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<h2 id="active-directory">Active Directory</h2> <p>In <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/facts/Active_Directory/VWd9HhjU">Active Directory</a> the DSA is a collection of <a href="/facts/Server_(computing)/dEaYFD7r">servers</a> and <a href="/facts/Daemon_(computer_software)/bzuEVGGX">daemon</a> <a href="/facts/Process_(computing)/Vcq7EnUV">processes</a> that run on <a href="/facts/Windows_Server/5t7XxyUV">Windows Server</a> systems that provide various means for clients to access the Active Directory data store.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Clients connect to an Active Directory DSA using various <a href="/facts/Communications_protocol/5uady7cB">communications protocols</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol/KgpfD8nR">LDAP</a> version 3.0—used by <a href="/facts/Windows_2000/amJIt9gz">Windows 2000</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP</a> clients<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>LDAP version 2.0<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Security_Account_Manager/2jEcKSWm">Security Account Manager</a> (SAM) interface—used by <a href="/facts/Windows_NT/EtccWvxQ">Windows NT</a> clients<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/MAPI/Dpbq9ozA">MAPI</a> <a href="/facts/Remote_procedure_call/uMMb9CQw">RPC</a> interface—used by <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Exchange_Server/9pu8G4It">Microsoft Exchange Server</a> and other MAPI clients<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>A proprietary RPC interface—used by Active Directory DSAs to communicate with one another and <a href="/facts/Replication_(computer_science)/QIaooMjL">replicate</a> data amongst themselves<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="rfcs">RFCs</h2> <ul><li>RFC 2148 — <i>Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service</i></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Daniel Blum (1989-10-30). "Details of X.500 architecture". Network World. 6 (43). IDG Network World Inc: 58. ISSN 0887-7661. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Zahir Tari and Omran Bukhres (2001). Fundamentals of distributed object systems: the CORBA perspective. Parallel and distributed computing. Vol. 8. John Wiley and Sons. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-471-35198-6. <a href="978-0-471-35198-6" target="_blank">978-0-471-35198-6</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"X.500: Directory Access Protocol (DAP)". Javvin Technologies, Inc. Archived from the original on 2005-11-23. 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