What is the difference between Windows authentication, Active Directory and LDAP? RSS

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  krishna.bb

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  What is the difference between Windows authentication, Active Directory and LDAP?

  Nov 19, 2012 07:51 PM|LINK

  Hello,

  I have no idea what is Windows authentication, AD and LDAP.

  I was asked to implement security for a web site that I am developing using LDAP account.

  Please some one give me basic and simple information about this.

  Thank you very much!

  Regards,
  Krishna
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  rtpHarry

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  Re: What is the difference between Windows authentication, Active Directory and LDAP?

  Nov 20, 2012 01:14 PM|LINK

  Windows authentication just uses normal windows logins.

  Active Directory is an official Microsoft technology which makes use of LDAP and others:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory

  LDAP is an underlying, standardised protocol:

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol

  If they said do it using LDAP then I think thats a good place to start :)

  • Marked as answer by Angie xu - MSFT on Nov 25, 2012 11:18 PM