Active Directory Rights Management Services

      Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) is an information protection technology that works with AD RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use. Content owners can define who can open, modify, print, forward, or take other actions with the information.
AD RMS Documentation Roadmap

Product Evaluation

• Active Directory Rights Management Services Overview
  
  
• What's New in AD RMS in Windows Server 2008
  
  

Getting Started

• Pre-installation Information for Active Directory Rights Management Services
  
  
• AD RMS Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS with AD FS Identity Federation Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Rights Policy Templates Deployment Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Deployment in an Extranet Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Deployment with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Licensing-only Cluster Deployment Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Deployment in a Multi-forest Environment Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS and Windows Mobile Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Decommissioning Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Integration Guide
  
  

Planning and Architecture

• AD RMS Architecture Design and Secure Collaboration Scenarios
  
  
• Windows Mobile Considerations for AD RMS
  
  

Deployment

• RMS to AD RMS Migration and Upgrade Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration and Upgrade Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Client 1.0 Deployment and Usage Considerations
  
  
• AD RMS Design Guide
  
  
• Secure Collaboration Using Federated AD RMS with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
  
  
• AD RMS Deployment in a Resource Forest Step-by-Step Guide
  
  
• AD RMS Bulk Protection Tool and FCI Step-by-Step
  
  

Operations

• AD RMS Performance and Logging Best Practices
  
  
• Using Windows PowerShell with AD RMS
  
  
• AD RMS Database Relocation with a CNAME Record Step-by-Step
  
  
• AD RMS Database Relocation without a CNAME Record - Step-by-Step
  
  
• AD RMS Microsoft Federation Gateway Support Installation and Configuration Guide
  
  

Technical Reference

• AD RMS and Active Directory Objects
  
  
• AD RMS SQL Server Requirements
  
  
• AD RMS Firewall Considerations
  
  
• AD RMS Prerequisites
  
  
• AD RMS Client Requirements
  
  
• AD RMS and AD FS Considerations
  
  
• AD RMS Business-To-Business Requirements for Trusted User Domains
  
  
• AD RMS Multi-forest Considerations
  
  
• AD RMS and Microsoft Office Deployment Considerations
  
  
• AD RMS Trusted Publishing Domain Considerations
  
  
• AD RMS Policy Template Considerations
  
  

Troubleshooting

• Active Directory Rights Management Services
  
  

Installed Help

Help installed with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 is also available in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library.

• Active Directory Rights Management Services
  
  

Other Resources

• AD RMS Documentation Roadmap
  
  
• Windows Server 2008 TechCenter: Active Directory Rights Management Services
  
  TechCenters provide links to content outside of the Technical Library, including Knowledge Base articles, downloads, technical articles, and other resources.
  
• TechNet Edge: AD RMS overview videos
  
  
• AD RMS Team Blog
  
  This community resource provides helpful tips and best practices for developers and IT professionals using AD RMS.