Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Schema modification

Any kind of database has its own structure, called the schema. This is also applicable to an Active Directory database. This schema describes all the objects in Active Directory. By knowing the schema, you can modify or extend it. This is important for the development of Active Directory-integrated applications. Microsoft publishes Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) with a set of Component Object Model (COM) interfaces, and it can be used to access Active Directory service features from different network providers. Application developers can use it to develop their application to be Active Directory-integrated, and publish it to the directory. Users can search for the service through Active Directory, and applications ...