Active Directory (English Wikipedia)

Thomas, Guy (29 November 2000). "Windows Server 2008 - New Features". ComputerPerformance.co.uk. Computer Performance Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

ietf.org

Howes, T.; Smith, M. (August 1995). "The LDAP Application Program Interface". The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Howard, L. (March 1998). "An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service". Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Zeilenga, K. (February 2001). "LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation". The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Zeilenga, K.; Choi, J.H. (June 2006). "The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Content Synchronization Operation". The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

itadmintools.com

"ITAdminTools Perl Scripts Repository". ITAdminTools.com. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

joeware.net

blog.joeware.net

"sAMAccountName is always unique in a Windows domain... or is it?". Joeware. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013. examples of how multiple AD objects can be created with the same sAMAccountName

metacpan.org

"Win32::OLE". Perl Open-Source Community. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

microsoft.com

technet.microsoft.com

Hynes, Byron (November 2006). "The Future of Windows: Directory Services in Windows Server "Longhorn"". TechNet Magazine. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 Network". Active Directory Collection. Microsoft. 13 March 2003. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
"What's New in Active Directory in Windows Server". Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 Tech Center. Microsoft. 31 August 2016.
"AD LDS versus AD DS". Microsoft. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
"Active Directory Certificate Services Overview". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
"Step 1: Preinstallation Tasks". TechNet. Microsoft. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
"Organizational Units". Distributed Systems Resource Kit (TechNet). Microsoft. 2011. An organizational unit in Active Directory is analogous to a directory in the file system
Microsoft Server 2008 Reference, discussing shadow groups used for fine-grained password policies: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770394%28WS.10%29.aspx
"Specifying Security and Administrative Boundaries". Microsoft Corporation. 23 January 2005. However, service administrators have abilities that cross domain boundaries. For this reason, the forest is the ultimate security boundary, not the domain.
Andreas Luther (9 December 2009). "Active Directory Replication Traffic". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 26 May 2010. The Active Directory is made up of one or more naming contexts or partitions.
"Sites overview". Microsoft Corporation. 21 January 2005. A site is a set of well-connected subnets.
"Planning for domain controllers and member servers". Microsoft Corporation. 21 January 2005. [...] member servers, [...] belong to a domain but do not contain a copy of the Active Directory data.
"What Is the Global Catalog?". Microsoft Corporation. 10 December 2009. [...] a domain controller can locate only the objects in its domain. [...] The global catalog provides the ability to locate objects from any domain [...]
"Directory data store". Microsoft Corporation. 21 January 2005. Active Directory uses four distinct directory partition types to store [...] data. Directory partitions contain domain, configuration, schema, and application data.
"What Is the Active Directory Replication Model?". Microsoft Corporation. 28 March 2003. Domain controllers request (pull) changes rather than send (push) changes that might not be needed.
"What Is Active Directory Replication Topology?". Microsoft Corporation. 28 March 2003. SMTP can be used to transport nondomain replication [...]
"Active Directory Backup and Restore". TechNet. Microsoft. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
"AD DS: All domains should have at least two functioning domain controllers for redundancy". TechNet. Microsoft. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
"Installing Exchange on a domain controller is not recommended". TechNet. Microsoft. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
"Security Considerations for a SQL Server Installation". TechNet. Microsoft. Retrieved 5 February 2014. After SQL Server is installed on a computer, you cannot change the computer from a domain controller to a domain member. You must uninstall SQL Server before you change the host computer to a domain member.
"Exchange Server Analyzer". TechNet. Microsoft. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Running SQL Server on the same computer as a production Exchange mailbox server is not recommended.
"Running Domain Controllers in Hyper-V". TechNet. Microsoft. Planning to Virtualize Domain Controllers. Retrieved 5 February 2014. You should attempt to avoid creating potential single points of failure when you plan your virtual domain controller deployment.frank
"Domain and Forest Trusts Technical Reference". Microsoft Corporation. 28 March 2003. Trusts enable [...] authentication and [...] sharing resources across domains or forests
"Domain and Forest Trusts Work". Microsoft Corporation. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013. Defines several kinds of trusts. (automatic, shortcut, forest, realm, external)
"Active Directory Administration with Windows PowerShell". Microsoft. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
"Using Scripts to Search Active Directory". Microsoft. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

docs.microsoft.com

"Microsoft Kerberos - Win32 apps". docs.microsoft.com. 7 January 2021.
"Domain Name System (DNS)". docs.microsoft.com. 10 January 2022.
"Compare Active Directory-based services in Azure". docs.microsoft.com. 3 April 2023.
"Overview of authentication in Power Apps portals". Microsoft Docs. Microsoft. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
"Test Lab Guide: Deploying an AD RMS Cluster". Microsoft Docs. Microsoft. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
"Privileged Access Management for Active Directory Domain Services". docs.microsoft.com. 8 February 2023.

msdn.microsoft.com

"Directory System Agent". MSDN Library. Microsoft. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
"AD LDS". Microsoft. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
"Global Catalog". Microsoft Corporation.
"Attributes Included in the Global Catalog". Microsoft Corporation. 26 August 2010. The isMemberOfPartialAttributeSet attribute of an attributeSchema object is set to TRUE if the attribute is replicated to the global catalog. [...] When deciding whether or not to place an attribute in the global catalog remember that you are trading increased replication and increased disk storage on global catalog servers for, potentially, faster query performance.
Active Directory Service Interfaces, Microsoft

social.technet.microsoft.com

"How to Replace the SSL, Service Communications, Token-Signing, and Token-Decrypting Certificates". TechNet. Microsoft. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
"TechNet Wiki". social.technet.microsoft.com.

support.microsoft.com

"You may encounter problems when installing SQL Server on a domain controller (Revision 3.0)". Support. Microsoft. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

padl.com

"RFC 2307bis". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

petri.com

Daniel Petri (8 January 2009). "Active Directory Client (dsclient) for Win98/NT".

rackspace.com

support.rackspace.com

Rackspace Support (27 April 2016). "Install Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit". Rackspace. Rackspace US, Inc. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

samba.org

"Samba 4.0.0 Available for Download". SambaPeople. SAMBA Project. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

people.samba.org

"The great DRS success!". SambaPeople. SAMBA Project. 5 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

technet.com

blogs.technet.com

Degremont, Michel (30 June 2011). "Can I install SQL Server on a domain controller?". Microsoft SQL Server blog. Retrieved 5 February 2014. For security and performance reasons, we recommend that you do not install a standalone SQL Server on a domain controller.
efleis (8 June 2006). "Large AD database? Probably not this large". Blogs.technet.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

techrepublic.com

"Dsclient.exe connects Windows 9x/NT PCs to Active Directory". 5 June 2003.
Posey, Brien (23 August 2010). "10 tips for effective Active Directory design". TechRepublic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 5 February 2014. Whenever possible, your domain controllers should run on dedicated servers (physical or virtual).

veeam.com

Berkouwer, Sander. "Active Directory basics". Veeam Software.

web.archive.org

Hynes, Byron (November 2006). "The Future of Windows: Directory Services in Windows Server "Longhorn"". TechNet Magazine. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 Network". Active Directory Collection. Microsoft. 13 March 2003. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
Rackspace Support (27 April 2016). "Install Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit". Rackspace. Rackspace US, Inc. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
Howes, T.; Smith, M. (August 1995). "The LDAP Application Program Interface". The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Howard, L. (March 1998). "An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service". Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Zeilenga, K. (February 2001). "LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation". The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Zeilenga, K.; Choi, J.H. (June 2006). "The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Content Synchronization Operation". The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
Thomas, Guy (29 November 2000). "Windows Server 2008 - New Features". ComputerPerformance.co.uk. Computer Performance Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
efleis (8 June 2006). "Large AD database? Probably not this large". Blogs.technet.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
"Samba 4.0.0 Available for Download". SambaPeople. SAMBA Project. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
"The great DRS success!". SambaPeople. SAMBA Project. 5 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
"RFC 2307bis". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

worldcat.org

King, Robert (2003). Mastering Active directory for Windows server 2003 (3rd ed.). Alameda, Calif.: Sybex. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-7821-5201-2. OCLC 62876800.