Active Directory is completely new to Windows 2000. Even if you’ve used Windows 2000 since its early betas as Windows NT 5.0, you can still benefit from a hands-on refresher of some important Active Directory topics.

The Study Guide in this part includes a lot of step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks. If you’d like to test yourself, try performing these exercises without looking at the step-by-step instructions. If you can do this, you can feel confident that you are familiar with the day-to-day tasks required to maintain an Active Directory environment.