A set of specifications for COM objects and interfaces. Administrators and developers can use ADSI objects to perform common administrative operations, such as adding new users or managing a print queue. For more information, see "Active Directory" under "Networking Services" in the Microsoft® Platform SDK or www.microsoft.com/windows/server/.
Active Server Pages (ASP)
An open application environment in which HTML pages, server-side scripts, and ActiveX components are combined to create Web-based applications. ASP is an Internet Services API (ISAPI) application.
ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
A collection of data access objects within a hierarchical object library. ADO enables you to write a client application to access and manipulate data in a database server through a provider (database interface) such as Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0. For more information, see www.microsoft.com/data/.
The programming infrastructure that enables the Team Productivity Update to host application in a Team Workspace. Applications register with the TPU by calling a method on the TeamAppManager object. For more information, see Introducing the Application Instantiation Model.
application template
An installation of software on a server computer that an Instantiation URL uses as a source for the unique copies of applications it deploys in Team Workspaces. An application template can reside anywhere on a network.