Active Directory Domain Service Schema (AD DS Schema)

What is the AD DS schema?

The AD DS schema defines your infrastructure

Information about your AD DS infrastructure is stored in the AD DS schema. The schema is a collection of objects. The schema defines:

• The AD DS objects that are part of the infrastructure.
• Rules that define the structure of the objects.
• The structure and content of the directory itself.

Every time that the directory handles data, the directory queries the schema for an appropriate object definition. Based on the object definition in the schema, the directory can create or modify an object and store the data.