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  In Windows Server 2003, Active Directory supports application directory partitions. Typically, data in a given application directory partition is managed through the application that created it or that uses it. Application directory partitions provide the ability to control the scope of replication and allow the placement of replicas in a manner more suitable for dynamic data.

  As a result, the application directory partition provides the capability of hosting dynamic data in Active Directory, thus allowing ADSI/LDAP access to it, without significantly impacting network performance. Application directory partitions hold the data that is used by applications. An application directory partition can contain a hierarchy of any type of objects, except security principals, and can be configured to replicate to any set of domain controllers in the forest.

  Unlike a domain partition, an application directory partition is not required to replicate to all domain controllers in a domain and the partition can replicate to domain controllers in different domains of the forest.

  See also: partition

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