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ALSO CALLED: Microsoft Active Directory
DEFINITION: Active Directory is Microsoft's trademarked directory service, an integral part of the Windows 2000 architecture. Like other directory services, such as Novell Directory Services (NDS), Active Directory is a centralized and standardized system that automates network management of user data, security, and distributed resources, and enables interoperation with other directories. Active Directory is designed  … 
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Active Directory Reports
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Virtualizing a Windows Active Directory Domain Infrastructure
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment.
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009


How Effective Email Management Helps Solve IT Challenges
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
WEBCAST: How long could your company survive if email suddenly stopped? This webcast presents how Iron Mountain's Total Email Management Suit can give you more control over corporate email, while cutting costs and complexity and reducing risks.
Posted: 07 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 07 Oct 2009


The Active Directory Recycle Bin: The End of Third-Party Recovery Tools?
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: Windows Server 2008 R2 offers a number of exciting new features, including an expanded Server Core offering, new Active Directory features, and - of special interest to anyone who has ever wished Active Directory had an “undo” button - a sort of recycle bin for Active Directory objects.
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 05 Oct 2009


Top Eight Do's and Don'ts of Managing Access Control in the Windows/AD Environment
sponsored by Quest Software
WHITE PAPER: This tech brief presents eight recommendations to help you proactively address the difficulties of access control in a Microsoft-centric environment, and avoid the common pitfalls, risks and costs.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009


Daily Active Directory Administration: Simplified, Streamlined - and Successful
sponsored by Quest Software
TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Active Directory certainly gets plenty of attention when it comes to high-profile issues like security, compliance, auditing, and so forth—but what about all of the work you do managing AD on a day-to-day basis? Learn how Quest ActiveRoles Server (ARS)makes AD administration more efficient, automated, consistent, powerful and faster.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009


Integrating Unix and Linux Systems with Active Directory
sponsored by Quest Software
TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Microsoft Active Directory has always proven ideal in providing secure access of users to all systems in an enterprise using the Windows platform. Unfortunately, by itself, AD can't provide the same level of security, compliance, and scalability to Unix, Linux, and Java systems. Quest Software can bridge that gap.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009


The Full Price Tag of Your Email Environment
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
WHITE PAPER: Understanding how much your current email system costs, and how that all adds up, is the key to making changes and to providing a better service for your users. This paper will list and discuss what your email infrastructure is really costing you.
Posted: 23 Sep 2009 | Published: 23 Sep 2009


Quest Connect 2009
sponsored by Quest Software
VIRTUAL SEMINAR: Interact and learn, virtually, at Quest Connect '09. With 67 webcasts in three session halls, we're bringing content that directly benefits the way you do business - right to your desk.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009


GroupID 5 Suite - 60 Day Free Trial!
sponsored by Imanami
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Imanami's GroupID revolutionizes how IT manages groups. Your company's distribution and security groups will never again be out of date. Membership will always be accurate and outdated groups will be removed from Active Directory. Automatically.
Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009


Five Things About Windows Server 2008 You Might Not Know
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know?
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 30 Jun 2009


ChangeAuditor for Active Directory
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Microsoft Active Directory, File Systems and Exchange are part of your mission-critical infrastructure. And you need to find a way to be notified, in real-time, of critical changes to your Windows based infrastructure. ChangeAuditor is the answer.
Posted: 16 Apr 2009 | Published: 16 Apr 2009


Recovery Manager for Active Directory
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Human error and hardware or software failures can easily corrupt Active Directory. AD objects can often be modified or deleted by mistake and faulty scripts can overwrite attributes. The result is unplanned system downtime and lost user productivity.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


SpotLight on Active Directory- Diagnostic Tool for Troubleshooting in AD Environments
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: How can you tell if your domain controller is experiencing problems with replication or performance? How do you identify resource bottlenecks? We can help.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


ActiveRoles Server - Active Directory Management
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Businesses today grow and change at a frantic pace, making Active Directory (AD) management one of the most time-consuming IT tasks. AD administrators struggle to keep up with requests to create, change or remove user access to various network resources.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


Enterprise Security Reporter Version 3.6.3
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: In large networks, the sheer number of permission settings makes it almost impossible to gain a clear overview of overall security, and checking that all those permission are in compliance with corporate and regulatory standards is a Herculean task.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


Active Administrator Version 5.0.1 - Active Directory Management
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Active Directory becomes very complex to manage in Windows networks. Administrators leave, users are given elevated privileges, applications require special accounts - very soon you have an Active Directory full of security weaknesses.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


Security Explorer for Exchange Version 7.0.2
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Financial records, human resource data, customer profiles and more are just a few of the content types that could get in the wrong hands if the appropriate security controls are not in place.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


Windows Server 2008 "Starter" GPOs
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: An old Chinese proverb advises us to "preserve the old, but know the new." Microsoft's old template concept has been preserved in the Windows Server 2008 operating system, in the form of what Microsoft calls the starter GPO (Group Policy Object).
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008


SharePoint: How It's Leveraged and How It Works
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how users, managers, and network administrators view and utilize SharePoint. It also explains how SharePoint works for both SharePoint users and architects.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Published: 10 Dec 2008

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ACTIVE DIRECTORY DEFINITION (continued): …  especially for distributed networking environments. Ask your questions about Active Directory at ITKnowledgeExchange.comActive Directory features include:Support for the X.500 standard for global directories The capability for secure extension of network operations to the WebA hierarchical organization that provides a single point of access for system administration (management of user accounts, clients, servers, and applications, for example) to reduce redundancy and errorsAn object-oriented storage organization, which allows easier access to information Support for the Lightweight Directory … 
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