The Active Directory is the central repository in which all objects in an enterprise and their respective attributes are stored.
Active Directory provides a variety of network services, including Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. LDAP is the industry standard directory access protocol, making Active Directory widely accessible to management and query applications.
Active Directory provides:-
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP is the industry standard directory access protocol, making Active Directory widely accessible to management and query applications. Active Directory supports LDAPv3 and LDAPv2.
- Kerberos -based authentication
- DNS -based naming and other network information
- Central location for network administration and delegation of authority
- Information security and single sign-on for user access to networked based resources
- Central storage location for application data
