Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Server Longhorn operating system is scheduled to fold several identity services into Active Directory
Active Directory currently allows network administrators to set policies for groups of users and centrally deploy new applications to many computers.
"In [Longhorn], you'll see that domain controller role that customers historically thought about with active directory, become just one of the roles, " Mike Atalla, a group product manager for Microsoft's identity and access product group, told vnunet.com in an interview at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Longhorn Server is slated for availability by the end of this year. The software will add identity, certificate and rights management services as well as federation management services to Active Directory.
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