How is Active Directory or LDAP related to Group management

Question

In unit 6 of the lesson 'Explore indentity in Microsoft Entra ID' (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/explore-identity-azure-active-directory/6-define-identity-administration). In the 'Common identity administration tasks' paragraph, Group management is described as:

Group Management - focuses on how an organization manages groups (for example, Active Directory and/or LDAP) within their environment. Groups are one of the most common form for determining access permissions to resources and are expensive to manage and operate.

What sense does the phrase between brackets (for example, Active Directory and/or LDAP) have in the context of group management?

Very confusing.

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Answer 1

Hi Hans Struijk (Sigylon),

Thank you for reaching out to us on the Microsoft Q&A forum.

Yes, Active Directory or LDAP are related to Group Management.

Active Directory (AD) and LDAP are tools that help manage groups of users in a company's computer network.

Active Directory (AD): Microsoft's directory service that helps manage users, groups, and permissions within a Windows-based network.

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol): A protocol used to access and manage directory services, including Active Directory and other directory systems.

Together, AD and LDAP provide a framework for managing user groups, controlling access to resources, and enforcing security policies across an organization's IT environment.

In essence, Active Directory is a directory service that uses LDAP as its protocol for accessing and managing directory information.

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