No Universal AD Panacea

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At this point, no directory panacea exists, but things are moving in the right direction. Considering the explosion in the number of applications the typical enterprise now supports, it would be disastrous if each application required its own unique directory. However, we may never reach the point where a company uses a single directory. Given the nature of the computer industry, as soon as a directory standard becomes widely accepted, some vendor comes up with its own proprietary enhancements or competing system. But, by using Active Directory, metadirectories, and middleware, the directory management task on Windows 2000 Server is at least rendered more manageable.

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