Forest fire!
Dan Lattimer explores the challenges and misconceptions of AD forest structures
Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is fundamental to the operational success of most enterprises today. Understanding why involves looking at its origins. Before AD, Microsoft’s IT directory servers couldn’t scale for medium and large enterprises, requiring multiple servers. For example, a tech company with 1,000 employees might have needed up to 200 servers. Managing these servers was challenging, with each requiring unique log-in credentials and file sharing was cumbersome due to poor communication between servers.AD revolutionised this by . . .
