- a group of network objects such as
- users
- computers
- printers etc
- all objects within a domain share the same policies and are managed by the same admin team
- all the info of the objects within a domain is stored within a single replicated database
- multiple domains can be nested within eachother to form tree or forest structures. this would be the case if a company had to maintain multiple domains for diffrerent departments or for different geographical locations
- domains are controlled by Domain Controller (DC)s