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Active Directory User Object: An Introduction

March 2, 2021
What you will learn from this article: Active Directory is a directory service that organizations can use to organize their resources. The Active Directory network is comprised of elements called Active Directory objects. These objects represent resources that are a part of the network. There are several types of objects such as a user, computer, printer, and more. In this article, we will take…
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Authenticating and authorizing objects in AD

March 2, 2021
When it comes to resource sharing, the first thought is to provide access only to those who require it and to the level they require it. This is where security principal objects play a crucial role, in that they can be “authenticated” and “authorized” to use other resource objects. AD authenticates the security principal objects using access tokens. As already mentioned every security…
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How to locate Active Directory Objects

March 2, 2021
What you’ll learn: Active Directory administrators have had to come up with unique ways of finding objects in Active Directory. In a small environment, locating the required object can be quite straightforward. However, in large environments, there are tools and techniques to help with the search. Manually digging through thousands of users, groups, and computers to find the…
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Ownership of objects in Active Directory

March 2, 2021
The user who creates the object is by default the owner and administrator of the object. He can delegate administrative rights to another user for ease of management. Administrative rights can be delegated by using the delegation control wizard in Active Directory. To delegate control of a container object in Active Directory: Expand the ADUC console tree Then right click on the container…
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Active Directory Object Classes and Attributes: An overview

March 2, 2021
Active Directory stores data in the form of objects. In this article, let us take a complete overview on Active Directory object classes and attributes. An object can be a single element, such as a user, group, OU, sites, contacts or any devices such as a printer or a computer. In Active Directory, the objects are of two types: Container Objects Leaf objects Container objects store…
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Active Directory Object Attributes

March 2, 2021
What are Active Directory object attributes? Active Directory (AD) object attributes are pieces of information or data that define the properties of the objects. For example, a computer object would have AD attributes such as computer name and DNS name. All AD attributes have an LDAP name that can be used in LDAP queries, such as displayname for ‘Full Name’, givenname for…
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AD object classification

March 2, 2021
Active directory objects can be classified into two broad types. 1. Security principal objects 2. Resources Security principal objects The objects that can be authenticated by AD are called security principal objects. These objects have unique identifiers across the domain called SIDs (security Identifier). User accounts, computer accounts and security groups are the security principal…
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Framework of Active Directory

March 2, 2021
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…
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Trusts in Active Directory: An overview

March 2, 2021
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…
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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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