Active Directory cannot be installed on systems that aren't Microsoft. However, you can have Active Directory functionality on non-Microsoft systems by using third party software such as Samba, which runs in a Unix/Linux environment and provides the Active Directory functionality.
Active Directory
Active Directory Federation Services was developed by Microsoft. It is a software component that can be installed on Windows. It is designed to maintain application security and implement federal identity.
Active Directory Services is included with most Windows systems as it is a product of Microsoft. It is often used with Windows domain networks, authorizing computers within the network.
Active Directory is the name Microsoft uses for LDAP protocol X.500 (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol).
No, you do not. You only install Active Directory if the system is going to be a domain controller. If it is a member server or a standalone server Active Directory should not be installed.
Active directory tools are processes that are in almost constant use by a computer. They help with the routing of information, designating a specific position for information to be stored and which sectors are overwritten when something new is saved on the hard drive.
Active Directory, a piece of software created by Microsoft in 1999 for the Windows 2000 operating system, information can be found on various Microsoft related websites.
Domain Controller
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The role of ESE in an active directory is to store and retrieve data through indexed and sequential access.Its the data storage technology from Microsoft.
Mac OS X has an open directory services architecture and built-in support for open standards, therefore Mac OS X desktops and servers can operate within a Macintosh NetInfo directory, a Microsoft Active Directory, or in an enterprise LDAP directory. With the usual provisos of naming conventions etc. (See links below)