Re: MacBook pro - OT

Yes, for authentication and drive mapping. But not full AD integration
such as GPO or token passing. This is a big hurdle. Same with IOS. Execs
can't see the pretty Intranet because it's all based on AD and
authenticates you on every blessed page. Stupid or not, it's a problem.

-Hammer-

On 06/27/2011 11:25 PM, Thomas Perrier wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:38 AM, -Hammer-<bhmccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> One thing I don't see anyone mentioning (I may have missed it) is Active
>> Directory. Until OSX (or IOS (IPAD)) have native AD integration they
>> will never make it in large enterprise environments as anything more
>> than a trinket. Yes, Cisco and a few others support them in a large
>> scale. But take that model outside of the technology vertical and Apple
>> is at a loss. Medical? FI? Government? They all need their AD and base a
>> lot of their security and policy around it. Without AD it's just a toy
>> for the executives and a few folks in I.T...
>>
> Actually, OS X has had AD integration for years, at least for user
> authentication and drive mapping. Of course no GPOs, etc.
>
> -Thomas

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