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Jeff James

Jeff has been writing about enterprise IT, web development, cybersecurity, and other tech topics for more than 20 years. He was editor-in-chief of both Windows IT Pro and Microsoft Technet Magazine, and was Editorial Director of the Petri IT Knowledgebase. He's also held senior marketing roles at several tech companies, including Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hitachi Vantara.

Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD)—released in 1999 as part of Windows 2000 Server Edition—is currently the most popular directory service for Windows domain networks. AD has evolved and matured over the [...]