Re: [ActiveDir] MMS 2003 and ADAM 2003

[Glenn Corbett]

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Todd,   I agree.   My point was that our apps dev guys are looking into integrating with AD for some of the corporate apps.  ADAM lets us deploy very quickly a "lookalike" of our AD infrastructure (users, etc) and let them play to their hearts content without requiring us to continuiously set up and pull down a "real" AD forest.  When the time comes for them to integrate with the "real" AD, we then setup a pre-prod forest for them to play with.   Lets them work out the kinks in their software without hassling us every couple of days, and saves on the hardware costs of multiple AD forests (minimum 2 DCs for each instance).   For real corporate applications, we only provide a single directory, AD.   Glenn   ----- Original Message ----- From: Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT) To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] MMS 2003 and ADAM 2003 I would encourage organizations to consider a registry for Adam's or LDAP type directories.  You don't want to end up with the same mess NT 4 domains created for applications.  I would find out if the application does authentication via the directory, and if it does, encourage the developers to use an infrastructure Single Sign On product.   Just my humble opinion.   Todd   -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] MMS 2003 and ADAM 2003   ADAM is also good for those applications that want to start doing some AD integration functionality without actually having to set up an AD forest.   Makes us Infrastructure guys nice and happy, don't have to keep setting up and pulling down AD forests every week or so for the apps dev guys :)   Glenn   ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Kingslan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:38 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] MMS 2003 and ADAM 2003   IMHO, ADAM is the more exciting of the two.  Granted MMS is nice in what it does (been working with it on and off for a while) but ADAM is really a special product in what you can do with it.  For those of you that want to integrate your application, but don't want to go to the time expense and trouble of integrating AD or directory sevices (e.g. LDAP) into the app natively, ADAM could be your answer.   Other solutions abound - from simple services to security uses.   Rick Kingslan  MCSE, MCSA, MCT Microsoft MVP - Active Directory Associate Expert Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myrick, Todd (NIH/CIT) Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:24 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] MMS 2003 and ADAM 2003 I just got word that MMS 2003 and ADAM 2003 are shipping the week of July 3rd.   Now to afford the server requirements to run MMS 2003.   Requirements for MMS 2003   Windows 2003 EE SQL 2000 EE Visual Studio .NET 2003 Hardware   Makes Simple Sync look very attractive, but the MMS requirements do offer some tangible benefits.   Todd