AD RMS supports WID and the Microsoft SQL Server database. If an AD RMS cluster is going to have multiple servers, its database must be in the MS SQL Server. It supports SQL Server 2005 onward. AD RMS has three databases:
- Configuration database: This includes configuration data related to the AD RMS cluster, Windows users identities, and the AD RMS certificate key pair that is used to create a cluster.
- Logging database: This contains the logging data for the AD RMS setup. By default, it will install it in the same SQL Server instance that hosts the configuration database.
- Directory service database: This database maintains cached data about users, SID values, group membership, and related identifiers. This data is collected by ...