Summary

• Active Directory is a distributed database that stores objects in a hierarchical, structured, and secure format.
• Active Directory's objects typically represent users, computers, peripheral devices and network services.
• The domain, the forest, and the tree represent the logical division of an AD infrastructure.
• A DC, is a server that is responsible for securely authenticating requests to access resources in your organization's domain.
• A domain is a logical grouping of users, computers, peripherals, network services, and security settings.
• A tree in an AD structure is comprised of one or more domains.
• In an AD structure, the forest consists of a collection of trees.
• Master schema and domain naming master are ForestWide operations master roles.
• RID, PDC emulator, and infrastructure master are DomainWide operations master roles.
• The best example of a domain is a...