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The Mighty Administrator

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Getting a grip on Active Directory is not an activity to contemplate bare-handed. These two articles provide an in-depth reference to the dozen most common administrative tasks needed in an AD operation, along with valuable and effective reviews of third-party tools to help accomplish these tasks.

Most curriculum used for AD teaching concentrates on the Microsoft native tools. One theme I beat like a circus drum is the fact that in a large or complex AD deployment, third-party tools are practically essential. This article reinforces that point.