Implementing Active Directory
Consider that you have to design the Active Directory structure for a financial organization that has 10 sites throughout the country and 5 major departments at each site. The sites are located in the following cities: Detroit, MI; New York City, NY; Chicago, IL; Phoenix, AZ; San Diego CA; Tampa, FL; Boston, Massachusetts; Nashville, Tennessee; Toledo, OH; Indianapolis, IN. (Each city should have it's own domain with the New York site being the Forest Root Domain and the domain name is NationalFinances.com).
There are five major departments:
- Financial
- Sales
- Call Center
- Information Technology
- Project Management
Each department will need to store files specific to their department.
- How would you design your Active Directory structure?
What are the various questions you should ask yourself to determine your design?
- How should the servers be named, as the main server will be NationalFinanaces.com?
- What will be the role of the server in this structure? Defend your reasoning.
- What would be the OUs and the computer users and groups in your design?
Criteria:
- Did you present a design of the Active Directory structure?
- Did you explain how you would name the servers?
- Did you describe the OUs and the computer users and groups in your design?
Please add reference sheet in APA formatting if sites are used.