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Active Directory (AD) is a set of processes and services developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It provides authentication, authorization, security, and other directory-based services for users, computers, and applications.
ADFS is a software component by Microsoft that provides single sign-on access to systems and applications across organizational boundaries. It uses claims-based authentication and identity federation to maintain security and trust between security realms.
NTLM is a suite of Microsoft security protocols that provide authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users in Windows networks. NTLMv1 is the first version of NTLM, which uses hashed passwords and DES encryption to authenticate clients.
AD RMS (Active Directory Rights Management Services) is a server software that encrypts and restricts access to documents such as e-mails, Word files, and web pages. It uses policies embedded in the documents to control the operations authorized users can perform on them, such as printing, copying, editing, and deleting.
Active Directory naming context (NC) or directory partition, is a logical portion of the Microsoft's Active Directory (AD). Description of the naming context. Active Directory can support tens of millions of objects. To scale up those objects, the Active Directory database is divided up into partitions for replication and administration.
AGDLP is an abbreviation for "account, global, domain local, permission", a scheme for implementing role-based access controls (RBAC) using nested groups in a native-mode Active Directory domain. Learn how AGDLP simplifies account management and security audits, and how it differs from other RBAC implementations in AD forests and Windows NT domains.
A domain controller (DC) is a server that responds to security authentication requests within a computer network domain. Learn about the software, implementation and examples of DCs in Windows, Linux and other platforms.
Windows Server Essentials is a discontinued server suite from Microsoft for small businesses. It includes Windows Server, Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services, and Microsoft Outlook, and has a history of changes and versions since 1997.