Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Controlador de domínio" in Portuguese language version.
A domain controller is a server that is running a version of the Windows Server® operating system and has Active Directory® Domain Services installed.
[...] servers in a domain can have one of two roles: domain controllers, which contain matching copies of the user accounts and other Active Directory data in a given domain, and member servers, which belong to a domain but do not contain a copy of the Active Directory data. (A server that belongs to a workgroup, not a domain, is called a stand-alone server.)
Evaluating Active Directory Server RAM [...] Evaluating the amount of RAM that a domain controller (DC) needs is actually quite a complex exercise.
How To Create an Active Directory Server in Windows Server 2003 [...] To convert a Windows Server 2003 computer into the first domain controller in the forest, follow these steps [...]
[...] you must restart Outlook if that particular Active Directory server stops responding.
Is a Connection Agreement configured for the Exchange Server computer to the Active Directory server?
[...] changes do not replicate between a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory server (in forest functional level 1 or in forest functional level 2) and a Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 computer [...]
[...] the term "AD Servers" is not a phrase you will find in any of the technical books and I myself have not heard that term used in the industry.
