In Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), a "service instance" (or, simply, "instance") refers to a single running copy of AD LDS. Multiple copies of AD LDS can run simultaneously on the same computer. (This is not true for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS.) Each instance of AD LDS has a separate directory data store, a unique service name, and a unique service description that is assigned during installation. An instance can be part of a configuration set that provides replication of instance data to instances that run on separate servers.
- Understanding AD LDS
Instances
- Understanding the AD LDS
Schema
- Understanding AD LDS
Replication and Configuration Sets
- Understanding AD LDS
Instance Backup and Restore
- Create a New AD LDS
Instance
- Create a Replica AD LDS
Instance
- Install an AD LDS
Replica from Media
- Start, Stop, or Restart
an AD LDS Instance
- Use ADSI Edit to Manage
an AD LDS Instance
- Use Ldp.exe to Manage an
AD LDS Instance
- Import Data into an AD
LDS Instance
- Back Up AD LDS Instance
Data
- Restore AD LDS Instance
Data