Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for Windows domain networks and is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services.
An AD domain controller authenticates and authorizes all users and computers in a Windows domain type network—assigning and enforcing security policies for all computers and installing or updating software.
NSS manages or co-manages 11 Active directory domains on the Public Area Network (PAN).
Service Features
Depending on your agency, NSS provides AD upgrades, maintenance, troubleshooting, analysis, consulting for any of the following AD technologies or features.
- AD Design
- AD domain controllers
- AD replication
- Flexible Single Master Operations Roles (FSMO)
- Forest, trees, domains
- Trust Relationships
- Organizational Units (OUs)
- Sites - groupings defined by one or more IP subnets
- Objects - user & computers
- Group Policy Objects
- LDAP queries
Availability