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basically it must support dynamic updates and SRV records. So it's possible to run the DNS server also on non-Microsoft implementations of DNS like BIND.
But when you use Microsoft DNS (built in Windows Server operating systems), you don't need to care whether it supports Active Directory - it simply does.
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Active Directory, DNS and DHCP
Active Directory service is used to store information about the network resources across a domain and also centralize the network.
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Active Directory
Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 Networkhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780036.aspx
the Domain is called as the security boundary with in the active directory. A Windows domain is a logical group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that share a central directory database. domain governs the way user access resources of the network
Active Directory is called active bacause it is actively updating it's data through replication from differnt sites and other domain controllers with in the network
Active Directory stores information about all the objects, resources on the network, policies applied on them and permissions on the resources..objects can be users, computers, printers etc
Active Directory
Active Directory
Active directory
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