Locating Active Directory Objects

Active Directory stores information about objects on the network. Each object is a distinct, named set of attributes that represent a network entity. Active Directory is designed to provide information to queries about the directory objects of programs and users alike. In this lesson you will learn how to use the search (located in the Active Directory Users and Computers console) to locate objects in Active Directory.

General understanding of Active Directory objects

Adding new resources to your company create a new Active Directory objects that represent these resources. You should be aware of some of the shared objects Active Directory. We describe the most common types of objects that you can add to Active Directory.

User account

Information that allows the user to log on to Windows 2000, such as the user logon name. This information is also several optional fields including first name and last name, display name, phone number, email, and Home.

Shared Folder

A pointer to a shared folder on your computer. Indicator has to address some of the data, rather than the data itself. Shared folders and printers exist in the registry of the computer. When you publish a shared folder in Active Directory, you create an object that contains a pointer to the shared folder.

Printer

A pointer to a printer on your computer. You must manually deploy a printer to a computer that is not in Active Directory. Microsoft Windows 2000 automatically adds the printers that you create the domain computers to Active Directory.

Domain controllers

For additional information on the domain controller including an optional description, and DNS (Domain Name System (name, pre-Windows 2000 name, and a copy of the operating system loaded on the domain controller, and the location, which is responsible for managing the domain controller.

Using Search

To locate objects in Active Directory, open the Active Directory Users and Computers console is located in the Administrative Tools folder. Then right-click the domain or container in the console tree and click Search. In the dialog box allows the search for options that allow you to search the global catalog to locate objects in Active Directory. In the Find dialog box helps you to create an LDAP query that will be implemented against the directory or specific Où. The global catalog contains a partial copy of the entire directory, so it stores information about each object in the tree or forest. Because the global catalog contains information about each object, the user can obtain information regardless of the domain in which the tree or forest contains the data. Active Directory automatically generates the contents of the directory at the global level of the areas that constitute the directory. Found on the item.

Types of objects

A list of the types of objects that you can search, including users, contacts, and groups; computers; printers; shared folders; Aws; and Custom Search. Custom Search build a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) query, or allows you to enter your own LDAP query based on parameters you enter. For example, the query LDAP (entered in the Advanced tab) looking for the organizational unit that contains the names of "any" in the middle, and returns the domain controller .

Advanced Element

In the context sensitive tab you select the search criteria to select the object that you need. This tab provides a range of options when you choose to find the users, contacts, and groups; computers; printers; shared folders; or Aus. When you choose Custom Search, the Advanced tab makes you type in the query manually, or create a search through the use of attributes most commonly available organized by the type of object in the Custom Search tab. Custom Search tab provides the same elements that are otherwise found in the Advanced tab.

Value for the condition

Box that allows you to enter a value for the condition of the field (attribute) that you are using to search the directory; located in the Advanced tab. You can search for an object by using a feature of an object only if you enter a value for this attribute. For example, if you are looking for users first name starts with the letter R, you can specify the first name in the field list, select the start list of conditions and the type of search in the Value box.

Search Criteria

Box that lists all the search criteria defined; located in the Advanced tab. To determine the search criteria you can use the list of fields, the existing situation, and the value box, and then click Add. To remove search criteria, select criteria, and then click Remove. You can add or remove search criteria to narrow or expand the search.

Search for Active Directory

In this practice I was looking for the Active Directory for objects based on search criteria that you provide. First, you can create user accounts for this practice. Then find the user account on the basis of his or her basic phone number and, finally, you can find the printer that is able to staple pages to print.

Local printer installed

You need to a local printer installed on your computer. However, do not need to print device connected to the computer. If you do not have a local printer installed, create one now. Remember that the printing device refers to the physical machine that prints the local printer, which refers to the programs that Windows 2000 needs to send data to the print device.

Common Active Directory objects

In this lesson, you learned a common Active Directory objects include user accounts, contacts, groups, shared folders, printers, computers, domain controllers, and Aws. I've learned to locate objects before the start of the Active Directory Users and Computers console, right-clicking an object within a field in the console tree, and clicking Search. In the Find dialog box provides fields that allow you to search for objects in Active Directory.