Question:

(a) i. Consider Active Directory as a database, then for each type and new class of objects, what is created?

ii. What is the purpose of the global catalog?

iii. What three things are common to all domains in Active Directory?

iv. Differentiate between a directory service and a server service.

v. What does the schema master do?

(b) With trust relationships, users could be authenticated beyond the basic domain, but this implies good management of trust relationships. What were the 2 main solutions devised so as to make trust relationship truly workable, and explain how each fulfilled its goal?

(c) Define the following terms as they are used in Active Directory:

• Domains
• Organisational Units
• Trees
• Sites 
• Domain Controllers