Active Directory (AD) is a directory service for Windows network environments. It is a distributed, hierarchical structure that allows for centralized management of an organization's resources, including users, computers, groups, network devices, file shares, group policies, devices, and trusts.
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Some Points
→ AD is essentially a sizeable read-only database accessible to all users within the domain, regardless of their privilege level.
→ A basic AD user account with no added privileges can enumerate most objects within AD
→ Active Directory makes information easy to find and use for administrators and users. AD is highly scalable, supports millions of objects per domain, and allows the creation of additional domains as an organization grows.
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