Understanding Active Directory Health Checks & Best Practices

In this deep-dive video, our experts discuss the importance of conducting regular Active Directory (AD) health checks and share key practices for maintaining the health of your AD environment. They explore how tools and strategies can vary based on different customer scenarios and environments, and the necessity to adapt based on multiforest domain controllers and various locations.

The video covers fundamental built-in tools such as Ripa admin and DC Diag, providing examples of their uses, what to look for in the results, and why contextual understanding is essential for interpretation. The discussion moves on to the vital role of replication, highlighting error indications and the significance of failure totals.

Additionally, our team delves into how we at Agile utilize a collection script for informed decision-making and health classification. The importance of maintaining reports when your system is healthy, allowing for better problem isolation and diagnosis, is also emphasized.

Further topics include best practices such as enabling the Recycle Bin, understanding the relevance of sites and subnets, and the impact of stale DNS records. The video concludes with the emphasis on conducting at least quarterly health checks, automating processes where possible, and the critical practice of backing up domain controllers and testing out restores.

Whether you're an IT professional managing complex environments or a beginner interested in AD health checks, this video provides invaluable insights and practical advice. Stay tuned for future sessions where we'll showcase more tools and dive deeper into this topic.

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