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It's pretty unclear what the alternative to using AD is supposed to be if you need to run a Microsoft application stack.
by NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
It's pretty unclear what the alternative to using AD is supposed to be if you need to run a Microsoft application stack.
- hackmiester 5y agoHell, there’s barely an alternative if all you need is a manageable directory of your users and PCs.
- unixhero 5y agoFAANG and Tesla knows
- NovemberWhiskey 5y agoOK, but you don't? Or you do, but there's some reason you're being cryptic about it?
- zinekeller 5y agoI'll say: Microsoft's solution, for all it's warts and problems, is (currently) the best integrated solution for organisational use. Jamf (for use in macOS/iOS) and a plethora of options for Android (like BlackBerry's ESP and Samsung's Knox), while decent, doesn't have that integrated feel like Microsoft's. RedHat's and SuSE's options are good on Linux, but it still feels clunky, even considering the clunkiness of Microsoft's tools. The best contender is ironically Google and Chromebooks, but I feel that they still need to improve their solution though.
- jabroni_salad 5y agoHow nice for them. If you can recommend a core banking ops solution and a loan origination software for banks under $1B in assets that doesn't require Windows I will gladly go around to all my clients and sell it. Something comparable to what Jack Henry, Fiserv, and Finastra are hawking. Small businesses can get away with doing everything on websites and a gmail account. Large businesses can 'just' make their own stuff. Middle market businesses that aren't selling software are all trapped on Windows by the software they can buy.
- jodrellblank 5y agoThe same Netflix that advertises for "Senior Active Directory Engineer" job? https://lensa.com/senior-active-directory-engineer-jobs/angels/jd/b78f7c557eecfdbab003f87c14a9551f https://lensa.com/senior-active-directory-engineer-jobs/ange... I've heard anecdotal claims that Amazon has a large internal AD.