Active Directory

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Typically Active Directory is managed using the graphical Microsoft Management Console.
Typically Active Directory is managed using the graphical Microsoft Management Console.

Active Directory is an implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use in Windows environments. Active Directory allows administrators to assign enterprise-wide policies, deploy programs to many computers, and apply critical updates to an entire organization. An Active Directory stores information and settings relating to an organization in a central, organized, accessible database. Active Directory networks can vary from a small installation with a few hundred objects, to a large installation with millions of objects.

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  1. ^ (2003) Windows Server 2003: Active Directory Infrastructure. Microsoft Press, 1-8 – 1-9. ISBN 0-7356-1438-5. 

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