Hi,
I have a small issue that I hope I can get some help with. Our company was just about to role out Samba 3. We have about 300 employees and multiple offices (4 offices). Unfortunately an "independant" consultancy company has done an audit which criticises this desision.
Could someone with a very good understanding of Samba (preferrably someone on the development team) assist me in responding to the points raised below?
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Samba 3 based solutions cannot provide the following enterprise services used by the most recent releases of Microsoft products (XP, Office 2003 etc)
1. Active Directory Server support for Microsoft desktop operating systems and desktop applications – some features will not be available in office etc without AD.
2. Group Policy Objects – assist in reducing the effort required to maintain a secure network.
3. Machine Policy Objects – assist in reducing the effort required to manage the user desktop and workstation environments.
4. Logon Scripts stored in Active Directory – provides a single point of management for all critical user resources.
5. Software Application and Access Controls in Active Directory – provides a single point of management for all network security settings.
6. Out of the box automated distributed directory services – allows a single team to remotely manage servers and workstations in branch offices and provides disaster recovery capabilities.
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I appreciate the assistance very much.
David
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