Mastering Active Directory

Active Directory objects

If we need to describe a person or thing, we use different adjectives. This can include personality, ethical background, physical appearance, or characteristics. Most of these are not unique. For example, when you talk about a 6-feet boy, there can be lots of 6-feet boys in the city. But it still explains the person that we're trying to describe is definitely not a girl. If we need to uniquely identify a person or thing, we need some unique attributes associated with them. If it's a person, the passport number, telephone number, or national insurance number will make the person unique from others. If it's a thing, the serial number or bar code associated with it makes it unique.

Within an organization, there are many ...