---
type: entity
title: Windows Active Directory
tags: [directory-service, permissions, microsoft]
related: [nas.rz.uni-greifswald.de]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_allgemein_zentrale_datenspeicherung_fileserver.md"]
---

# Windows Active Directory

**Windows Active Directory** is the directory service used by the Universität Greifswald to manage user identities and access permissions. 

In the context of the central file server [[nas.rz.uni-greifswald.de]], local area administrators use Active Directory to manually configure and manage access permissions for group and project folders for users who are not the primary resource owners.