Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
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Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services is a flexible, standalone LDAP directory service from Microsoft that provides directory capabilities without requiring full Active Directory domain infrastructure.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services canonical | 3 |
| AD LDS | 1 |
| Active Directory Application Mode | 1 |
| Active Directory domain infrastructure | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719751 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Context triple: [Active Directory, component, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services]
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A.
Active Directory
Active Directory is Microsoft's centralized directory and identity management service used to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and resources in Windows-based networks.
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B.
LDAP
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open, standards-based protocol used to access and manage distributed directory information services over an IP network.
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C.
Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Certificate Services is a Windows Server role that provides public key infrastructure (PKI) functionality for issuing, managing, and validating digital certificates within an organization’s network.
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D.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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E.
Oracle Internet Directory
Oracle Internet Directory is an LDAP-based directory service from Oracle that provides centralized user identity management and authentication for enterprise applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Target entity description: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services is a flexible, standalone LDAP directory service from Microsoft that provides directory capabilities without requiring full Active Directory domain infrastructure.
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A.
Active Directory
Active Directory is Microsoft's centralized directory and identity management service used to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and resources in Windows-based networks.
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B.
LDAP
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open, standards-based protocol used to access and manage distributed directory information services over an IP network.
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C.
Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Certificate Services is a Windows Server role that provides public key infrastructure (PKI) functionality for issuing, managing, and validating digital certificates within an organization’s network.
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D.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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E.
Oracle Internet Directory
Oracle Internet Directory is an LDAP-based directory service from Oracle that provides centralized user identity management and authentication for enterprise applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LDAP directory
ⓘ
Microsoft server technology ⓘ directory service ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
AD LDS
ADAM ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod |
Kerberos via Windows integrated authentication
ⓘ
SASL bind ⓘ Simple bind ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Active Directory
ⓘ
surface form:
Active Directory Domain Services
|
| componentOf | Windows Server ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| differenceFrom |
does not provide Group Policy processing
ⓘ
does not provide Kerberos-based domain logon ⓘ does not provide domain join capability ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire |
Active Directory Domain Services forest
ⓘ
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Active Directory domain infrastructure
|
| formerName |
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Active Directory Application Mode
|
| operatingSystem | Windows Server ⓘ |
| protocol |
LDAP
ⓘ
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ⓘ |
| provides |
LDAP-based authentication
ⓘ
data storage for directory-enabled applications ⓘ directory services ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Active Directory Certificate Services
ⓘ
Active Directory ⓘ
surface form:
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Federation Services ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Windows Server 2008
ⓘ
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2022
|
| securityModel | Windows security model ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Secure Sockets Layer encryption
ⓘ
Transport Layer Security encryption ⓘ Windows integrated authentication ⓘ access control lists ⓘ bind redirection to Active Directory Domain Services ⓘ multiple directory instances on a single server ⓘ replication between instances ⓘ schema customization ⓘ |
| supportsManagementTool |
ADSI Edit
ⓘ
Active Directory Administrative Center ⓘ Active Directory Sites and Services ⓘ PowerShell ⓘ
surface form:
PowerShell Active Directory module
ldp.exe ⓘ |
| supportsStandard | LDAP v3 ⓘ |
| useCase |
directory-enabled applications that do not require full AD DS
ⓘ
exposing LDAP directories to applications ⓘ storing application-specific directory data ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Description of subject: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services is a flexible, standalone LDAP directory service from Microsoft that provides directory capabilities without requiring full Active Directory domain infrastructure.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
→
abbreviation
→
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
AD LDS
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
→
formerName
→
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Active Directory Application Mode
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
→
doesNotRequire
→
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Active Directory domain infrastructure