I have been assigned the task of designing an Active Directory structure for a financial organization consisting of ten sites throughout the country; with each site have five major departments. Each site will have its own domain name, with New York, NY being the Forest Root Domain. The five major departments of the sites are Financial, Sales, Call Center, Information Technology, and Project Management. Active Directory Structure The chart shown below outlines the process for designing an Active Directory structure. It covers many of the questions that need to be asked while determining the design of the structure. https://i-technet.sec.s-msft.com/dynimg/IC213428.gif (Microsoft, 2016) Other questions that could be asked are: • What is the role of each department? • What types of groups are needed for each department? • What types of groups are needed in general? • Do they departments need to communicate with each other, and to what extent? • Do the domains need to communicate with each other, and to what extent? • What is the user’s job description? • What is the security clearance of the user? Domain and Server Names With the New York, NY office being headquarters and the Forest Root Domain with the domain name being NationalFinances.com, each of the other sites will require their own domain name. The table shown below outlines the naming convention of the site domains. Site Location Domain Name New York, NY NationalFinances.com Detroit, MI NationalFinancesMI.com
Organizational Structure Organization structure is the differentiation; that is the way the organisation is differentiated into tasks, responsibilities, departments and hierarchies and the integration (the way the organisation is coordinated to form a unitary whole). It defines how activities in the organization are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims. The structure provides the foundation on which standard operating procedures and routines rest, determines which individuals get to participate in which decision making processes and thus to what extent their view shape the organization’s actions (Stephen, 1987) United Parcel Services Organization Chart United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is the world’s largest package delivery
1. How many Domain Controllers are in your environment? If there is only one DC in your environment (Not recommended) then all the roles will be on the same server and I would recommend that there should be no more than 20 users. If you have more than 20 users you should have at least two DCs. Two domain controllers are recommended for environments of up to 200 users. It is important to not have the Domain Naming Master on the same server as the RID Master or the PDC Master,
Active Directory Users and Computers: This tool creates and manages Active Directory users, computers, and groups. You can also use this tool to create Organizational Units
click Operations Master to view the server holding the domain naming master role in the Forest.
When setting up a new website or business online, one of the most important steps in the process is the creation of a domain name. A domain name is the name that those on the Internet will use to find your website. It is contained in the URL for that particular page. It is a quick means to give users a glimpse into your site. The name you choose might be the name of your company or the services that you provide. It may include your location or any other information you wish to include. No matter what information you include, when a user encounters your domain name they should be able to tell who you are or what service you offer.
“At capital One, diversity means seeking out and embracing differences for the richness those differences add to our lives and to our business.” (http://www.capitalone.com/about/corporatecitizenship/diversity.php) A company that opens it business to diversity has the ability to value human differences, and in return acquire beneficial relationships. Capital One has partnered with MWBE (Minority and Women Business Enterprises) and the relationship is yielding a positive reaction in terms of the communities that house Capital One and in the corporate world. Because Capital One is an information based company there diversity plan is also well thought and proven. The diversity plan includes targeted recruitment, development and
Organizational design is defined as a functional, divisional, and matrix structure in an organization. For Boeing, a Metrix structure is used for stronger horizontal alignment for the organization, starting with the CEO, the matrix structure of Boeing flows downward to nine department heads who are senior vice presidents, these departments are listed as follow:
Functional structure and simple structure are the most common forms of structure. Small companies use them forms of structure.
The next step which is also essential in increasing value as well as increasing productivity and retention of valuable employees is to create groups that will then be able to use the nesting strategies that are most likely to increase the effectiveness of the Active Directory. This effectiveness is based on the inherent quality of the Windows products designed to implement appropriate directory functions. The Active Directory designed for this project also gains effectiveness as well as the potential
Effective organizational structures define how job tasks are subdivided, grouped, coordinated, and managed. Six key components of organizational structures include division of labor, departmentalization, chain of command, span of control, centralization, and formalization (Remme, Jones, Van der Heijden, & De Bono, 2008, p. 79). Each element influence how employees interact with each other to reach organizational goals. Different structures are common in similar organizations among high performing organizations (Reimann, 1974, p. 707). The most appropriate structure will depend on the unique needs and culture of the organization.
Therefore, for an organization to have a definitive structure, there needs to be employees assigned (and carrying out) prescribed tasks in relation to their expertise (division of labour), clearly outlined documentation that spells out spatial relationships within the
Manager’s of an organization has to use structure to help the company run efficiently. “The five types of organizational structures are functional, divisional, matrix, team-based, and virtual network” (Draft, 2013, p.316). Functional structure in an organization that is developed by grouping departments by the skills, level of knowledge, activities done daily, and the resource used. “This structure places specific departments from the bottom to the top” (Draft, 2013, p.318). For example, specific departments such as: human resources, accounting, engineering, and manufacturing are placed at the top, while there are mostly seen at the bottom in other organizations. While common functions such as; people, facilities, and other resources are combined together as a single department instead of being divided into multiple departments.
Take a look at what your company’s name will look like as a URL. You will virtually always want to own the URL which has your company’s name, plus .com or .net, sometimes .org or even something like .tv.
This guide provides a step-by-step methodology based on best practices learned from customers that have already deployed Active Directory in their organizations. It provides all the tasks and decisions you need to develop an Active Directory design to manage Windows networks. The intended audience for this guide is the IT professional responsible for testing, piloting, and rolling out an
Below the Riordan's forest Domain are 4 sub-domains that represent the 4 office sites and are named accordingly. Each