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I agree, every DC in Active Directory is by default a LDAP server.<br />
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As for the address book, there are many and many types.<br />
I suppose, they could be classified within two types:<br />
- &nbsp;a WEB based address book available from a browser <br />
- &nbsp;a client based as done within Outlook<br />
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Which are you interested in?<br />
-jim
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I agree, every DC in Active Directory is by default a LDAP server.

As for the address book, there are many and many types.
I suppose, they could be classified within two types:
-  a WEB based address book available from a browser
-  a client based as done within Outlook

Which are you interested in?
-jim

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Unless you were after AD Lightweight Directory Services? That will give you a much simpler LDAP directory service.<br />
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Chris
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Unless you were after AD Lightweight Directory Services? That will give you a much simpler LDAP directory service.

Chris

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Anybody know a step by step guide how to set up an LDAP server, and use it for having a 'public address book' on a MS Server 2008 platform, NOT Linux?
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Anybody know a step by step guide how to set up an LDAP server, and use it for having a 'public address book' on a MS Server 2008 platform, NOT Linux?

step by step guide how to set up an LDAP server (server 2008)

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