Editing Domain controller (Windows) (section)

==Nomenclature==
Windows Server can be one of three kinds: Active Directory "domain controllers" (ones that provide identity and authentication), Active Directory "member servers" (ones that provide complementary services such as file repositories and schema) and [[Features new to Windows 7#HomeGroup|Windows Workgroup]] "stand-alone servers".<ref>
  {{cite web
    | url = https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737059.aspx
    | title = Planning for domain controllers and member servers
    | work = Windows Server 2003 Product Help
    | publisher = Microsoft TechNet
    | quote = [...] servers in a domain can have one of two roles: domain controllers, which contain matching copies of the user accounts and other Active Directory data in a given domain, and member servers, which belong to a domain but do not contain a copy of the Active Directory data. (A server that belongs to a workgroup, not a domain, is called a stand-alone server.)
    | date = 2005-01-21
    | accessdate = 2012-11-21
  }}
</ref> The term "Active Directory Server" is sometimes used by Microsoft as synonymous to "Domain Controller"<ref>{{cite web
    | url = https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/capacity-planning-for-domain-controllers.aspx
    | title = Capacity Planning for Active Directory Domain Services
    | publisher = Microsoft TechNet
    | quote = Evaluating Active Directory Server RAM [...] Evaluating the amount of RAM that a domain controller (DC) needs is actually quite a complex exercise.
    | date = 2012-10-12
    | accessdate = 2012-11-21
    | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121129084522/http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/capacity-planning-for-domain-controllers.aspx
    | archive-date = 2012-11-29
    | url-status = dead
    }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
    | url = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324753/
    | title = Q324753: How To Create an Active Directory Server in Windows Server 2003
    | publisher = Microsoft Support
    | quote = How To Create an Active Directory Server in Windows Server 2003 [...] To convert a Windows Server 2003 computer into the first domain controller in the forest, follow these steps [...]
    | date = 2011-09-11
    | accessdate = 2012-11-21
  }}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
    | url = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302914/
    | title = Q302914: How Outlook 2000 accesses Active Directory
    | publisher = Microsoft Support
    | quote = [...] you must restart Outlook if that particular Active Directory server stops responding.
    | date = 2007-02-27
    | accessdate = 2012-11-21
  }}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
    | url = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253841/
    | title = Q253841: XADM: Troubleshooting Active Directory Connector Replication Issues
    | publisher = Microsoft Support
    | quote = Is a Connection Agreement configured for the Exchange Server computer to the Active Directory server?
    | date = 2007-02-27
    | accessdate = 2012-11-21
  }}
</ref><ref>
  {{cite web
    | url = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825916/
    | title = Q825916: Exchange 2000 Active Directory Connector Does Not Successfully Replicate Changes to Group Membership in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory in Forest Functional Levels 1 or 2
    | publisher = Microsoft Support
    | quote = [...] changes do not replicate between a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory server (in forest functional level 1 or in forest functional level 2) and a Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 computer [...]
    | date = 2006-10-27
    | accessdate = 2012-11-21
  }}
</ref> but the term is discouraged.<ref>Comment officially marked as "answer" by Microsoft-employed forum moderator "Arthur_Li".
  {{cite web
    | url = http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/60e064b5-5c6f-4c96-9abb-e3e51f4265c9/
    | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130103233916/http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/60e064b5-5c6f-4c96-9abb-e3e51f4265c9/
    | url-status = dead
    | archive-date = 2013-01-03
    | title = AD server vs. Domain Controller vs. Member Server, et al.
    | work = Microsoft TechNet Forums
    | author = Jorge Mederos
    | quote = [...] the term "AD Servers" is not a phrase you will find in any of the technical books and I myself have not heard that term used in the industry.
    | date = 2010-10-11
    | accessdate = 2012-11-21
    }}</ref>