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Active Directory Management Outsourcing
Exchange Migration Roadmap Exchange Migration Roadmap You cannot do an in-place upgrade from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. This applies ..... When Microsoft launched Windows 2000, some IT professionals thought it was simply a more powerful server and workstation operating system, and it is. But now those same IT professionals are realizing this new operating systems was really Microsoft's down payment for having Windows 2000 become a "real" Data Center player.
To do this, Microsoft would have to develop scalable and feature rich directory services. Enter Active Directory.
For those new to distributed computing environments, a directory is a structured, indexed repository that contains information about, and addresses for, computing resources such as files, folders and network segments. A directory also contains information on output devices, users and workgroups, passwords and authentication data. Active Directory is Microsoft's next generation directory service and is perhaps the most important elements of the Windows 2000 architecture.
Microsoft Virtual Server LicensesFor those of you folks who are into the Virtual Server thing, and you currently deploy Windows-based servers, here’s a heads-up ..... Like other directory services, Active Directory is a centralized and standardized system that automates functions including network management of user data, security, and distributed resources, and it also provides interoperability with other directories. Active Directory intends to give enterprises the interoperability needed to unify and manage multiple name spaces that exist in the software and hardware environments of enterprise networks.
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