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Configuring the Active Directory

Active Directory is the directory service used by Microsoft Windows 2000. It forms the basis of the Windows 2000 distributed networks. Active Directory facilitates the secure, structured, hierarchical storage of information about the elements in an enterprise network, such as users, computers, services, and so on.

Active Directory must be installed in the domain in which you intend to set up a PKI, because all information pertaining to CA location and policies, certificates, and revocation lists are stored in the Active Directory.

Once you have installed an Active Directory for your domain, you will need to add users to it. You can use the "Active Directory Users and Computers" snap-in to add, move, delete, and alter the properties for elements such as users, contacts, groups, etc.

More information on the Active Directory is available in the Microsoft TechNet.

The next step in setting up a PKI is to install a Certification Authority.

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