Chapter 6

This chapter dealt with security planning and AD administrative delegation. The first part of the chapter discussed the need for the use of strong passwords and the need to educate users on the network of this need so as to tighten security for users.Then, the need to secure the administrator account was gone over, a repeat from chapter 5. Like many of the other MOAC courses I;ve taken through MCC, it was recommended that the admin account not be used for anything other than administrative tasks, and that all normal daily tasks be done on a non-admin user account instead, as an admin account getting hacked is much more damaging to a network than a simple user account. Next, organizing and planning an organizational unit (OU) structure was discussed. It is best to do this with the corporate structure in mind, with consideration for turnover rate, layers of control, etc.Once the OU structure is complete, leaf objects (users, computers, printers, etc.) can be moved around by dragging/dropping them or using the Move option on a right click.