Active Directory

Active Directory is an identity and access management solution developed by Microsoft including a set of services and features.

Active Directory includes:

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• Understanding Active Directory
  • Understanding Active Directory.

• Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
  • AD CS can be used as a Certificate authority (CA) to issue certificates for internal devices or users.

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • AD DS is a directory service to store and group resources in an organization, you can also apply policies to specific resources.

• Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
  • Limits operations on documents such as prohibiting reading or editing by protecting documents using information rights management (IRM).

• Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
  • Extends the ability to use single sign-on (SSO) functionality, which allows users to authenticate once and access multiple resources without being prompted for more credentials.