Title: Active Directory Explained
Date: 20.
04.
2012.
Student: Marina Novakovic
Subject: Information and Communications Technologies
If you’re one of those self-confessed non-techie types of person, you may be among those
who are at a loss if it’s your...
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Title: Active Directory Explained
Date: 20.
04.
2012.
Student: Marina Novakovic
Subject: Information and Communications Technologies
If you’re one of those self-confessed non-techie types of person, you may be among those
who are at a loss if it’s your first time to hear the term, “Active Directory.
”
The Description
Learning this particular term can be a bit confusing at first.
Initially used with Windows 2000,
it’s now used on Microsoft Windows-based servers and computers and is simply a type of
directory structure.
In other words, it helps store vital information regarding the domains and
networks of servers and computers.
Formerly, in the older version of Microsoft, it was
referred to as NTDS or NT Directory Service.
Typically, you may learn that an Active Directory, or AD as it is also called, is used for
information online.
Those who know this well understand its beneficial various features or
functions.
Some of these include the provision of pertinent info and helpful org
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