Mastering Active Directory

Hierarchical naming structure

In Chapter 1, Active Directory Fundamentals, we looked into domain trees and explored how domain trees can be used to organize the domain structure in the hierarchical method. DNS allows you to translate that logical structure into the domain namespace. Similar to a tree, it starts from the root and is spread into different layers, such as branches and leaves. In the domain tree, the root is represented by a dot (.). The actual tree branch contains many leaves. In the domain tree, a branch represents a collection of named resources. A leaf in a branch represents a single named entry. In a tree, branch and leaves depend on each other. Branches or leaves are part of one system until everything is attached together. ...