ADSI Edit
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ADSI Edit is a Microsoft management tool that provides a low-level, LDAP-based editor for viewing and modifying objects and attributes in Active Directory and related directory services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ADSI Edit canonical | 1 |
| Active Directory Service Interfaces Editor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9978303 — 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: ADSI Edit Context triple: [Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services, supportsManagementTool, ADSI Edit]
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A.
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.
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B.
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services is a flexible, standalone LDAP directory service from Microsoft that provides directory capabilities without requiring full Active Directory domain infrastructure.
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C.
eDirectory
eDirectory is Novell's enterprise directory service that provides a centralized, scalable repository for managing users, resources, and security across networks and applications.
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D.
Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Certificate Services is a Windows Server role that provides public key infrastructure (PKI) functionality for issuing, managing, and validating digital certificates within an organization’s network.
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E.
LDAP
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open, standards-based protocol used to access and manage distributed directory information services over an IP network.
- 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: ADSI Edit Target entity description: ADSI Edit is a Microsoft management tool that provides a low-level, LDAP-based editor for viewing and modifying objects and attributes in Active Directory and related directory services.
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A.
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.
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B.
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services is a flexible, standalone LDAP directory service from Microsoft that provides directory capabilities without requiring full Active Directory domain infrastructure.
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C.
eDirectory
eDirectory is Novell's enterprise directory service that provides a centralized, scalable repository for managing users, resources, and security across networks and applications.
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D.
Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Certificate Services is a Windows Server role that provides public key infrastructure (PKI) functionality for issuing, managing, and validating digital certificates within an organization’s network.
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E.
LDAP
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open, standards-based protocol used to access and manage distributed directory information services over an IP network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Active Directory administration tool
ⓘ
LDAP editor ⓘ Microsoft management tool ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor |
Active Directory Service Interfaces Editor
ⓘ
linked to:
ADSI Edit
|
| accessLevel | low-level directory editor ⓘ |
| allows |
creation of directory objects
ⓘ
deletion of directory objects ⓘ direct editing of directory attributes ⓘ modification of directory object properties ⓘ |
| canBypass | standard Active Directory management GUIs ⓘ |
| canEdit |
binary attributes
ⓘ
distinguished names ⓘ multi-valued attributes ⓘ object class attributes ⓘ |
| category |
directory service tool
ⓘ
system administration software ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedFor |
advanced Active Directory troubleshooting
ⓘ
editing attributes not exposed in standard tools ⓘ managing application-specific directory data ⓘ schema-related operations ⓘ viewing and editing security descriptors ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentationProvidedBy | Microsoft Docs ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Remote Server Administration Tools
ⓘ
Windows Server administrative tools pack ⓘ
linked to:
Windows administrative tools
|
| interfaceType |
Microsoft Management Console snap-in
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Management Console 2.0
|
| introducedFor | advanced Active Directory administration scenarios ⓘ |
| partOf |
Windows Server administrative tools
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows administrative tools
|
| primaryFunction |
edit Active Directory attributes
ⓘ
modify Active Directory objects ⓘ view Active Directory objects ⓘ |
| requires | appropriate administrative permissions ⓘ |
| risk | can cause serious directory damage if misused ⓘ |
| runsOn | Windows ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
LDAP simple bind
ⓘ
Windows integrated authentication ⓘ |
| supportsConnectionTo |
configuration naming context
ⓘ
domain naming context ⓘ schema naming context ⓘ specific domain controllers ⓘ |
| supportsDirectoryService |
Active Directory Application Mode
ⓘ
Active Directory Configuration partition ⓘ Active Directory Domain Services ⓘ
linked to:
Active Directory domain
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ⓘ Active Directory Schema partition ⓘ
linked to:
Active Directory schema
Active Directory naming contexts ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | LDAP ⓘ |
| warning | intended for experienced administrators only ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ADSI Edit Description of subject: ADSI Edit is a Microsoft management tool that provides a low-level, LDAP-based editor for viewing and modifying objects and attributes in Active Directory and related directory services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ADSI Edit