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it is the engine of the domain controller. Without active directory there would be no domain.
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it is the engine of the domain controller. Without active directory there would be no domain.

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do you undertand what domains are?
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Thank you for the civil response Rhandels.
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Thank you for the civil response Rhandels.

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U'r welcome..<br />
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I know that AD is somewhat hard to understand, took me some time also... 
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U'r welcome..

I know that AD is somewhat hard to understand, took me some time also...

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Was my response not civil? I wasn't trying to be uncivil.
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Was my response not civil? I wasn't trying to be uncivil.

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I've read so many vague descriptions on what its actual purpose is and I still don't have a good understand of what the benefit is of AD. &nbsp;I know it has to be installed for a domain controller but WHY? Whats it good for? &nbsp;Can someone sum it up for me?
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I've read so many vague descriptions on what its actual purpose is and I still don't have a good understand of what the benefit is of AD.  I know it has to be installed for a domain controller but WHY? Whats it good for?  Can someone sum it up for me?

Active Directory??

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).