Active Directory Services (ADS) is a manner to service all who login to a computer upon accessing the DII/SOV network.  Authentication is one of the services provided by AD.  This lets our network understand who you are and what you should and shouldn’t have access too.  Also, this lets the computer know whether you have the access to log on or not from any particular computer.

Another feature ADS offers is sharing of information to those who have the permissions to it.  This includes printers throughout DII/SOV.  After a successful authentication, ADS can be manipulated to map a drive for someone, also give access to data from across the network and shield sensitive data from unauthorized access.