In contrast, a full service directory allows you to manage and control the change in your network, resolve staffing and budget concerns related to the network, respond quickly to the end-user demands and problems, and take full advantage of emerging technologies. By definition, the full service directory is a hierarchical database that manages discovery, security, storage, and relationships. Discovery enables you to browse, search, and retrieve specific information from the directory. For example, you can search for specific object types, such as user's, printers, and application objects, or search their specific properties such as users name, phone number, address, network number and so on. Discovery must support the industry strandard access methods such as the LDAP protocol.
Security controls access to the all the information that is stored in the directory.
This means that you can establish rules and grant rights to the users for the information in the directory. In addition, you can control the flow of information within your company, across networks of partners, and even your customers. Using the full service directory, you can manage the electronic transactions between companies through the cryptographic and key management systems. It includes both public-key cryptography and digital certificates for checking the authenticity of keys used in a public session. Storage is the database structure for the directory.