ITM 315 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Directory Service, Active Directory, Domain Controller
10 Mar 2012
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Chapter 4 introduction to active directory and account management. *servers, printers, user accounts, groups of user accounts, security policies, and other information. *servers that have the ad ds server role installed. *holds information about all network resources that are grouped within it. *each dc is equal to every other dc. *if one dc goes down, no network interruption. *defines objects and the information pertaining to those objects that can be stored in. *each attribute automatically given a version number and date. *first dc configured in a forest becomes global catalog. *keeps copy of most used attributes for quick access. *converts computer and domain names to ip addresses. *logical area on a network that contains directory services and named objects. *every child object contains the name of the parent object. *child name does not resemble the name of its parent object. *one or more active directory trees that are in a common relationship.
