Glossary

A

Administrative Delegation

The granting of administrative capabilities to users or groups that are not members of the Domain Admins, Account Operators, or Enterprise Admins groups.

AGDLP

The Microsoft recommended model for permission management with users and groups. AGDLP stands for Accounts (A), Global groups (G), Domain local groups (DL), and permissions (P).

Application Server

A special server dedicated to application logic processing. Examples include mail servers, database servers, and collaboration servers.

B

BIOS

The basic input/output system (BIOS) is the internal software of a computer or server that initiates the system and monitors the health of the hardware.

Business Continuity

The collection of planning, administration, ...

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