Active Directory

With the increasing number of applications and systems used in organizations, alongside with increasing the number of identities that employees will use, the IT team must manage. In fact, one of the main challenges of IT management is the authentication, authorization and rationalization of identities (users, computers, etc.) Because there is a big need for a central place where you keep information about users and their privileges.

Microsoft Active Directory is the most famous Directory Service that is included as part of Windows Server products and which among other things allows you to:

Creating a Unified Directory architecture;
Implementation of Active Directory domain controllers and replication architecture according to the needs of the organization;
Implementation of a number of business applications;

Microsoft Active Directory solution will reduce system complexity, simplify management and enables easier integration of new technologies, which will result in lower costs, higher productivity and agility.

Creating unified directory architecture

Active Directory domain allows unified directory for authentication of users across the organization. Among other things, unified Active Directory architecture includes:

Organizational model units and delegation
Group policies and preferences
Strategy of security groups
Passwords policy

Implementation of Active Directory domain controllers and replication architecture

Consolidation of the Active Directory design of domain controllers and architecture for replication will allow the most effective physical access to the directory, taking as a factor network and data center into consideration.

Implementation of a number of business applications

Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure is a precondition for implementation of a number of business applications services such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Sharepoint Server, PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) etc.
Benefits:

Centralized management of identities of users, computers etc.
Access control and privileges to resources on the network.
Basis for the implementation of many popular business applications and solutions.

Manufacturer: Microsoft