Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Managing Users, Groups, and Devices

In the previous chapter, we learned about the main Active Directory (AD) object types and how we can add, edit, and remove them. We also learned about the different management tools that help us to do these tasks. Last but not least, we learned how we can locate AD objects or the value of an attribute when required, using different tools and methods. This chapter is an extension to that, as here we are going to talk about objects and attributes further.

The characteristics of an object are described using attributes. Some of these attributes are common across different types of objects and some are unique. If required, we can also add our own attributes. In this chapter, you will learn about object attributes ...