Microsoft’s Active Directory Security Feature
Simplified user and network-resource management
Using Active Directory, you can build hierarchical information structures that make it easier for you to control administrative credentials and other security settings and that make it easier for your users to locate network resources, such as files and printers.
Flexible, secure authentication and authorization
Flexible and secure authentication and authorization services provide protection for data while minimizing barriers to doing business over the Internet. Active Directory supports multiple authentication protocols, such as the Kerberos V5 protocol, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) v3, and Transport Layer Security (TLS) using X.509 v3 certificates, and security groups that span domains efficiently.
Directory consolidation
You can organize and simplify the management of users, computers, applications, and devices, and make it easier for users to find the information they need. You can take advantage of synchronization support through Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-based interfaces, and you can work with directory consolidation requirements specific to your applications.
Directory-enabled applications and infrastructure
Active Directory features make it easier for you to configure and manage applications and other directory-enabled network components.
Scalability without complexity
Active Directory scales to millions of objects per domain and uses indexing technology and advanced replication techniques to speed performance.
Use of Internet standards
Active Directory provides access through LDAP and uses a Domain Name System (DNS)-based namespace.
Hello Suhaili! You have provided the users with a lot of security features pertaining to Microsoft's Active Directory. Well done! But I noticed you have not provided an overview of what Microsoft's Active Directory is and what is the purpose of it. By explaining to the users what Microsoft's Active Directory is and what is the objective of implementing it, it will give users a clearer view of it and the security features related to it. You can also explain how by implementing Microsoft's Active Directory will help increase the level of security in enterprises within its respective layers. In general, not bad! :D
ReplyDeleteHi Suhaili, your post is really good enough for the beginners to understand how Microsoft Active Directory works and what are its security features are being used. And i also get some information that i quite don't understand while researching as your briefing is well done. For example the reason like why would we would like to use Active Directory, i just knew it by reading your post. What i would like to suggest you is that this post will be perfect if you can show details of the security features cause i believe that we are about to post security features yet your post is more like generalization on security features. Anyway, it is really a great post. :) :) :) really really nice and well done :) :) :)
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