Active Directory, Domain, Forests

• Directory Services
• Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
• LDAP
• Tree
• Forest
• DNS domain
• Windows domain
• Organizational Unit (OU)
• Common Name (CN)
• Schema
• Group Policy Objects (GPO)
• Global Catalog (GC)
• Trust Relationships; One-Way, Transitive, Cross-Link

Links:

• http://www.reso-net.com/Documents/007222343X_ch03.pdf
• http://www.doecirc.energy.gov/documents/MS_Active_Directory_Design_Guide.pdf
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310996