When you need practical hands-on support for Active Directory, the updated edition of this extremely popular Cookbook provides quick solutions to 450 common (and uncommon) problems you might encounter when deploying, administering, and automating Microsoft's network directory service. Updated for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and Exchange 2013, the fourth edition offers troubleshooting recipes based on valuable input from Windows administrators. You'll find solutions for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), AD LDS (Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services), multi-master replication, Domain Name System (DNS), Group Policy, the Active Directory Schema, and many other features. The Active Directory Cookbook will help you: Perform Active Directory tasks from the command line Use PowerShell to automate Active Directory tasks Manage new Active Directory features, such as the Active Directory Recycle Bin, Group Managed Service Accounts, fine-grained password policies, and more Create domains and trusts Locate users whose passwords are about to expire Apply a security filter to group policy objects Check for potential replication problems Restrict hosts from performing LDAP queries View DNS server performance statistics