organizational units are an ou in active directory.
4. what is an ou in active directory?
organizational units
naming context





























active directory naming context (nc) or "directory partition", is a logical portion of the microsoft's active directory (ad).





























section::::description of the naming context.





























active directory can support tens of millions of objects. to scale up those objects, the active directory database is divided up into partitions for replication and administration. each logical partition replicates its changes separately among domain controllers in the forest.





























some directory partitions store forest wide configuration information and schema information; other directory partitions store information specific to individual domains, such as users, groups, and organizational units.





























section::::default naming contexts.
naming context
section::::see also.





























bullet::::- agdlp (implementing role based access controls using nested groups)





























bullet::::- flexible single master operation





























bullet::::- apple open directory





























bullet::::- freeipa





























bullet::::- list of ldap software





























bullet::::- univention corporate server





























section::::external links.





























bullet::::- microsoft technet: white paper: active directory architecture (single technical document that gives an overview about active directory.)





























bullet::::- microsoft technet: detailed description of active directory on windows server 2003





























bullet::::- microsoft msdn library: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc223122.aspx [ms-adts]: active directory technical specification] (part of the microsoft open specification promise)





























bullet::::- active directory application mode (adam)





























bullet::::- microsoft msdn: [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb897400.aspx [ad-lds]: active directory lightweight directory services]
active directory