The default Port number for Active Direcotory server is 389
A Microsoft Active Directory (AD) Server can only answer directly queries about objects which are in its domain. When using LDAP, you may want to get information about objects in other domains or subdomains within the organization. Most AD servers, therefore, cache information from other AD servers using a facility called the Global Catalog. To query the Global Catalog on an AD server which is also a Global Catalog Server (GCS) you must connect to the GCS port, 3268 instead of to the default LDAP port.
An Ad Server uses technology to place advertisements on to individual websites. The technology allows the number of views can be monitored to ensure that the advertisements are appropriate to the users of the website.
The server which is domain controller only that server has AD installed on it others are just member servers which does not have AD on them but has only windows 2003 OS.So you can make changes in ad related servers or DCs only. You can install AD on member server that is the only thing you can do on member server related with Ad
Primary zone When a zone that this DNS server hosts is a primary zone, the DNS server is the primary source for information about this zone, and it stores the master copy of zone data in a local file or in AD DS. When the zone is stored in a file, by default the primary zone file is named zone_name.dns and it is located in the %windir%\System32\Dns folder on the server.
Primary zone When a zone that this DNS server hosts is a primary zone, the DNS server is the primary source for information about this zone, and it stores the master copy of zone data in a local file or in AD DS. When the zone is stored in a file, by default the primary zone file is named zone_name.dns and it is located in the %windir%\System32\Dns folder on the server.
There are tools to support AD's working after its installation support tools adminpak they are known as AD Management tools there are third party tools as well DRA admanagerplus etc you can install server/AD remotely also you can install server/ad unattended installation you can install server/ad unattended installation(with answer file) you can install server/ad attended installation you can install server/ad attended installation(with answer file)
the server
after you get deuce and the server wins the point. You call it 'ad in'
It is either ad in or ad out. If the server won the point it is ad in and if the returner won the point then it is ad out.
In exchange 2007 all the exchange attributes are saved in AD. Once you reinstall new windows server and exchange, it copies the configuration data from AD.
For the configuration of AD install windows 2003 on the server install Ad by dcpromo on the run command and follow required steps to install AD for troubleshooting of AD install support tools, admin.pak in the server which will give you all the features to monitor and troubleshoot AD
run dcpromo /force