September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
Introduced with Windows 2000 Server as a replacement to Windows NT 4.0 domains, AD DS (then known simply as AD in Windows 2000) was later greatly improved in the 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, and now the 2012 versions. AD DS has achieved wide industry recognition and acceptance and has proven itself in reliability, scalability, and performance. The introduction of AD DS served to address some limitations in the legacy NT 4.0 domain structure design and also allowed for future Microsoft and third-party products to tie into a common interface.
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