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| PCM can setup, configure, and implement an Active Directory environment for your computer network. Active Directory gives a computer administrator more control over what users are doing on the company’s workstations. Active Directory can help in reducing the attack surface on your computer network. The attack surface is placed when you have a bunch of computer users on your network who have absolutely no restrictions in types of actions they can perform on your workstations. Active Directory can allow for mass deployment of software to computers on your network. PCM can use Active Directory to simply give you more governance over your computer network. |
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| What is Active Directory? |
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| An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains. It is primarily used for online information and was originally created in 1996 and first used with Windows 2000.
An active directory (sometimes referred to as an AD) does a variety of functions including the ability to provide information on objects, helps organize these objects for easy retrieval and access, allows access by end users and administrators and allows the administrator to set security up for the directory.
An active directory can be defined as a hierarchical structure and this structure is usually broken up into three main categories, the resources which might include hardware such as printers, services for end users such as web email servers and objects which are the main functions of the domain and network.
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