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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Active Directory Domain Services 2
Microsoft Active Directory 2
Active Directory Federation Services 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 (11)

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

NIS → commonAlternative → Active Directory ⓘ
LDAP → commonlyImplementedBy → Active Directory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft 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
Azure Active Directory → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ
this entity surface form: on-premises Active Directory
Lotus Domino → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Microsoft Active Directory
Power BI Report Server → integratesWith → Active Directory ⓘ
Windows 2000 → introducedFeature → Active Directory ⓘ
PowerShell → supportsAutomationOf → Active Directory ⓘ
Windows → supportsDirectoryService → Active Directory ⓘ