
It provides only a subset of the AD DS features, which makes it more versatile in terms of where it can be run. Lightweight Directory Services: AD LDS is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service. Some of those services have been listed below: Organizational Units: An OU is used to organize users, groups, computers, and other organizational units.Ĭontainers: A container is similar to an OU, however, unlike an OU, it is not possible to link a Group Policy Object (GPO) to a generic Active Directory container.īesides Active Directory Domain Services, there are a handful of other critical services that AD provides. The trees in a forest can also trust each other, and will also share directory schemas, catalogs, application information, and domain configurations. Since domains in a tree are related, they are said to “trust” each other.įorest: A forest is the highest level of organization within AD and contains a group of trees. Trees: A tree is one or more domains grouped together in a logical hierarchy. A domain has the same structure as standard domains and sub-domains, e.g. You can think of a domain as a branch in a tree. The Hierarchical Structure of Active Directory Domain ServicesĪD DS organizes data in a hierarchical structure consisting of domains, trees, and forests, as detailed below.ĭomains: A domain represents a group of objects such as users, groups, and devices, which share the same AD database.

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