What is Active Directory?

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Here are the information about Active Directory their purpose and function,

What Is Active Directory?

Active Directory consists of a series of components that constitute both its logical structure and its physical structure. It provides a way for organizations to centrally manage and store their user objects, computer objects, group membership, and define security boundaries in a logical database structure.

Purpose of Active Directory

Active Directory stores information about users, computers, and network resources and makes the resources accessible to users and applications. It provides a consistent way to name, describe, locate, access, manage, and secure information about these resources

Functions of Active Directory

Active Directory provides the following functions:

        ● Centralizes control of network resources By centralizing control of resources such as servers, shared files, and printers, only authorized users can access resources in Active Directory.

        ● Centralizes and decentralizes resource management Administrators have Centralized Administration with the ability to delegate administration of subsets of the network to a limited number of individuals giving them greater granularity in resource management.

        ● Store objects securely in a logical structure Active Directory stores all of the resources as objects in a secure, hierarchical logical structure.

        ● Optimizes network traffic The physical structure of Active Directory enables you to use network bandwidth more efficiently. For example, it ensures that, when users log on to the network, the authentication authority that is nearest to the user, authenticates them reducing the amount of network traffic.

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