Microsoft® Windows Server 2003: Administrator’s Companion

Chapter 2. Introducing Directory Services

Understanding Directory Services 17

Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 19

The Active Directory Architecture 23

Summary 27

Everyone uses directories—on or off the computer. Defined as a listing that helps you locate things, directories include bus schedules, book indexes, and telephone books. In fact, telephone directories are the source of the analogy for two searching capabilities that are necessary in computer directories. There’s the “white pages” search by attribute, in which you know a name or some other fact about the object and you search using that piece of information. The second type of search, called a “yellow pages” search, is done by category. Using both types ...