What and Why Active Directory?

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft directory service that helps organize and manage users, devices, and network resources in Windows domain networks.

• Why we should user Active Directory?

• Authentication and authorization

  AD checks users' credentials and determines what they can access based on their role or group membership.

• Centralized management

  Administrators can use a single network logon to manage directory data and organization.

• Storing information

  AD stores information about users, groups, applications, devices, passwords, and more.

• Managing domains

  AD's hierarchical organizational structure helps manage interactions between users and devices in distributed networks.

• Group policy management

  Administrators can implement specific configurations across multiple machines.