Use the correct domain model, and establish effective trusts
Last month, I discussed group strategies in Windows NT, and I
explained how to use local and global groups in the NT domain
model. This month, I discuss domains and trust relationships.
Microsoft has been criticized for the domain model, but this
model works well in small and midsized organizations. The domain
model has limitations in large organizations (more than 50,000
users), but Microsoft addresses these limitations in NT 5.0.  An
enterprisewide domain structure can be one of four basic domain
models, or some combination of those models, with various trust
relationship possibilities. Some administrators complain,
perhaps unfairly, about the difficulty of establishing and
maintaining trust relationships between domains. The key to
effective trust relationships is planning.  NT Domains A domain
is a group of users in a centralized accounts database that you
use for administration and organization. Each domain has one NT
server that acts as the