Microsoft Active Directory Presented by Sherese Harrell, Rebecca Meinhold, and Brenden Tourelle

What is Active Directory? Distributed DatabaseOrganizes the objects of a network Forest Domains OU’s

Object Class Object Schema Object Classes Objects Attributes

The object class “Computer” would apply these attributes: The object class “User” would apply these attributes:

Cost Less Costly More Costly Organization Size Small Medium-Large Forests Forest Single-Forest Design Multi-Forest Design Administration/Support Easier to Maintain Harder to Maintain Security Less Secure More Secure

Domains Manage the administrative requirements of your organization Used to control when replication occurs within the forest Units of Policy Units of Replication Authentication & Authorization Boundaries Units of Trust Forest Domains

Domain Trees Top-Level Domain Sub- Domain Object Sub- Domain Object

Organizational Units Domains contain Organizational Units The forest is made up of Domains OU’s are used to categorize user accounts, groups, and resources Forest Domains OU’s Parent Child Security RightsTrust Relationships

Domain OU’s Forest: lsu.edu

Controlling Access to Resources Permissions Security Descriptor User Authentication Discretionary System

Benefits of Active Directory Increased Network Security Simplified Network Management Simplified Resource Sharing Low total cost