AD Domain Services

What you will learn: In this article, we will take a look at what an access control list (ACL) and an access control entry (ACE) are, the components that make up an ACL and ACE, and also dive into the types of ACLs and ACEs, and their purposes. What are Access Control Lists, and why do we need them? In an Active Directory network, not all users or computers would require access to all the…

Introduction: The process of administering and monitoring the activities of the Active Directory service, which is typically found in Windows Server operating systems, is known as Active Directory management. The major goal of AD management is to automate Active Directory user provisioning operations, compliance with rules and audits, security, and centralized access to each user’s…

Authenticating users in a computer network. Employees in any organization, big or small, need to log in to their computers at the start of their work day. Logging in gives them access to shared files, folders, printers, critical applications related to work, as well as the internet. Organizations need to authenticate and verify the identity of each user before they gain access to these…

Organizational units (OUs) When you deploy Active Directory (AD) in your company, you may decide to create multiple organizational units (OUs) within your domain. An OU is a container within your domain that holds users, groups, computers, and other objects. You use an OU to store similar objects, making them easy to access and administer them. An OU will always be contained within a single…

Active Directory Subnets A single, physical network can be broken into smaller segments called subnets in a process called subnetting. Each subnet on a network is connected by routers. Every device in a network, whether it’s a domain controller (DC), a server, or a client, must belong to a particular subnet. By using subnets, an organization won’t need to acquire a new network number…