Architecture & Design

The Active Directory structure is built on the domain level. The framework that holds the objects can be viewed at different levels namely forest, domain trees and domains. At the top of the level is the forest. A forest holds all the Active directory data. The first domain added to the forest is the forest root domain. Information exchange happens within a forest. All domains within a…

What you will learn from this article: An Active Directory network may contain several domains in a hierarchical fashion. All the resources of one domain are not directly available to every other domain. The availability of resource sharing is governed by Active Directory trusts. In this article, we will take a look at what are trusts in Active Directory, how they are categorized, and the…

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…

What you’ll learn: Active Directory authentication and authorization are security processes. These processes are necessary for any environment so that the resources of an environment are not misused by anyone. In this article, we will take a look at authentication vs authorization in an AD environment, and how AD tackles these processes. Before going further, let’s take a look at…

What is Active Directory Active Directory (AD) is a directory service provided by Microsoft designed for Windows domain networks to organize and manage users, attributes, memberships, accounts, and more. It offers centralized authorization and authentication to maintain seamless and secure management of resources and data. AD is crucial for managing users and devices across networks and locations…

What are objects in Active Directory? Objects in Active Directory (AD) are entities that represent resources that are present in the AD network. These resources can be users, computers, printers, contact persons who may be vendors for the organization, and more. AD objects are characterized by a set of information. Each piece of information is called an AD object attribute. For example, a user…

Difference between Active Directory and Windows NT What you will learn:Windows NT and Active Directory, at the core, are network operating systems (NOS) developed by Microsoft for centralized management of network devices. Active Directory is the successor to Windows NT. In this article, we will discuss in brief the network operating systems, take a look at what directory services are, and go…

The New 250 GB Upload Limit for Microsoft 365. Good or Bad? Big Files and Differential Sync Some excitement was generated, at least inside Microsoft, for theJanuary 12 announcementthat SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business now support uploads of files sized up to 250 GB. This is an increase from theprevious 100 GB maximum announced in July 2020. The new capability is…