Active Directory Integration
Active Directory is the central information store used by Windows Server to maintain entity and relationship data for a wide variety of objects in a networked environment. AD provides a set of core services, including authentication, authorization, and directory services. ConfigMgr takes advantage of the AD environment to support many of its features. For information about Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 R2, see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/active-directory.aspx.
ConfigMgr can use AD to publish information about its sites and services, making it easily accessible to Active Directory clients. To take advantage of this capability, you must extend the AD schema to create classes of objects ...
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