Industry Standard Resources for Domains, Domain Controllers, and RPC/WMI

Is there a good place to go for recommended standards/implementations (maybe even setup assistance) for domain and network admin resources? Places where there are recommendations like "If you are setting up a domain controller, the industry standard/recommendation is X" or "These are the appropriate security concerns/settings when setting up workstations for remote management with WMI/RPC"? Short or trawling through NIST or ISO docs, I'm not sure what would be considered reliable resources.