Active Directory Basics - Quick Guide
Introduction Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft for the Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services. Initially, Active Directory was used only for centralized domain management. However, Active Directory became an umbrella title for a broad range of directory-related services. A directory is a hierarchical structure that stores information about objects on the network. A directory service, such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), provides the methods for storing directory data and making this data available to network users and administrators....