What’s new in Active Directory
New features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016
While Active Directory has been around since Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft has been making adjustments
and introducing new features in newer releases of Windows Server, especially in Windows Server 2012.
I would even go as far as saying that Windows Server 2012 is as big a milestone for Active Directory as Windows
2000 Server. Virtualization-safe(r) Active Directory, Domain Controller Cloning and the overhauled Active Directory
Administrative Center usher in a new era for Active Directory.
Revisiting Active Directory in (Windows Server) 2016, however, painted a different picture with Active Directory playing a different role after Hybrid Identity took center stage.
I’ll discuss most of the new features in this whitepaper and I’ll show you how to unlock them and put them to good use.
This whitepaper, however, is not a complete list of all the new features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.
