Active Directory is a Microsoft service and one of the Windows Server rolls.
Active Directory services entered the world of computer networks with the aim
of centralized management of resources and users. By installing Active
Directory on the server, features such as determining the level of user
access and authentication will be added to the server, which will ultimately
give you more security and better management. After launching Active Directory
, other services implemented in the network with Active Directory management
will continue to operate. Finally, by setting up Active Directory, you will
create a logical range with your own rules, and the people who fall within
that range will be subject to those rules.

Keep in mind that without using an active directory service,
you will practically have to manage and support the systems
in the network one by one. Here is an example to give you
more information about the performance of the active directory service:
Imagine we have shared a file on the network. And we have given
different levels of access to different people than the shared file.
Now imagine one user deciding to change their password.
If Active Directory service is used in the network, after
changing the password, since all systems are managed by
Active Directory service, Active Directory will notify all
systems of this change. But if Active Directory services are not used