Active Directory

E37362

Microsoft technology directory service identity management system

Active Directory is Microsoft's centralized directory and identity management service used to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and resources in Windows-based networks.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Active Directory canonical	16
Active Directory Domain Services	12
Microsoft Active Directory	4
Windows Authentication	2
on-premises Active Directory	2
Active Directory (on managed devices)	1
Active Directory Federation Services	1
Active Directory database	1
Active Directory directory service	1
Active Directory environments	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Microsoft technology ⓘ directory service ⓘ identity management system ⓘ
abbreviation	AD ⓘ
authenticationMethod	Kerberos tickets ⓘ NTLM challenge-response ⓘ
component	Active Directory Certificate Services ⓘ Active Directory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Active Directory Domain Services Active Directory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Active Directory Federation Services Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ⓘ Active Directory Rights Management Services ⓘ
configurationInterface	Microsoft Management Console snap-ins ⓘ PowerShell cmdlets ⓘ
coreComponent	Active Directory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Active Directory Domain Services
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
initialReleaseYear	1999 ⓘ
integratesWith	Azure Active Directory ⓘ Microsoft Exchange Server ⓘ SharePoint ⓘ surface form: Microsoft SharePoint System Center ⓘ
introducedIn	Windows 2000 ⓘ surface form: Windows 2000 Server
licenseModel	proprietary software ⓘ
manages	computers ⓘ domains ⓘ group policies ⓘ groups ⓘ organizational units ⓘ security principals ⓘ users ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily	Windows ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Windows
ownedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
platform	Windows Server ⓘ
primaryFunction	access control ⓘ centralized authentication ⓘ centralized authorization ⓘ directory services ⓘ identity management ⓘ
provides	centralized credential store ⓘ centralized security policy management ⓘ directory-based resource lookup ⓘ
scopeOfUse	Windows-based networks ⓘ enterprise networks ⓘ
securityModel	role-based access control ⓘ
supportsFeature	Flexible Single Master Operations roles ⓘ Group Policy ⓘ fine-grained password policies ⓘ forest and domain trusts ⓘ global catalog ⓘ multi-master replication ⓘ sites and services topology ⓘ
supportsProtocol	DNS ⓘ Kerberos ⓘ LDAP ⓘ NTLM ⓘ SMB ⓘ
supportsStandard	X.500-inspired directory model ⓘ
usedFor	computer account management ⓘ group management ⓘ policy enforcement ⓘ single sign-on in Windows domains ⓘ user account management ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows → supportsDirectoryService → Active Directory ⓘ

Lotus Domino → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Active Directory

Windows 2000 → introducedFeature → Active Directory ⓘ

Power BI Report Server → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

PowerShell → supportsAutomationOf → Active Directory ⓘ

Active Directory → component → Active Directory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory → component → Active Directory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory → coreComponent → Active Directory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

LDAP → commonlyImplementedBy → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Active Directory

Azure Active Directory → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: on-premises Active Directory

NIS → commonAlternative → Active Directory ⓘ

Oracle Internet Directory → supportsIntegration → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Active Directory

Oracle Virtual Directory → canIntegrateWith → Active Directory ⓘ

Microsoft Exchange Server → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

MSMQ → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

Windows Server 2003 → supports → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory directory service

Group Policy → configurationStorage → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory database

Remote Installation Services → configurationStorage → Active Directory ⓘ

Kerberos → commonlyUsedIn → Active Directory ⓘ

Enterprise → supports → Active Directory ⓘ

subject surface form: Windows Vista Enterprise

this entity surface form: Active Directory environments

Proxmox VE → supportsAuthenticationBackend → Active Directory ⓘ

Windows Server Core (some versions) → supportsRole → Active Directory ⓘ

subject surface form: Windows Server Core

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Windows Server 2008 → includesComponent → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

System Center Configuration Manager → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory Certificate Services → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory Rights Management Services → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Remote Desktop Services → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Configuration Manager → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Microsoft Cloud → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

HPE StoreEasy → supportsDirectoryService → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Active Directory

BitLocker (device encryption variant) → recoveryKeyBackup → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory (on managed devices)

Windows Server → supports → Active Directory ⓘ

Windows Server → includesComponent → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services → relatedTo → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services → comparedTo → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Active Directory Domain Services

System Center → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

X.500 → influenced → Active Directory ⓘ

SQL Server Authentication → contrastedWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows Authentication

SQL Server Authentication → consideredLessSecureThan → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows Authentication

Microsoft Entra → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: on-premises Active Directory

Jenkins → supportsAuthentication → Active Directory ⓘ