Short for Active Directory, the directory service built into Windows Server (AD DS). Entra Connect synchronises on-premises forests to Microsoft Entra ID.
Also called Active Directory.
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Terms in this definition
- AD DS
Short for Active Directory Domain Services, the domain controller-based Windows directory run on-premises. Microsoft Entra Domain Services offers a managed counterpart.
- Microsoft Entra Connect
Keeps Microsoft Entra ID in step with an on-premises Active Directory by synchronising its identities to the cloud.
- Microsoft Entra ID
Cloud identity service from Microsoft, previously named Azure AD, which provides the tenant behind Microsoft 365 and Azure.
Related terms
- Account is sensitive and cannot be delegated
An option on an Active Directory account that prevents any service, including those trusted for delegation, from delegating that privileged account's credentials.
- Active Directory Administrative Center
Includes a viewer showing the PowerShell behind each action, fine-grained password policy management and Recycle Bin restores; a Windows Server console for Active Directory built on PowerShell.
- Active Directory-integrated zone
A zone whose DNS data lives in Active Directory on DCs and replicates along with it, which enables secure dynamic updates and multimaster writes.
- AdminSDHolder
An Active Directory container whose permissions the SDProp process on the PDC emulator stamps onto protected group members every 60 minutes, undoing any changes made to them.
- ADSI
Set of COM interfaces for directory access; ADSI Edit uses them to view and modify Active Directory objects at a low level.
- AzFilesHybrid
Its Join-AzStorageAccount cmdlet registers a storage account with on-premises Active Directory, so file shares on Azure can authenticate AD DS identities.
- BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer
Optional feature adding a tab to ADUC computer objects so recovery passwords stored in Active Directory can be viewed.
- CNO
It creates computer objects for clustered roles. It represents a failover cluster's network name in Active Directory and is prestaged or made during setup.