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Article: Microsoft acts with Active Directory. (announces enterprise-level directory for Windows NT 5.0)(The Hub) (Product Development)(Brief Article)
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- November 1, 1997
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After much ado, Microsoft has finally responded to Novell's Novell Directory Services (NDS) and announced Active Directory, its entry into the enterprise-level directory service market. It is slated for arrival in mid-1998.
The absence of directory services has been a definite sticking point for Microsoft thus far. As part of the first beta release of Windows NT Server 5.0, Active Directory will provide new directory capabilities that are easier to administer than most of the competition. It will extend the reach of LDAP, allowing users to store attributes such as URLs, X.509 security certificates, Internet Domain Name Services, and SMTP and X.500 addresses as ...