Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure Concepts

The AD database contains all information about objects in all the domains from logon authentication to objects in the directory. A hierarchical structure made up of multiple domains that trust each other is called a tree. A set of object definitions and their associated attributes is called a schema. All domains in a tree will share the same schema and will have a contiguous namespace. A namespace is a collection of domains that share a common root name. An example of this is support.troytec.com, marketing.troytec.com, and troytec.com. ...