Active Directory explained
What Active Directory is, how domains, domain controllers, forests and organisational units fit together, how signing in works with Kerberos and LDAP, and how it differs from Microsoft Entra ID.
CodexBash, , 6 min read
If you have ever logged into a work laptop with the same username and password you use for email, the file server and the printer, Active Directory was almost certainly behind it. It is Microsoft's directory service, and it has been the backbone of company networks for more than twenty years. Developers meet it whenever an application has to "sign in with the company account". This article explains the pieces and how they connect.
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