AD RMS supports the WID and Microsoft SQL Server databases (SQL Server 2005 onward). If an AD RMS cluster is going to use multiple servers, the database must be running on MS SQL. AD RMS uses three databases:
- Configuration database: This includes configuration data that is 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 the ...