Because it’s so closely tied to the Active Directory and Windows 2000, installing and managing the DNS server for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003. Windows clients in the network use DNS to locate domain controllers, which hold the Active Directory database. When you decide to promote a Windows server to become a domain […]
These NetBIOS name servers can be used to dynamically accept information from clients so that the network administrator does not have to make edits to the database each time a node is added to the network or a workstation is moved to a new location. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) has eliminated the necessity […]
What Active Directory Delivers
Because the Active Directory is based on industry standards, it can offer many services to a network. The Active Directory provides some very important features to a Windows network, or a heterogeneous network made up of computers using different operating systems:
A single logon for the entire network. This was present, more or […]
The first directory that comes to mind when you think of early computer systems is the file system directory. The organization of data files and programs into a structure of directories and subdirectories became more important as the size of the available storage grew. When networking PCs became a necessity, the capability to organize users […]