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)
Active directory users are nothing but the ones those are authenticated or able to access the directory with all the benefits of directory
Active Directory is the name Microsoft uses for LDAP protocol X.500 (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol).
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
Active Directory
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) often used in Unix and Linux environments, Active Directory is based on LDAP.
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
Active Directory credentials to access SharePoint sites
acl
acl
No a user defined in active directory cannot access a shared drive if they are not part of the domain. You will need to set them up as a user on your computer.
a PIN
The Restartable Active Directory, that allows you to have the ntds.dit in offline mode WITHOUT rebooting the domain controller.