active directory

RSS

active directory News

  • Active Directory: 10 years old and thinking cloud

    Posted February 17, 2010 - 11:02 pm

    Ten years ago, Microsoft released its Active Directory technology to skepticism that it could build an infrastructure technology to anchor user management and access control. Today the software is an integral part of nearly every corporate network and stands ready for its next frontier: public and private clouds.

  • Active Directory comes to Linux with Samba 4

    Posted January 21, 2009 - 2:59 pm

    Enterprise networks now have an alternative choice to Microsoft Active Directory (AD) servers, with the open source Samba project aiming for feature parity with the forthcoming release of version 4, according to Canberra-based Samba developer Andrew Bartlett.
Ask a Question