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> We need a simple solution for this -- a solution that works even for small businesses that do not have an IT department. (That means installing certificates o
by staticassertion 5y ago
> We need a simple solution for this -- a solution that works even for small businesses that do not have an IT department. (That means installing certificates on each end-user's machine is not a reasonable solution.)
I don't get it. Why even have an intranet then? Use Google Drive to share files, or Dropbox, or whatever. Why do you have an intranet at all if you don't want to manage an intranet?
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoBecause Active Directory.
- staticassertion 5y agoCould you elaborate? There's Azure AD, or you could do yourself a massive favor and not use AD at all. And like... why would you want AD and an intranet but not someone to manage it at all? Recipe for disaster. The simplest solution to this problem, by far, is to just avoid it entirely. Don't have an intranet. Don't manage AD. Just don't do those things. Pick an identity provider, pick a file sharing service, pick a video chat service, and set up SSO for them. It's 0 maintenance, far safer, and far easier to use.
- geofft 5y agoAD has a built-in certificate authority, and installs the root CA on domain-joined machines....