Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Active Directory Services

In this chapter, we are moving into the third part of this book, which focuses on the Active Directory (AD) server roles. There are five main Active Directory server roles:

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
• Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
• Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
• Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)

We have already looked into many AD components, features, and capabilities, but we are not quite done yet. AD services are attached to many different components, such as Domain Name System (DNS), Distributed File System (DFS) replication, and group policies. To maintain a healthy AD environment, we need ...