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Object Type

Description

User account

Allows a user to log on to
Windows 2000. This object will have other optional
fields that can be filled in as well, usually dealing
with the user. (e.g. phone number, email address, etc.)

Contact

This object will have
information pertaining to the workplace or
organizational, as well as other optional fields. (e.g.
phone number, email address, etc.).

Group

This object is a collection of
user accounts, groups, or computers that you can create
to simplify administration.

Shared folder

This object is a pointer
(think alias or shortcut) to the shared folder on a
computer. The actual shared folders and printers exist
in the registry of a computer. When a shared folder is
published in Active Directory, an object that contains a
pointer to the shared object is created.

Printer

This object is a pointer
(think alias or shortcut) to the shared printer on a
computer. You must manually publish a printer on a
computer that is not in Active Directory, such as
Windows 95, 98 and NT. Microsoft Windows 2000
automatically adds printers that you create on domain
computers to Active Directory.

Computer

The information about a
computer that is a member of the domain.

Domain controllers

This object contains the
information about the domain controllers, their Domain
Name System (DNS) names, its legacy alias, the version
of the operating system it is running, the location, and
the name of the administrator who is responsible for
managing the domain controller.

Organizational Unit (OU)

Contains other objects,
including other OUs. Used to organize Active Directory
objects.

Search Data

Description of Field

Find

A list of object
types for which you can search. A custom search builds
the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) query
or allows you to enter your own LDAP query based on
parameters you enter.

In

Sets the focus
of the search.

Browse

Allows you to
look for a search path or parameter.

Advanced

Allows you to
define specific search criteria to locate objects. When
you choose custom search, the Advanced tab allows you to
type in the query or create a search using one of the
common available attributes, organized by object type on
the Custom Search tab. The Custom Search tab provides
the same elements that are otherwise found on the
Advanced tab.

Field

Located in the
Advanced tab, FIELD allows you to define specific search
criteria to locate objects when you choose custom
search.

Condition

Located in the
Advanced tab, it allows you to further define the search
criteria for an attribute.

Value

Located in the
Advanced tab, VALUE allows you to enter the value for
the condition of the field (attribute) that you are
using to search the Directory.

Search Criteria

Located in the
Advanced tab, this box lists each search criteria that
you have defined. To define a search criterion you use
the Field list, Condition list, and Value box, then
click Add. To remove search criteria, select the
criteria, then click Remove. You can add or remove
search criteria to broaden or narrow your search.