Features of AD LDS
The following key points about AD LDS should be understood before installing it into an organization:
• Unlike AD DS, AD LDS does not support Global Catalogs, Group Policy, domains, forests, or domain trusts.
• AD LDS does not need to be installed on domain controllers. In fact, it is completely independent of the operating system, and more than one AD LDS entity can exist on each server.
• Management of AD LDS cannot be performed using the familiar AD DS tools such as Active Directory Users and Computers. Tools such as ADSIEdit or LDP.exe or a custom front end need to be used instead.
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