a) What is Active Directory? b) What is an AD domain? c) What are domain control

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a) What is Active Directory?

                b) What is an AD domain?

                c) What are domain controllers?

                d) Can a domain have more than one domain controller?

                e) What are servers that do not run AD called?

                f) Describe replication among domain controllers in the same domain.

                g) What is an Active Directory tree?

                h) Describe replication among domain controllers at different levels.

                i) What is an AD forest?

Explanation / Answer

a.

Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for Windows domain networks and is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services

b.An Active Directory domain is a collection of objects within a Microsoft Active Directory network. An object can be a single user or a group or it can be a hardware component, such as a computer or printer. Each domain holds a database containing object identity information

c. a domain controller (DC) is a server that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within the Windows Server domain

d.yes

e.LDAP servers

f.

g. An Active Directory tree is a collection of domains within a Microsoft Active Directory network

i. A domain is defined as a logical group of network objects (computers, users, devices) that share the same active directory database. A tree is a collection of one or more domains and domain trees in a contiguous namespace, linked in a transitive trust hierarchy. At the top of the structure is the forest.

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