Eric,
I promised you a white-paper on the differences between Domains, Active Directory, and NDS. Since I have been accused of not backing up my postings, here is my promise to you.
Also since there are a lot of Nerds on this board, this will be very educational for those of you that think Active Directory will be MSFT's catch-up to Novell's dominant lead in Directory Services technology.
For those of you that are not technically inclined, do not open the following HTML site!
novell.com
One quote within the conclusion...
"Conclusion
Microsoft Active Directory is not a new directory technology that replaces
the existing NT Server 4.0 domain. Active Directory is an attempt to retrofit
the legacy NT Domain to solve the greatest limitations of the current
domain offering. Active Directory will not deliver several core directory
service technologies that have been available in NDS since 1993.
Caught off guard by the directory revolution, Microsoft is too short on time to
provide a ground-up directory rework for NT Server. Microsoft will no doubt try to
stall the industry's adoption of more revolutionary directory offerings as they
begin a long journey of redefining domains as a directory service.
Active Directory retains much of the existing NT Server 4.0 technology and
limitations. Today's customers are struggling to deploy NT Server domains and
trust relationships, yet tomorrow's Active Directory requires domains and trust
relationship. Simply stated, Microsoft Active Directory is anything but a
directory; because it uses the same domain and trust relationship technologies
of today's NT Server. While Active Directory does address some of the existing
domain limitations, many limitations remain, which substantially increase your
cost of deploying NT Server 5.0."
Yes its a Novell White-paper so you can close your eyes and throw it out believing its only propaganda, but the whitepaper was developed using MSFT's own documentation.
Anyways, there you go.
Toy
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