Microsoft® Windows Server 2003: Administrator’s Companion

Managing Multiple Directories

Now that you’ve learned all about accessing Novell NetWare resources from a Windows Server 2003–based environment and network, you need to know how to keep user names and passwords synchronized between Active Directory and NDS.

Microsoft provides a separate add-on package, MSDSS, that allows administrators of a Windows Server 2003 network to perform two-way directory synchronization between Active Directory and NDS. This allows users to use a single user account to access resources on both Microsoft and NetWare servers. MSDSS also enables administrators to simplify the task of controlling their mixed Windows and NetWare bindery-based environments. MSDSS can be configured to propagate changes made to user accounts ...