5/19/2011

What is Active Directory


  • Active Directory stores information about Network Components
  • It allows clients to find objects within the namespace.
  • The term namespace  refers to the area in which the network components are located
  • For example the table of content of a book forms a namespace in which chapters can be resolved to page numbers,
  • DNS is a namespace which resolves host name to IP address
  • Telephone book provides the namespace for resolving names to phone numbers .
  • Active directory provides a namespace for resolving the name of the network objects to objects themselves
  • Every thing that Active directory tracks is considered as an object
  • An object is any user,system,resource or services tracked in active directory
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