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                                                                Active Directory in Windows  When a windows server is bought it comes with many capabilities like AD groups for security, IIS(Internet Information Services), ability to built own VPN and many more of which Active directories are created with a domain and the computers which access the network will be connecting to the domain controllers. Practically, there will be a cluster of domain controllers where data will be replicated all over the cluster.

Database Snapshots in SQL Server What is DB Snapshot? Snapshots are read only and are a very good option for reporting purposes. All the reporting related hits could be made on the snapshot instead of on the the actual database, and the burden on the active database could be minimized. Also, as snapshots are read only, chances of any undesired updates by the subscriber (who reads data for reports etc.) could be negated. A database snapshot is a read-only, static view of a SQL Server database (the source database ).It is transactionally consistent with the source database as of the moment of the snapshot's creation and always resides on the same server instance as its source database. As the source database is updated, the database snapshot is updated. Therefore, the longer a database snapshot exists, the more likely it is to use up its available disk space.  Multiple snapshots can exist on a given source database. Each database snapshot per