Active Directory

A directory is a book that lists individuals or organizations including details, such as names, addresses, and emails, in a sorted way, generally alphabetically or by theme. In other words, a directory contains stored and structured objects to ease the access and the manipulation of these objects. In a small-scale organization, if you need a file, you need to know in what server the file resides and its full path. This works in small environments, but it is not practical in medium- and large-scale companies. Thus, locating a file using that way could be a real challenge. The problem doesn't stop there, as we know every user could have many access credentials, such as passwords, which makes it difficult to manage all the credentials, if the number is high. That is why the need arose for a directory service to locate resources without knowing the full location...