

Infrastructure requirements for Active Directory include the following: Service information that identifies the roles of all servers running Skype for Business Server in a forest. Global settings that all servers running Skype for Business Server in a forest require. Skype for Business Server uses Active Directory Domain Services to store: For details about the role of Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server networks, see the documentation for the version of the operating system you are using. For details about preparing your environment for Active Directory Domain Services, see Install Skype for Business Server in the Deployment documentation. The purpose of this section is to describe how Skype for Business Server uses Active Directory Domain Services to create a trustworthy environment for IM, Web conferencing, media, and voice. Active Directory Domain Services also serves as the foundation on which the Skype for Business Server security infrastructure is built. Active Directory Domain Services functions as the directory service for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 networks.
