February 21, 2000 07:21 PM

An Overview of Active Directory

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Zubair Alexander
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Microsoft is touting several Windows 2000 (Win2K) selling points, and Active Directory (AD) is definitely one of them. The big deal about AD is that it lets you easily locate network resources across your enterprise. To fully understand AD, you need a good book and lots of hands-on experience with a Win2K network environment. But for now, let's take an introductory look at AD and its components.

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For anyone who wants to learn more on the features of Active Directory this is a great resource.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/adaug.aspx

Jeff2/17/2009 4:13:57 PM

This article is very good and easy to understand

Anonymous User 2/25/2005 2:12:46 AM

I just read the book Windows server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure and I have feeling that I didnt get the whole picture. This article tells simply way about the topic, without going to details too much. Helped me a lot (but its only part of my studying). However, thanks a lot.

Anonymous User 2/20/2005 2:25:54 AM

I hope they are paying you well :-)

Anonymous User 11/9/2004 4:18:12 PM

This article is very good and written in a well manner. It is very simple and easy to understand about ADs. I wish to author about the explination of replication process in Ads.

Prasoon Sharma 11/22/2003 7:31:02 AM

I found all the informations given in this article very interesting and written in a way that`s uncomplecated, simple and easy to understand manner. I wished the author has explained how inter-tree trust or replications looks like under AD. Thank you very much, keep fit while I look forward to seeing more of your great efforts.

Mohammed Alkali 3/12/2000 4:23:10 AM

This article is clearly written, and clearly shows how Microsoft has copied Novell. NDS has existed for years, and Microsoft knows that it works better than NTDS. Hence, the introduction of the Active Directory.

Todd Huestis 3/4/2000 6:36:25 AM

I agree with David Mbonu. While it is clearly written and technically accurate, it offers everyone, including those in the process of learning Active Director a good basic understanding of what it is and what it isn't.

thanks

David Satterfield, MCSE 2/23/2000 6:41:37 AM

I like the simplicity with which the autor approached the topic. Although technical, the topic is clearly understandable even for non-technical audience.
Thanks and continue the good work.

David Mbonu 2/22/2000 3:17:40 PM

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