RE: [ActiveDir] "Program Data" container

[Eric Fleischman]

Another approach: if we are talking about w2k03, application-specific data can be put in an application partition. I love using app partitions for this sort of stuff. It lets you have a custom replication topology such that the data is only on those DCs where required, across domain boundaries, plus none of it is ever replicated to the GCs (as NDNCs are independent of PAS replication and don’t participate in that process).   My $0.02 ~Eric     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:03 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] "Program Data" container   I didn't have a link, I was just asking if you'd checked.  There is very little about what it's there for that I see so far.  This link indicates it's to be used by developers, but not a lot of detailed information beyond that http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url="">   If your application has nothing to do with an OU, then does it matter where you put it?  I can see if you didn't want to incur the replication overhead, that it would make sense to put it in a different partition.  But I can't see why you wouldn't use an OU to at least house the data you want to store to give it some organization.  Ether way, maybe somebody from Microsoft will chime in with a really definitive link and let us know what the heck it's intended for vs. what it can be used for.....   Al   From: Alice Joseph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:35 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] "Program Data" container Al:   Do you have any link to an MSDN page that talks about the Program Data container? If you have, let me know (I couldn't find anything, even a Google search didn't help).   Technically, yes, you can put data anywhere in Active Directory. But each of those partitions and containers are there to serve some purpose (otherwise you wouldn't need a config partition, schema partition, domain parttion and a place for LostAndFound, NTDS Quotas...etc in domain partiton - technically you could put everything under one single node in there).   And why would I want to create an OU structure for an application, if the application hasn't got anything to do with it? And how does it relate to the existence of a "Program Data" container? I just wanted to know what goes in there.   From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:31 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] "Program Data" container   Technically, you can put data anywhere you want in Active Directory.  However, is there any reason you wouldn't create your own OU structure for an application?    Have you checked MSDN for information on the program data container to see what uses it?    From: Alice Joseph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:55 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] "Program Data" container What is the purpose of "Program Data" container in the domain naming context of Active Directory? Is it a general purpose container where I can store any type of data or is it meant for specific purpose?   Thanks Alice Joseph