ACTIVE DIRECTORY

ACTIVE DIRECTORY



DOMAIN : CLIENT/SERVER CONNECTIVITY

WORKGROUP : PEER TO PEER CONNECTIVITY

WINDOWS-XP PROFESSIONAL : CLIENT OS
WINDOWS SERVER 2003 ENT. ED. : SERVER OS
NOS(NETWORK OPERTING SYSTEM)

WINDOWS-NT4.0
WINDOWS 2000 SERVER
WINDOWS 2008 SERVER
REDHAT ENTERPRISE SERVER
NOVELL NETWARE
UNIX SERVER
SUN SOLARIS 10
UBUNTU
SUSE LINUX
FEDORA
FREE-BSD

ACTIVE-DIRECTORY IS USED TO CREATE
A DOMAIN IN WINDOWS 2000/2003 SERVER
DOMAIN IS A CENTRLISED SERVER THAT'S PROVIDE
THE SERVICES TO IT'S CLIENTS.LOGON AUTHENTICATION.

ACTIVE DIRECTORY IS A CENTRALISED REPOSITORY DIRECTORY DATABASE,THAT USES X.500 STANDARD PROTOCOL TO PROVIDE CENTRALISED AND DECENTRALISED CONNECTIVITY TO THE CLIENTS . ACTIVE-DIRECTORY IS BASED ON THE LDAP (LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS PROTOCOL ).