About Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
This section presents an overview of Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).
For information about how to install AD LDS, see Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).
This section includes the following topics:
- What Is Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services?
- Why Use Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services?
- Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Schema
For more information and a detailed overview of AD LDS, see the AD LDS Administrator's Guide, which is installed when you install AD LDS. (This resource may not be available in some languages and countries or regions.)
To open the AD LDS Administrator's Guide
- Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click AD LDS Help.