Directory Services

Account Management

Account management creates, manages and maintains all the accounts in a computer network. It also allows the users to store and manage all their files and data on the file server within the network. Furthermore, through account management, users are given a user name and password (which can be changed later on) in order to be able to access all their files securely. Account management reduces costs for the network company as less file servers are needed for storing all the data.

Authentication Management

Authentication management allows the network to identify all the users from that network using their username and password. In other words it ensures that the person trying to access that account is the owner of that account. An example of authentication management is when the user chooses a security question and answer which they can later user to prove that it's them attempting to access that account. Furthermore, you can add an email address or a contact number which can be user for authentication purposes later on.

DNS (Domain Name System)

DNS is a protocol within the TCP/IP Suite which allows users to exchange files and data on the internet and other private networks. It carries out a basic job of turning a domain name into an IP Address which is  then used by the computers to identify each other within the network. For example when For example, when you enter "http://www.blogger.com" into the browser, DNS will automatically turn that domain name (address) into an IP Address which in this case is "74.125.29.191".