Ever wondered how Microsoft Information Technology (IT) manages and operates its Active Directory directory service infrastructure? Does anyone think Microsoft employees are especially tolerant of downtime or performance issues? Microsoft has the oldest production Active Directory in the world (happily authenticating users since 1999). In this webcast Microsoft IT shares its best practices and experience gained as they deployed Windows Server 2008.
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