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To: ToySoldier who wrote (9249)	7/16/1998 10:39:00 PM
From: ericneu	Respond to of 74651

Points taken one by one: > Your idea of a Directory Service and my idea of a Directory Service are completely different. You, like MSFT dont know what a real DS can and must do. I have a white-paper that compares the capabilities / limitations of Active Directory with NDS. Sorry, although Active Directory will solve quite a few of the nightmares of current Domains, its still based on Domains! My definition of a directory service is fairly simple - it's a repository of objects and data about those objects, as well as a well-defined method for accessing and manipulating those objects. As for your white paper, well... I don't take white papers too seriously as a rule. They're like statistics, if you get my drift. > Active Directory guarenteed to be in NT5? Well it might be in the betas now but if they cannot get it to meet the expectations of the industry and work cleanly, then it can just as easily be pulled out on the initial release. You cannot guarentee anything in NT5 will be there on its release. Active Directory will be in NT5. In many ways, AD is NT5. If you were more familiar with the feature set of NT5, you'd understand what I'm referring to. As well, products coming from Microsoft in the NT5 timeframe will require AD. A good example is the next major release of Exchange. Exchange will no longer contain a directory of its own - all of its object data will reside in AD. > As for NT5 being in MSFT production. I will have to call my sources at MSFT and confirm this. How a barely Beta2 product would actual be running MSFT's day-to-day operation purely amazes me!!! Before I call though, please go in a bit more detail as to what areas in MSFT are using NT5 and to what extent (i.e. what %age of MSFT is running on NT5 - even a rough guess)? That way I can confirm your numbers. I work for a "Depth Partner" and we have some good contacts there. As I said before, it's Microsoft policy to use pre-release software in house. Microsoft's terminology is now commonly used in the computer industry - it's referred to as "eating your own dog food". I don't know what the percentage is for NT5. Toy, if you work for a Depth Partner, all this information and more is available to you. If you're not getting it, I'd suggest talking to your manager (or, if you are the manager, talk to your MSFT sales rep). - Eric