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atabase. Active Directory also solved 

the problem of locating resources; which previously relied on Network 

aging users and groups were among other 

ctive Directory was built as a scalable, extensible directory service that was 

eet corporate needs. A repository for storing user information, 

ccounts, passwords, printers, computers, network information and other data, 

ed. 

 an office 

 office users and 

benefits ADS support provides include: 

g office IT infrastructure 

eges on an ADS server can be enforced 

en the N3200PRO and 

strator might 

 

l of its ADS members. 

With Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Active Directory (ADS), which is a large
database/information store. Prior to Active Directory the Windows OS could not

store additional information in its domain d

Neighborhood, and was slow. Man
issues Active Directory solved. 

A

designed to m
a

Microsoft calls Active Directory a "namespace" where names can be resolv

ADS lets the N3200PRO integrate itself with the existing ADS in
environment. This means the N3200PRO is able to recognize your

ords on the ADS server. Other major 

passw
 

1.  Easy integration of the N3200PRO into the existin
 

The N3200PRO acts as a member of the ADS. This feature significantly 
lowers the overhead of the system administrator. For example, corporate 
security policies and user privil

automatically on the N3200PRO. 

 

2.  Centralized user/password database 
 

The N3200PRO does not maintain its own copy of the user/password 
database. This avoids data inconsistency betwe

other servers. For example, without ADS support, an admini
need to remove a specific user privilege on the N3200PRO and each 
individual server. With ADS support, the change on an ADS server is

known to al