ACTIVE DIRECTORY ROLE MANAGEMENT

Active Directory Role Management

Active Directory Role Management

Introduction

Active Directory (AD) is the implementation by Microsoft of services Directory LDAP for operating systems Windows. The main purpose of Active Directory is to provide centralized identification and authentication to a computer network system using Windows. It also allows the allocation and implementation strategies, software distribution, and installation of critical updates for administrators. The Active Directory service can be implemented on Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

Active Directory stores its data and settings in a centralized database. The size of a basic Active Directory can range from a few hundred objects for smaller units to several million items for large configurations. Active Directory was first called NTDS, at its initial existence. Active Directory allows to identify all network information, whether users, machines or applications. Active Directory provides the central hub for any network architecture and is intended to allow a user to locate and access any resource identified by that service (Clines, Loughry, 2009).Discussion

Active Directory is a tool for users, but in so far as it allows a comprehensive representation of all resources and associated rights, it is also a tool of administration and network management. This is where the active directory management's role comes. As such, it provides tools to manage the distribution of the directory on the network, its duplication, and security and partitioning of the company directory. Roles are linked to the active directory's user groups for which the application user is a member. If any of these roles matches any of the specified roles for the page, the page will be displayed. If the roles do not match, the application user is redirected to the Forbidden page. If the user cannot be authenticated by the active directory, he is redirected to Sign In page.

Active directory lists the elements of a network administration such as user accounts, servers, workstations, shared folders, printers.

A user can easily find shared resources, and administrators can control their usage with features of distribution, duplication, partitioning and securing access to the resources listed. If the directors have informed the appropriate attributes, it will be possible to query the directory. The Active Directory management's role in terms of management is such that it allows centrally managing networks ranging from a few computers to business networks spread across multiple sites. Where active directory management tools are considered it can be used via any computer as long as there is right to use any domain. List of active directory administration tools that are accessible to the administrative tool menu are listed below.

Users and Computers Active Directory.

Domains and Trusts Active Directory.

Sites and Services Active Directory.

Active directory can also handle distinctly from a computer which is not a domain controller. The process of Active Directory administration is managing domains active directory, structure of the domain directory, domain objects (users, contacts, computers, groups, printers, etc), sites and network, and data replication.  All these problems can be solved by the three consoles installed in Active Directory that is installed on a domain controller. On the other domain computers, these consoles can be installed as ...