This module provides an introduction to the purpose and structural components of the Active Directory™ directory service in Microsoft® Windows® 2000. At the end of this module, students will be able to: Describe the role of Active Directory in Windows 2000. Describe the logical structure of Active Directory. Describe the physical structure of Active Directory. Describe the roles of global catalog servers and operations masters in Active Directory. Describe the security subsystem and the role of Active Directory in it | MICROSOFT and CERTIFICATION Official Curriculum Module 2 Overview of Microsoft Windows 2000 Contents Overview Introduction to Active Directory Logical Structure Physical Structure Specific Domain Controller Roles Schema Fundamentals Security Subsystem Review Active Directory 1 2 9 16 19 24 31 35 Microsoft Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The names of companies products people characters and or data mentioned herein are fictitious and are in no way intended to represent any real individual company product or event unless otherwise noted. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. If however your only means of access is electronic permission to print one copy is hereby granted. Microsoft may have patents patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property. 2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft MS-DOS MS Windows Windows NT Active Directory directory service ActiveX BackOffice FrontPage Hotmail MSN Outlook PowerPoint SQL Server Visual Studios and Win32 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the . and or other countries. The names of companies products people characters and or data mentioned herein are fictitious and are in no way intended to represent any real individual company product or event unless otherwise noted. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Project Lead David Phillips Instructional Designers Lance .
