Directory Service Overview a directory service provides access to diverse kinds of information about users and resources in a network environment It uses a naming system for the purpose of identifying and organizing directory objects to represent this information a directory object provides an association between attributes and values Thus, a directory service enables information to be organized in a hierarchical manner to provide a mapping between human understandable names and directory objects.Directory Service Overview ◼ A directory service provides access to diverse kinds of information about users and resources in a network environment. ◼ It uses a naming system for the purpose of identifying and organizing directory objects to represent this information. ◼ A directory object provides an association between attributes and values. ◼ Thus, a directory service enables information to be organized in a hierarchical manner to provide a mapping between human understandable names and directory objects