Assessing the Application Structure
If easing administrative burdens is not the driving force behind implementing Active Directory, perhaps it is the functionality of directory-enabled applications or the control of applications through policies.
Certainly, with the next generation of BackOffice products, Active Directory is a requirement. You can also expect that other hardware and software vendors will enable functionality that is dependent on a directory, such as Active Directory.
Directory-Enabled Applications
The easiest way to determine which applications depend on Active Directory is to identify which applications have Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) capabilities. There are a number of ways that applications can ...
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