Application Data Partitions
Since Active Directory automatically possesses the ability to replicate data across your
enterprise, it seems logical that Microsoft would allow applications to take advantage of
this feature. You can create application data partitions in your Active Directory to store
data for your applications and have it synchronize automatically everywhere your Active
Directory can reach??”even halfway across the world, if you??™re directory goes that
far. This allows you to develop or use applications that store data in Active Directory and
leverage its inherent replication abilities.
105 Chapter 4: Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory and DNS
Considering Active Directory??™s many moving parts and flexibility, your ability to locate
resources across your network environment is a critical component to making it all work.
With the proliferation of TCP/IP as the dominant network protocol in most organizations,
DNS is a natural choice as the name resolution method on which Active Directory
relies. Windows Server comes with its own DNS service with features that make it more
Active Directory-friendly. For starters, it has the support for the required SRV record type,
as described in RFC 2052. This DNS entry type is used to help locate a service. It also supports
secure dynamic updates so that your computers can automatically register their IP
addresses with the DNS Server without administrator intervention, as would be the case
with traditional DNS systems.
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