Understanding Trusts

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Understanding trusts

This section covers:

• Trusts

• Trust types

• Trust direction

• Trust transitivity

• When to create an external trust

• When to create a shortcut trust

• When to create a realm trust

• When to create a forest trust

• Forest trusts

• Accessing resources across domains

• Accessing resources across forests

• Routing name suffixes across forests