Microsoft® Windows® XP Unleashed

Appendix B. Overview of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and Microsoft's Active Directory

In This Appendix

• The Development of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

• Working with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

• Microsoft's Active Directory

Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) is useful for storing information that often needs to be looked up on a network. The AD extends the concept of a directory to include storing information about not just files on a computer, but all kinds of useful information in a networked environment. In this appendix, you learn about the pre-history of lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP), how to use LDAP, and Microsoft's implementation of directory services. You see what actual user and computer accounts ...