Active Directory network services such as LDAP, Kerberos, NTLM, SMB, DCOM and GC
Design considerations for multimaster replication
Supported, not-supported and/or not-recommanded scenarios and role combinations
Storage and attribute capacity limits and data planning
Domains, forests, schema and global catalogue
Schema master and domain naming master
Attribute types and values, secure attributes and logon related attributes
Schema extensions and corruption
Security principals such as users, groups, computers, trusts and managed service accounts
Complex attribute LDAP searches and detailed search syntax
Object and attribute permissions, permission delegation and scripting
Delete operations, tombstones, recycle bin, reanimation and restore
Client interactions, finding DC, protocol transports and constraints
Optimizing DC location and resolving temporary issues or design errors
AD DNS integration, dynamic update and security, aging and scavenging
Optimizing DNS name resolution for clients and DCs
RODC principles, operation and troubleshooting
Planning for secure AD deployments
Replication principles, attribute changes and conflicts
Sites, IP subnets, replication and client DC location
Planning FSMO roles, sites, subnets for optimal replication and client DC location
Detecting and resolving USN rollback, tombstone lifetime and Kerberos authentication issues
AD database internals and structure, tables and indexes
Database maintainance, backup, restore, autoritative restore and virtual environments
