Directory Service
eWeek | at | by Mike
Following slow adoption of Active Directory after its release as part of Windows 2000 three years ago, Microsoft Corp. has been actively urging IT managers to deploy its directory services platform through aggressive pricing, detailed deployment road maps and increased support. And with Microsoft releasing a new capability in AD that will enable organizations to run AD as a non-operating system service (meaning it does not require deployment on a domain controller) immediately following the release of its .Net Server 2003, enterprises that were on the fence about deployments may finally find a reason to make the leap.