Windows 2000 Active Directory is authoritative and engaging a guide mainly for Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for any administrator or developer making move to new Windows and this powerful directory standard. Articulate and technically savvy, the author appears as a trusted advisor, providing expert views on designing the layout of your company's Active Directory schema. This book not only provides a collection of screen images (though there are hands-on tutorials for specific tasks), but also a good in-depth tour of what Internet directories are and what advantages Active Directory offers. Hints for limiting "domains" and supports more flexible "organizational units" (OU) also will help you think in Windows 2000 terms. Then part of the study the book to the Active Directory Services Interface (Asdi) scripting using Windows Script Host (WSH), Visual Basic, and even ASP to the browser-based administration.