- Access Control Entries (ACEs)
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Entries on an Access Control List (ACL) that define a user ‚ s permission for an object.
- Access Control List (ACL)
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A list of users and groups allowed to access a resource and the particular permissions each user has been granted or denied .
- Active/Active clustering
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A clustering mode in which a cluster can contain between two and eight nodes. At least one node must be active and at least one node must be passive.
- Active/Passive clustering
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A clustering mode in which each node in the cluster runs one instance of the clustered service. Should a failure of the clustered service occur, that instance is transferred to the other active node.
- Active Directory
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Stores information about objects in a Windows Server 2003 network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find and use.
- Active Directory Account Cleanup Wizard
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Designed to merge duplicate accounts that may be created when multiple directories are migrated to Active Directory.
- Active Directory Connector (ADC)
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Runs on an Exchange Server 2003 and synchronizes directory information between Active Directory and Exchange 5. x servers in the site. ADC also synchronizes configuration information with those servers using the SRS as an intermediary.
- Active Server Pages (ASP)
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A specification for a dynamically generated web page that uses ActiveX scripting. IIS uses ASP to generate many of the pages it displays.
- address space
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The set of remote addresses that can be reached through a particular connector. Each connector must have at least one entry in its address space.
- administrative group
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Used to define administrative boundaries within an Exchange environment.
- administrative rights
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NTFS permissions that determine what administrative tasks a user or group is permitted to perform on a public folder.
- age limit
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A property that specifies the length of time a unit of data may remain in its container (e.g., public folder).
- alias
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An alternative name for an object. In Exchange Server 2003, an alias is normally generated for a user based on the user ‚ s name .
- All Public Folders
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The name for the default public folder tree in an Exchange Server 2003 organization. This tree is accessible by all clients that can access public folders.
- Anonymous access
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Accessing a server by logging in using a Windows account set up for general access.
- Anonymous authentication
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See Anonymous access.
- Application Programming Interface (API)
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A collection of programming classes and interfaces that provide services used by a program. Other programs can use a program ‚ s API to request services or communicate with that program. For example, Windows 98 contains an API referred to as the win32 API. For an application to request a service from Windows 98, it must issue that request using a win32 API.
- architecture
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The description of the components of a product or system, what they are, what they do, and how they relate to each other.
- attribute
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A characteristic of an object. For example, attributes of a mailbox-enabled user include display name and storage limits. The terms attribute and property are synonymous.
- auditing
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Windows Server 2003 can be configured to monitor and record certain events. This can help diagnose security events. The audit information is written to the Windows Event Log.
- authentication
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A process whereby the credentials of an object, such as a user, must be validated before the object is allowed to access or use another object, such as a server or a protocol. For instance, the Microsoft Exchange Server POP3 protocol can be configured to allow access only to POP3 clients that use the Integrated Windows authentication method.