Where to Search

An object can be in one of the following naming contexts:

• Domain. This contains most of the highly used objects such as users, contacts, groups, organizational units, computers, and so on. Most queries will search a domain.
• Schema container. This contains the attributeSchema and classSchema objects that define the types of objects and properties that can exist in the directory.
• Configuration container. This contains configuration information that is relevant to the entire forest, such as sites, display specifiers, extended rights, partitions, and so on.
• Global catalog. This contains a partial replica of all objects in the directory. It includes partial replicas of all domains in the forest as well as partial replicas of the schema and configuration containers.