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What is NTDS.DIT?

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Question added by Asif Hussain , IT Infrastructure Project Manager , University Of Gujrat
Date Posted: 2016/07/15
Abhishek Choudhary
by Abhishek Choudhary , Windows Systems Administrator , Hdfc Life

It is a database that holds information about active directory objects and other entities.

Mohammed sar
by Mohammed sar , مهندس كمبيوتر واتصالات , فودافون

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Mohammed Abdul Bari Siddiqui
by Mohammed Abdul Bari Siddiqui , Systems Engineer , The Diplomatic Club

It's database of Active directory which stores the information of Users, Computers, etc.

 

Nisar Ahmad
by Nisar Ahmad , Deputy Manager IT , DG Khan Cement Co. Ltd.

It is a database directory which holds active directory information.

Mahmoud Roshdy
by Mahmoud Roshdy , System Engineer , MOBILLINK NETWORK SOLUTION

NTDS.DIT is Flate Database that used to store active dierctory information 

 

 

Mohd Ehtesham Uddin khaja latif uddin
by Mohd Ehtesham Uddin khaja latif uddin , System Administrator , Dynamic Computers

NTDS.DIT stands for NT directory services, and DIT stands for Directory Information tree. it is a Active Directory database file. it contains all naming contexts hosted by domain controller. the file location is C:\\\\windows\\\\NTDS\\\\ NTDS.DIT

NTDS.DIT stands for (New Technology File System.Directory Information Tree) it is called as heart of active directory

This file is stored in below location of the server.

C:\\windows\\ntds\\ntds.dit

Ahsan KHAN
by Ahsan KHAN , IT Security Engineer , RAS Infotech

NTDS.DIT stands for (New Technology File System.Directory Information Tree) it is an Active directory database.

Active Directory is saved in a file called NTDS.DIT (C:\\\\windows\\\\ntds\\\\ntds.dit) and can grow up to TB in Active Directory Domain Service (ADDS).