What is Active Directory?

Answer Posted / anil

it allows operating system like window server 2003, 2008 to
become server . because without AD these are only an
ordinary OS like xp.

Active Directory is Microsoft’s directory service that
stores information about objects on a network and makes this
information available to users and network administrators.
Active Directory gives network users access to permitted
resources anywhere on the network using a single logon
process. It provides network administrators with an
intuitive, hierarchical view of the network and a single
point of administration for all network objects. Active
Directory is designed especially for distributed networking
environments.

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