!!! Overview[1]
[{$pagename}], in [Microsoft Active Directory], Every [Domain Controller] contains the following three directory [partitions]:

* [Configuration Directory Partition]
* [Schema Directory Partition]  
* [Domain Directory Partition]

Each [{$pagename}] is a contiguous portion of the [Directory Information Base], and each one starts at a single point (the directory partition head ) and spreads to either leaf nodes (for the schema and configuration directory partitions) or to the heads of other directory partitions below it (for [Domain Directory Partitions]). 

Each [{$pagename}], therefore, has exactly one directory partition immediately above it in the tree (except for a tree root domain directory partition, which has only the [rootDSE] above it) and possibly more directory partitions immediately below it. 

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You cannot rename the topmost object in a directory partition, which means that you cannot rename a [Configuration Directory Partition] or a [Schema Directory Partition] or a [Domain Directory Partition]
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[{$pagename}], order manifests itself in the [Directory Partition Hierarchy]

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* [#1] - [Directory Partitions|https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961591.aspx|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-09-25