Microsoft Active Directory terms starting with O

8 terms

  1. object An entity such as a file, folder, shared folder, printer, or Active Directory object, described by a distinct, named set of attributes.
  2. Object identifier (OID) A number that identifies an object class or attribute. Object identifiers (OIDs) are organized into an industry-wide global hierarchy.
  3. Operation Masters (OM) AD services that manage requests for specific information changes at either the forest or the domain level.
  4. Organizational Unit Administration Boundary, container designed as object repositories. OU contains AD objects and their properties, and data, provide groupings that can be…
  5. Organizational unit (OU) A container object that is an Active Directory administrative partition. OUs can contain users, groups, resources, and other OUs.
  6. OU See definition for: Organizational Unit (OU)
  7. OU (organizational unit) An Active Directory container object used within domains. An organizational unit is a logical container into which users, groups, computers, and other…
  8. Owner The only security principal who has an inherent right to allow or deny permission to access an object.