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Instance of an object class
An entity, such as a file, folder, shared folder, printer, or Active Directory object, described by a distinct, named set of attributes. For example, the attributes of a File object include its name, location, and size; the attributes of an Active Directory User object might include the user's first name, last name, and e-mail address. Any resource that can be manipulated by a program or process. Objects include resources that you can see through the user interface, such as files, folders, printers, registry subkeys and entries, Active Directory objects (that reside in an OU and has attributes stored... such as Users, Computers, and Groups), and the MS Windows desktop. They also include resources that you cannot see, such as sessions, processes, threads, and access tokens. An object can functions as a logical container for other objects.
A distinct, named set of attributes that represents something concrete, such as a user, a printer, or an application. The attributes hold data describing the thing that is identified by the directory object. Attributes of a user might include the user’s given name, surname, and e-mail address.See also: attribute
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A number that identifies an object class or attribute. Object identifiers (OIDs) are organized into an industry-wide global hierarchy. An object identifier is represented as a dotted decimal string, such as 1.2.3.4, with each dot representing a new branch in the hierarchy. National registration authorities issue root object identifiers to individuals or organizations, who manage the hierarchy below their root object identifier.- Browse Related Terms: Attribute, Attributes, Classes, Domain Specific Contents, Generic Accounts, Namespace, Object identifier (OID), Schema, X.500
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AD services that manage requests for specific information changes at either the forest or the domain level.
- Browse Related Terms: Domain Controllers, Domain Naming Master, Domain Naming System, Global Catalog, Infrastructure Master, Operation Masters (OM), PFRD, Primary Domain Controller Emulator (PDC), Protected Forest Root Domain (PFRD), Relative ID (RID), Schema Master, Scope of Active Directory, Single-master operations
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Administration Boundary, container designed as object repositories. OU contains AD objects and their properties, and data, provide groupings that can be used for administrative or delegation purposes and used to delegate management, designed to help support the data/service concept of Active Directory. Default OUs: Users, computers and Domain Controllers.
- Browse Related Terms: Delegation, Directory service, Directory-enabled application, Group Policy, Group Policy object, Group Policy object (GPO), Organizational Unit, Organizational unit (OU), OU (organizational unit), Policy, Security Template
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A container object that is an Active Directory administrative partition. OUs can contain users, groups, resources, and other OUs. Organizational units enable the delegation of administration to distinct sub-trees of the directory.See also: container
- Browse Related Terms: Delegation, Directory service, Directory-enabled application, Group Policy, Group Policy object, Group Policy object (GPO), Organizational Unit, Organizational unit (OU), OU (organizational unit), Policy, Security Template
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An Active Directory container object used within domains. An organizational unit is a logical container into which users, groups, computers, and other organizational units are placed. It can contain objects only from its parent domain. An organizational unit is the smallest scope to which a Group Policy object can be linked, or over which administrative authority can be delegated. An Active Directory container that can have one or more Group Policies applied. It can also hold other containers as well as Users, Computers, and Groups. Permissions can be assigned to OU's using Access Control Lists.
- Browse Related Terms: Delegation, Directory service, Directory-enabled application, Group Policy, Group Policy object, Group Policy object (GPO), Organizational Unit, Organizational unit (OU), OU (organizational unit), Policy, Security Template
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The only security principal who has an inherent right to allow or deny permission to access an object. An object's owner can give another security principal permission to take ownership. By default, the built-in Administrators group on a computer is assigned a user right that allows this group to take ownership of all objects on the computer.
- Browse Related Terms: access control, access control entry (ACE), access control list (ACL), access token, Firewall, group, Group memberships, Network Service account, Owner, Permissions, security context, security descriptor, Security Groups, security identifier (SID), Security principal, Security protocol, service account, user account
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