What are four advantages of the Windows Server 2003 directory service, Active Directory?

Question

Please discuss it by breaking it down.

Answer 1

Why not read the marketing brochure from Microsoft to find all that info?

Single Sign On - Enables Microsoft based applications to share authentication. Oh, this is actually a disadvantage due to non-Microsoft solutions not being able to use without also integrating with the AD development kit.

Standardization - Design based on LDAP standard. Wait, another disadvantage. Microsoft added and changed LDAP entries to proprietary entries to break another neutral specification.

I guess the real advantage of AD is if you intend to only work with Microsoft products. The advantage is that it guarantees Microsoft revenue.

Answer 2

There is a lot of information out there on AD and I sujest you do some research to learn more about it.

The simplest of answers for the advantages of AD are:

-Increasing the Productivity of Users
-Reducing the Burden of IT Administration
-Improving Fault Tolerance to Minimize Downtime
-Enhancing Security to Provide Better Peace of Mind
-Leveraging the Capabilities of Active Directory-enabled Applications

Answer 3

Please ask your nearest vendor to do some presentation to you.
Then it is much more clearer. Do your own Proof of Concept. For more detail understanding, please read the MCSE book.