http://msmvps.com/blogs/ulfbsimonweidner/archive/2005/02/16/36131.aspxSome people are thinking that ADS is the acronym of Active Directory Services. I don't like that - it was used during and right after the Windows 2000 beta - however I haven't heard a official reference lately and I don't like it. Active Directory isenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://msmvps.com/blogs/ulfbsimonweidner/archive/2005/02/16/36131.aspx#109007Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:28:04 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:109007Directory Services/Active Directory There are more and more info's out on the Web about the next generation of Windows Server Codename &amp;#187;Longhorn&amp;#171;...<img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=109007" width="1" height="1">