BP ADDesign

Blueprint: Active Directory Design
Like the Enterprise Network Blueprint the Active Directory Design Blueprint also includes the same prerequisites:
business and technical requirements analyses. The advantage of using the same blueprint structure for both
operations is that you should already have most of this information in hand.
Analysis Solution Design
Business Requirements Technical Requirements Partitioning AD Implementation
1- Business Model 1- Existing/Planned IT 1- Forest/Domain Strategy 1- AD Implementation Plan

Organization Model Environment Forest/Schema Go to implementation
Organization Goals Organization size Domain blueprint
Products & Services Number of Users Trusts
Geographic Scope Resource Location 2- Naming Strategy
Organization Processes Network Geographic Scope of AD
Distribution and Links
2- Organization Structure Namespace Design
Management Model Available Bandwidth
DNS
Organization Structure H/S (Performance
Requirements) 3- OU Structure
Vendors/Partner/ Data Patterns Delegation Plan
Customer Relationships
Network Roles and Administration Plan
Acquisition Plans
(Business)
Responsibilities Group Policy Object
3- Organization Strategies Security Issues Management
2- Impact of AD Account & Group
Business Priorities Definition
Existing Systems and
Projected Growth and Applications Policy Management
Strategy
Planned Upgrades/ of PCs
Legal Implications Rollouts 4- AD & Other Directories
Tolerance for Risk DNS Synchronization
TCO Objectives Technology Support Requirements? 1- Operation Masters
4- IT Management Structure Location
Centralized/ Current Planned Network Forest-wide Masters
5- Service Positioning Â
Decentralized & System Management • Schema
Management
Windows NT/W2K • Domain Naming Master
Funding Model Domains and Other 6- Site Topology
Domain-centric Masters
Outsourcing/In-house? Identity Data Deposits Replication Strategy
• Relative ID
Decision-making Process 3- Client/PC Desktop Site Boundaries
Management • Infrastructure
Change Management 7- Schema Modifications
• PDC Emulator
Process End User Requirements
Policy 2- Global Catalog Servers
Technology Support for
End Users Management Policy 3- Domain Controllers
Required Client 4- DNS Servers
Environment
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Blueprint: Active Directory Design

Analysis Solution Design

Business Requirements Technical Requirements Partitioning AD Implementation

1- Business Model 1- Existing/Planned IT 1- Forest/Domain Strategy 1- AD Implementation Plan

Date: _ By: __________________

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