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Active Directory (AD)

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Active Directory (AD) is a directory and authentication service created by Microsoft and used by many applications and services for user lookup and authentication, to verify a user's identity and their level of access. Active Directory uses the industry standard Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) versions 2 and 3 and Kerberos behind the scenes.

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December 07, 2015

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