Abstract
Active Directory is regarded as one of the most significant change between Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Active Directory provided administrators the flexibility to configure their network to best fit their environment. This chapter initially describes the Active Directory hierarchy. Active Directory is all about relationships between the domains it consists of and the objects each domain contains. The users, groups, printers, servers, and workstations, along with a host of other type of network resources and services, are represented in Active Directory domains as objects. Each object contains information that describes the individuality of that particular user or computer. The objects in each domain can be organized in a hierarchical structure, through which the objects relate to each other. It is observed that Active Directory through a solid design can facilitate administration of the entire network. The network includes not only the existing servers and protocols, but everything down to the wired topology.
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