pt. I. Active Directory Basics -- 1. A Brief Introduction -- 2. Active Directory Fundamentals -- 3. Naming Contexts and Application Partitions -- 4. Active Directory Schema -- 5. Site Topology and Replication -- 6. Active Directory and DNS -- 7. Profiles and Group Policy Primer -- pt. II. Designing an Active Directory Infrastructure -- 8. Designing the Namespace -- 9. Creating a Site Topology -- 10. Designing Organization-Wide Group Policies -- 11. Active Directory Security: Permissions and Auditing -- 12. Designing and Implementing Schema Extensions -- 13. Backup, Recovery, and Maintenance -- 14. Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 -- 15. Migrating from Windows NT -- 16. Integrating Microsoft Exchange -- 17. Interoperability, Integration, and Future Direction -- pt. III. Scripting Active Directory with ADSI, ADO, and WMI -- 18. Scripting with ADSI -- 19. IADs and the Property Cache -- 20. Using ADO for Searching -- 21. Users and Groups -- 22. Manipulating Persistent and Dynamic Objects -- 23. Permissions and Auditing -- 24. Extending the Schema and the Active Directory Snap-Ins -- 25. Using ADSI and ADO from ASP or VB -- 26. Scripting with WMI -- 27. Manipulating DNS -- 28. Getting Started with VB.NET and System. DirectoryServices.