Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 Administrator’s Companion, Second Edition

Chapter 2. Active Directory for Exchange Administrators

Brief Overview of Active Directory

Other Active Directory Components

Exchange Server 2007 and Active Directory

DNS Configuration

Summary

In Chapter 1, you learned about some of the basic components of an Exchange organization. This chapter builds on that knowledge by describing how Exchange Server 2007 integrates with Active Directory and how it uses the services in Active Directory to its advantage. It begins with a brief overview of the Active Directory service and finishes by describing in more detail how Exchange Server 2007 uses Active Directory.

Brief Overview of Active Directory

A full explanation of Active Directory is outside the scope of this book, but a brief overview is warranted. ...