Active Directory Fundamentals

DNS and Active Directory

May 18, 2021
What is AD DNS? Domain Name System (DNS) is a name resolution method that is used to resolve hostnames to IP addresses. It is used on TCP/IP networks and across the internet. DNS is a namespace. Active Directory is built on DNS. DNS namespace is used internet-wide while the Active Directory namespace is used across a private network. The reason behind the choice of DNS is that it is highly…
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Active Directory Policies

Group Policy Objects

March 3, 2021
What is a Group policy object? A virtual group of policy settings is called a Group Policy Object (GPO). A GPO has a distinctive name, like a GUID (globally unique identifier). GPOs can be created like any other active directory object and are linked to a Site, domain, or OU in which the policy settings have to be applied. GPO settings are evaluated by clients using the hierarchical nature of…
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Active Directory Fundamentals

What are Domain Controllers?

March 2, 2021
 What are Domain Controllers (DC)?  The computer machines that function as servers in the domain can either be a member server or a DC. A member server belongs to a particular domain, but it does not authenticate the users of that domain. There is no data about the entire AD network installed in it. DCs on the other hand, are servers responsible for allowing access to domain resources. It…
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Active Directory Fundamentals

What is Global Catalog Server in Active Directory?

March 2, 2021
What you will learn from this article: An Active Directory network would be made of forests and domains. The domain controllers (DC) of a particular domain would contain all the information of the domain they belong to. However, these DCs would not contain information about objects from other domains under the same forest. This may pose a problem when there is a need to look up information…
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Active Directory Fundamentals

DNS and Active Directory

March 2, 2021
Domain Name System (DNS) is a name resolution method that is used to resolve host names to IP addresses. It is used on TCP/IP networks and across the internet. DNS is a namespace. Active Directory is built on DNS. DNS namespace is used internet wide while the Active Directory namespace is used across a private network. The reason behind the choice of DNS is that it is highly scalable and it is an…
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