Chapter 1. Active Directory Logical Structure

Active Directory™, the directory service that is included with Microsoft® Windows® 2000, stores information about network objects and also implements the services that make this information available and usable to users, computers, and applications. The Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchical naming system and Windows 2000 trust relationships provide a consistent, logical structure that facilitates the organization of domains and domain resources in a predictable and useful way.

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