Active Directory
Active Directory The Active Directory or Microsoft active directory service is a feature of the Microsoft Windows server. This feature is a part of Microsoft since the launch of windows server 2000, and it's being evolved gradually to enhance AD service. Active Directory is based on Microsoft's jet database engine and uses LDAP (Light Weight Directory Access Protocol) directory protocol to query the database. Active Directory uses Kerberos as an authentication protocol, which is an upgrade of the NTLM protocol used by windows in its late versions. Active Directory is a very powerful feature of the Microsoft Windows server because it allows us to create and manage users, computers, printers, and groups within a domain. We can apply permissions and security over domain users, computers, and printers. It is divided into logical and physical components. Active Directory database stored in a file called NTDS.dit (NT Directory Service, directory information tree), and this fil