Summary

Microsoft has worked to continue development of Active Directory Domain Services, which has become a common framework to tie together the various applications and frameworks. Along with the addition of new capabilities such as improved virtualization support, the AD Recycle Bin, fine-grained password policy support, RODCs, object auditing, and other enhancements, the newest version of Active Directory builds on its “road worthiness” and the real-world experience it gained with Windows 2000/2003/2008 to bring a robust, secure environment for networking services and functionality.

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