Riordan Manufacturing is a successful plastics organization that is looking for a more efficient way to manage, update and organize its distributed database and networking processes. By implementing Active Directory, Riordan Manufacturing will have enhanced manageability and a more affective networking environment that will not only prove beneficial to the company and the users but also will also greatly impact customer satisfaction. The explanation and brief history, benefits, and diagram and analysis of Active Directory for Riordan Manufacturing will be explained further below. Active Directory was first used with Windows 2000, is used to store information and data about networks and domains, and is used primarily for online information. According to tech-faq.com, “Active directory has the ability to provide information on objects, helps organize these objects for easy retrieval and access, allows access by end users and administrators and allows the administrator to set security up for the directory.” There are three main categories, called objects, in Active Directory are hardware such as printers, services like email, and users such as accounts and groups. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.conceptdraw.com/products/img/cd5/article/part2/ActiveDir_3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/cd5/ap_active_directory_diagram.php&h=433&w=453&sz=94&tbnid=jD4uHu5SBw9KfM::&tbnh=121&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dactive%2Bdirectory%2Bdiagram&hl=en&usg=__ZjloWk-tpTmqNp3ljxY9wTa8FV4=&ei=MWajScrtE4GStQObufSpAg&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1 Besides simple objects such as users, Active Directory contains the information about such big structural units as domains, sites and Organizational Units (OU). Logical elements of the Active Directory are objects, containers (OU), trees, domains and forests. http://www.tech-faq.com/active-directory.shtml What is Active Directory? It is interesting to note the framework for the objects....