Windows® Command-Line Administrators Pocket Consultant, Second Edition

Chapter 13. Core Active Directory Services Administration

One of the more important areas of Windows networking has to do with Active Directory Domain Services. Active Directory is an extensible and scalable directory service that provides a network-wide database for storing account and resource information. Using Active Directory, you have a consistent way to name, describe, locate, manage, and secure information for resources. This means that you can use Active Directory to work with user, group, and computer accounts as easily as you can use it to work with applications, files, printers, and other types of resources. You can use Active Directory to help you manage the network infrastructure, perform system administration, and control the user ...