www.preplogic.com n 1-800-418-6789 A replacement for Active Directory Application Mode, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) is a system used in Windows Server 2008 to provide directory services for applications requiring access to specific directories. It is do- main and forest independent, and provides an extra level of security so applications do not have direct access to the system files. The figure on the next page outlines the features of AD LDS. PrepLogic 1