The Active Directory database is stored on each domain controller in a file called NTDS.DIT
NTDS.DIT
, the server hosting the replica of Active Directory database is called Domain Controller. In it's database is all information about all objects, that exist in particular Active Directory domain.
In Windows Server 2011 it is called Active Directory.
Active Directory
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
Server is a computer which serves files to other users or computers. A server can be a windows XP operating system also, but it does not have any securityDomain controller is a computer which controls other users or computers .A domain controller must have windows 2003 server operating system and need to configure as a domain. It has a Excellent security
The GLobal Catalogue has a reference to all objects within Active Directory. Its is know as GC
Object
Active Directory was previewed in 1999, released first with Windows 2000 Server edition, and revised to extend functionality and improve administration in Windows Server 2003. Additional improvements were made in Windows Server 2003 R2. Active Directory was refined further in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and was renamed Active Directory Domain Services. Active Directory was called NTDS (NT Directory Service) in older Microsoft documents. This name can still be seen in some Active Directory binaries.
The term is active directory dns integrated means that during replication of AD all changed/ updated data is replicated and we dont have to replicate DNS zone files(which contains information aout the dns records) seperately . Active Directory-integrated DNS enables Active Directory storage and replication of DNS zone databases. Windows 2000 DNS server, the DNS server that is included with Windows 2000 Server, accommodates storing zone data in Active Directory. When you configure a computer as a DNS server, zones are usually stored as text files on name servers - that is, all of the zones required by DNS are stored in a text file on the server computer. These text files must be synchronized among DNS name servers by using a system that requires a separate replication topology and schedule called a zone transfer However, if you use Active Directory-integrated DNS when you configure a domain controller as a DNS name server, zone data is stored as an Active Directory object and is replicated as part of domain replication.
Active Directory
Yes, you can use dirXML or LDAP to connect to other directories (ie. E-directory from Novell). Novell eDirectory, formerly called Novell Directory Services (NDS)