Domain A container for diverse resources used by teams in a single business unit. This has a wider remit than an internet domain, including security, machine identity and user details such as phone numbers and group memberships.
Object AD stores information about all the structures and software it supports as a three-level hierarchy. Schemas define what types of objects you can store, and then objects have lists of attributes that define what the particular object (a user, PC, mailbox, site, or connector) can be used for.
OU Organisational unit. A simple way of collecting people together into business groups or single-purpose containers. Other methods also exist: groups can be defined and discarded at will.
Replication The process by which domain controllers exchange Active Directory information. The cause of much AD confusion, when it…
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