Active Directory Rights Management Services

E193847

Microsoft server role enterprise security product information rights management technology

Active Directory Rights Management Services is a Microsoft server technology that protects sensitive information through encryption, access control, and usage policies integrated with Active Directory.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Azure Rights Management	2
AD RMS	1
Active Directory Rights Management Services canonical	1
Azure Information Protection P1	1
Windows Rights Management Services	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Active Directory Rights Management Services
Context triple: [Active Directory, component, Active Directory Rights Management Services]

A. Microsoft Office encryption (legacy)
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy) refers to the older, less secure document protection system in early Office versions that relied on the RC4 stream cipher and is now considered cryptographically weak.
B. Active Directory
Active Directory is Microsoft's centralized directory and identity management service used to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and resources in Windows-based networks.
C. BitLocker (device encryption variant)
BitLocker (device encryption variant) is a streamlined, automatic disk encryption feature designed for certain Windows devices, particularly tablets and lightweight PCs, to protect data by encrypting the system drive with minimal user configuration.
D. Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a cloud-based email and collaboration security solution that protects Microsoft 365 users from phishing, malware, and other advanced threats.
E. KMS
KMS is the Dutch abbreviation for the Royal Military Academy in Belgium, the institution responsible for training officers for the Belgian Armed Forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Active Directory Rights Management Services
Target entity description: Active Directory Rights Management Services is a Microsoft server technology that protects sensitive information through encryption, access control, and usage policies integrated with Active Directory.

A. Microsoft Office encryption (legacy)
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy) refers to the older, less secure document protection system in early Office versions that relied on the RC4 stream cipher and is now considered cryptographically weak.
B. Active Directory
Active Directory is Microsoft's centralized directory and identity management service used to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and resources in Windows-based networks.
C. BitLocker (device encryption variant)
BitLocker (device encryption variant) is a streamlined, automatic disk encryption feature designed for certain Windows devices, particularly tablets and lightweight PCs, to protect data by encrypting the system drive with minimal user configuration.
D. Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a cloud-based email and collaboration security solution that protects Microsoft 365 users from phishing, malware, and other advanced threats.
E. KMS
KMS is the Dutch abbreviation for the Royal Military Academy in Belgium, the institution responsible for training officers for the Belgian Armed Forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Microsoft server role ⓘ enterprise security product ⓘ information rights management technology ⓘ
abbreviation	AD RMS ⓘ linked to: Active Directory Rights Management Services
category	access control system ⓘ enterprise information protection ⓘ
controls	from where users can access protected content ⓘ how long users can access protected content ⓘ what users can do with protected content ⓘ who can access protected content ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
feature	expiration policies ⓘ federation support ⓘ logging and auditing ⓘ offline access policies ⓘ rights policy templates ⓘ service connection point in Active Directory ⓘ super user rights ⓘ trusted publishing domain ⓘ trusted user domain ⓘ user and group-based access control ⓘ
integratesWith	Active Directory Domain Services ⓘ linked to: Active Directory Exchange Server ⓘ linked to: Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Office ⓘ SharePoint Server ⓘ linked to: SharePoint Windows clients ⓘ
partOf	Windows Server ⓘ
previousName	Windows Rights Management Services ⓘ linked to: Active Directory Rights Management Services
protects	Microsoft Office documents ⓘ Outlook email messages ⓘ SharePoint content ⓘ XPS documents ⓘ file shares ⓘ
provides	persistent protection for documents ⓘ persistent protection for emails ⓘ persistent protection for files ⓘ
requires	Active Directory infrastructure ⓘ Windows Server operating system ⓘ linked to: Windows Server
securityGoal	enforce corporate usage policies on documents and emails ⓘ prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information ⓘ
successor	Azure Information Protection ⓘ Azure Rights Management ⓘ linked to: Active Directory Rights Management Services
supports	data loss prevention strategies ⓘ federated identity scenarios ⓘ information protection ⓘ on-premises deployment ⓘ rights management ⓘ
uses	access control ⓘ encryption ⓘ usage policies ⓘ

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