Mastering the Active Directory Schema

This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide describes the Active Directory data model and the way in which the rules of the schema enforce it.

This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide examines the Active Directory schema in detail, discusses how the schema is built up from classes, attributes, and syntaxes and describes the attributes of classSchema and attributeSchema objects. Systems administrators who read this chapter will:

Understand better how Active Directory works behind the scenes.

Enhance administration by learning, for example, which attributes are indexed to make searches faster.

Learn the technical background to extend the schema of his/her forest and prepare for subsequent discussion of schema extensions.

Title: Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide
ISBN: 0201616211
Published: December 2001
Authors: Sakari Kouti, Mika Seitsonen, Mika Seitsonen
Chapter: Chapter 8: Active Directory Schema
Published by Addison Wesley Professional