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Directories are public or private stores containing essential identifying information typically used in daily enterprise activities. Many application providers capitalize on directories offering integration into existing directories to extend their application’s functionality. Network operating systems also house vital network information, such as users and computers, within directories.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a directory standard founded on the legacy X.500 directory. LDAP’s initial implementations provided gateway services between X.500 directory servers and clients. While LDAP was initially created to meet this requirement, it became clear that a parting from the cumbersome X.500 directory standard was needed to simplify deployments. In 1994, LDAP was transformed into a directory specification with its own database and structuring conventions.

This paper discusses the origins of LDAP within Microsoft products and, specifically, the implementation of, and conformance to, the LDAPv3 Proposed Standard within Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Included for reference are matrixes detailing supported RFCs