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Appendix C: Active Directory Basics

Overview

With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large

database/information store. Prior to Active Directory the Windows OS could not

store additional information in its domain database. Active Directory also solved the

problem of locating resources; which previously relied on Network Neighborhood,

and was slow. Managing users and groups were among other issues Active Directory

solved.

What is Active Directory?

Active Directory was built as a scalable, extensible directory service that was

designed to meet corporate needs. A repository for storing user information,

accounts, passwords, printers, computers, network information and other data,

Microsoft calls Active Directory a "namespace" where names can be resolved.

ADS Benefits

ADS lets Thecus IP storage integrate itself with the existing ADS in an office

environment. This means the Thecus IP storage is able to recognize your office

users and passwords on the ADS server. Other major benefits ADS support provides

include:

1. Easy integration of Thecus IP storage into the existing office IT infrastructure

The Thecus IP storage acts as a member of the ADS. This feature

significantly lowers the overhead of the system administrator. For example,

corporate security policies and user privileges on an ADS server can be

enforced automatically on Thecus IP storage.

2. Centralized user/password database

The Thecus IP storage does not maintain its own copy of the user/password

database. This avoids data inconsistency between Thecus IP storage and

other servers. For example, without ADS support, an administrator might

need to remove a specific user privilege on Thecus IP storage and each

individual server. With ADS support, the change on an ADS server is known

to all of its ADS members.

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