The physical component of Active directory contain all the physical subnet present in your network like domain contollers and replication between domain contollers.
The logical structure of active directory include forest, domains, tree, OUs and global catalogs.
Domain : a group of computer and other resources that are part of a windows server2003 network and share a common directory database.
Global catalog : Global catalog used to catch information about all object in a forest , the global catalog enables users and applications to find object in an active directory domain tree if the user or application knows one or more attributes of the target object.
Tree : Tree as is collection of Active directory Domain, that means the trust relationship can be used by all other domain in the forest as a means to access the domain.
Organization Unit - Organization Unit is a Active directory container into which object can be grouped for per mission management.
Forest : Active directory forest as due to represents the external boundary of the directory service.
These are two types of active directory forest :-
I) Single Forest
2) Multiple forest
There are many components within Exchange that require access to Active Directory services, such as the information store and the message categorizer. The DSAccess component optimizes the communication between these components and Active Directory. The Exchange components that need to interact with Active Directory use DSAccess to retrieve Active Directory information rather than communicating directly with domain controllers and global catalog servers. As a result, DSAccess is therefore a very important part of Exchange. DSAccess is good for system performance, since it maintains a cache that effectively reduces the number of LDAP queries that these Exchange server components make to Active Directory. This is good for query speed as well as load reduction on both domain controllers and global catalog servers.
The physical component of Active directory contain all the physical subnet present in your network like domain controllers and replication between domain controllers.The logical structure of active directory include forest, domains, tree, OUs and global catalogs.Domain : a group of computer and other resources that are part of a windows server2003 network and share a common directory database.Global catalog : Global catalog used to catch information about all object in a forest , the global catalog enables users and applications to find object in an active directory domain tree if the user or application knows one or more attributes of the target object.Tree : Tree as is collection of Active directory Domain, that means the trust relationship can be used by all other domain in the forest as a means to access the domain.Organization Unit - Organization Unit is a Active directory container into which object can be grouped for per mission management.Forest : Active directory forest as due to represents the external boundary of the directory service.These are two types of active directory forest :-I) Single Forest2) Multiple forest
The Active Directory administrative tools can only be used from a computer with access to a domain. The following Active Directory administrative tools are available on the Administrative Tools menu: Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc) Active Directory Domains and Trusts (domain.msc) Active Directory Sites and Services (dssite.msc)
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The main benefits of using an active directory like LDAP Active Directory are many. One can use an active directory to allow for scheduling to made and updated in a timely manner.
Some books one could use as tutorials for Active Directory are Active Directory Cookbook, Active Directory for Dummies as well as Windows 2000 Active Directory. All have various problem solving techniques one could use and they can be easily referenced.
Active directory users are nothing but the ones those are authenticated or able to access the directory with all the benefits of directory
The DS tools consist of the following commands DSQUERY - search for active directory objects matching criteria DSGET - retrieves selected attributes from active directory objects DSMOD - modify attributes for one or more active directory objects DSADD - create active directory objects DSMOVE - move active directory objects DSRM - removes/deletes active directory objects
Active directory is held in the sysvol folder in the C drive.
organizational unit.
The logical structure of active directory include forest, domains, tree, OUs and global catalogs.Domain : a group of computer and other resources that are part of a windows server2003 network and share a common directory database.Global catalog : Global catalog used to catch information about all object in a forest , the global catalog enables users and applications to find object in an active directory domain tree if the user or application knows one or more attributes of the target object.Tree : Tree as is collection of Active directory Domain, that means the trust relationship can be used by all other domain in the forest as a means to access the domain.Organization Unit - Organization Unit is a Active directory container into which object can be grouped for per mission management.Forest : Active directory forest as due to represents the external boundary of the directory service.These are two types of active directory forest :-I) Single Forest2) Multiple forest
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