Is there a bright future for directory services?
Last week I’ve been talking with Andrew Ferguson and Steven Legg of eB2Bcom. Probably you’ve never heard of them, at least as long as you are neither from the APAC region nor working in the government...
View ArticleBeyond LDAP – have a look at system.identity
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is well established. It is the foundation for today’s Directory Services, which support LDAP as a protocol and which usually build their data structure on...
View ArticleDo we still have to care about directory services?
It became pretty quiet around directory services during the last years. When I remember the discussions back some 10, 15 or 20 years around NDS versus LAN Manager (and the underlying domain approach)...
View ArticleCalendra is back – at least sort of
Do you remember Calendra? The vendor which was acquired by BMC many years ago? At least many existing and remaining customers require Calendra. And some of them really miss the company. What made...
View ArticleUnderstanding Azure Active Directory
Some time ago Microsoft unveiled its Azure Active Directory (AAD). During recent weeks, I have had several discussions about what AAD is. First of all: It is not just an on-premise AD ported to Azure...
View ArticleAzure Active Directory: What is the Graph API?
In Azure Active Directory (AAD) there is a Graph API. This is the main API to access AAD. The idea of a Graph API is not entirely new. The one provided by Facebook is already well established. But what...
View ArticleExtending your Active Directory to the Cloud
Most organizations have a Microsoft Active Directory in place. The Active Directory (or, in short, AD) builds the foundation of their on-premises infrastructure for managing users, performing their...
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