. A sample job aid is included for recording the decisions made during the design process.
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Additional Infrastructure Planning and Design Series guides are available as beta releases on the Connect Web site. They are open beta downloads.
To join the Infrastructure Planning and Design Beta, do the following:
- Visit the Microsoft Connect Web site at https://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=1587&InvitationID=IPDM-QX6H-7TTV&SiteID=14.
If you have not previously registered with Microsoft Connect, you might be required to register before continuing with the invitation process.
- Sign in using a valid Windows Live ID to continue to the Invitations page.
- Scroll down to Infrastructure Planning and Design.
If the link in step 1 does not work for you, copy the link and paste it into the Web browser address bar.
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Download the Active Directory Domain Services Guide
Launch the download of the IPD Guide for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Domain Services.
Launch the download for the entire Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide series.
Visit the Download Center to select another guide in the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide series.