Do you want to install Active Directory, but you don't have enough idea what it is or its purpose? Here's a little introduction about Active Directory, we will also talk about some of the features and benefits of using Active Directory. I will try to make the descriptions simple as possible, I know how you feel, most textbooks and websites has complicated terminologies and explanation which are really hard to understand especially for beginners or people who doesn't have any background in studying computer or IT. Anyway, this is just an introduction, so we will be dealing with basics.
What is Active Directory?
Active Directory is a directory service or a software system that organizes, stores and gives access to information in a directory developed by Microsoft Company. Active Directory is where we save or where the company saves the important details and profiles needed in a company or in a project and those details are shared in the same network. An example for Active Directory is if someone from your office or your employee logs into one of your computers (and each employee has their own designated passwords given by the system or by you) and that computer is in your domain, then Active Directory will verify the password and sets the computer if this employee can use the computer as the administrator or just a normal user. Active Directory also requires programming because there are sets of limitations in a company, so you need to study about programming and organizing of data in your database.
Active Directory contains names, addresses or IP addresses, nodes and data needed in the project or in a company. You need to make sure that you have everything you need because if you missed something the program will not work too or something will go wrong along the process. This is where you will apply the flow chart with the yes or no questions or the if's. Another example: If this employee logs into his computer and his password is programmed or labeled as normal user, then the computer will open and set the computer settings to normal user, or will not include the files and application for administrators.
It is a bit complicated, but if you once you know how to organize these details and everything is programmed well, then you get good results and the system will work well too.
Here are some features of Active Directory:
These are just some of the features and benefits that you will get from using Active Directory. It may be really hard at first, but with enough understanding and patience you will get it in no time. The process or the analogy is quite simple and the only factor that makes this hard is the program or the codes that you need to memorize.
What is Active Directory?
Active Directory is a directory service or a software system that organizes, stores and gives access to information in a directory developed by Microsoft Company. Active Directory is where we save or where the company saves the important details and profiles needed in a company or in a project and those details are shared in the same network. An example for Active Directory is if someone from your office or your employee logs into one of your computers (and each employee has their own designated passwords given by the system or by you) and that computer is in your domain, then Active Directory will verify the password and sets the computer if this employee can use the computer as the administrator or just a normal user. Active Directory also requires programming because there are sets of limitations in a company, so you need to study about programming and organizing of data in your database.
Active Directory contains names, addresses or IP addresses, nodes and data needed in the project or in a company. You need to make sure that you have everything you need because if you missed something the program will not work too or something will go wrong along the process. This is where you will apply the flow chart with the yes or no questions or the if's. Another example: If this employee logs into his computer and his password is programmed or labeled as normal user, then the computer will open and set the computer settings to normal user, or will not include the files and application for administrators.
It is a bit complicated, but if you once you know how to organize these details and everything is programmed well, then you get good results and the system will work well too.
Here are some features of Active Directory:
- Scalability
- Manageability
- Extensibility
- Centralized Data
- Client Configuration
- Policy Based
- Replication of Information
- Security
- Flexible and Secure Authorization
These are just some of the features and benefits that you will get from using Active Directory. It may be really hard at first, but with enough understanding and patience you will get it in no time. The process or the analogy is quite simple and the only factor that makes this hard is the program or the codes that you need to memorize.
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