One or
more domain controllers provide support for the Active Directory database, which is a hierarchical,
object-based data store. Using Active Directory has centralized data storage needs for most companies
by providing a single replicated data store for all settings of any type. The data need not
appear on a single machine, but you access it as if it does appear in one location. Active Directory
contains all settings for every kind of object on the network??”everything from users to workstations.
By knowing which objects to access, you can learn anything you want about the network and perhaps
more than you knew was available before you began your search. Of course, you need the proper
rights to access the data. Unlike previous storage technologies, Active Directory does provide a significant
amount of security to protect the vast store of data it contains.
NOTE
The Active Directory support you can expect from Windows varies by the version that
you??™re using. None of the workstation versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Vista,
ships with Active Directory tools, but you can use many of the tools in these environments. See
the article at
http://technet2.
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