M981014 Microsoft NDS? </head> <body background='../images/bkg24.gif' bgcolor=#FFF6FF><hr size=5 noshade> <h2><img src='../images/win06.gif' align=left hspace=20> Microsoft NDS?</h2> <font size=+1>We know Active Directory is holding up Windows 2000, but could Microsoft be <u>that</u> desperate? </font> <br clear=left><br> <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=10> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=#D9E5F9><center> <strong> <a href='../index.html#top'><img src="../images/b03home.gif" alt="Home" border=0></a><br>Home<p> <a href='../news/nznews.html'><img src="../images/b03news.gif" alt="News" border=0></a><br>News<p> <a href='../topics/topics.html'><img src="../images/b03top.gif" alt="Topic" border=0></a><br>Topics<p> <a href='../aaxsrv.html'><img src='../images/b03aax.gif' alt="AAx" border=0></a><br>AAx<p> </strong> </td><td> It is widely believed the largest stumbling block in getting Windows 2000 (NT 5.0) out the door is its most important new feature, Microsoft Active Directory. MAD is promoted as a truly enterprise grade directory service that will solve the horrendous problems larger organizations are having administering NT servers. Microsoft has already admitted MAD has severe shortcomings by trying to pass them off as "features", but they can't get even that much to work. <p>At a recent conference, a Microsoft official was asked point blank if Microsoft was negotiating with Novell to license NDS (Novell Directory Services) which is already mature and far beyond what MAD could ever be. The executive was evasive. </table> <p>©:<cite>Andrew Grygus</cite> - Automation Access - www.aaxnet.com - aax@aaxnet.com <br><font size=-2> All linked pages are copyright © the original creator.<br> <style>  </style> <a href="http://www.vel.net" target="_blank" class="toplink">Velocity Networks:</a> <a href="http://www.vel.net/network-consulting-service.cfm" target="_blank" class="toplink">Network Consulting Service</a> - <a href="http://www.clubnet.net" target="_blank" class="toplink">Internet Service Provider</a> - <a href="http://www.vel.net/coldfusion-web-development.cfm" target="_blank" class="toplink">Web Page Design and Hosting</a> <br> All trademarks and trade names are recognized as property of their owners </font><hr size=5 noshade></body></html>