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Improve Enterprise Productivity With Directory Services Webinar
Every enterprise must consolidate directories, provide employee access through mergers and acquisitions, and store identity data for partners. How to do all of these things while still keeping costs low? The attendee of this webcast will learn how Sun offers the only high-performance directory server with essential data services including proxy, virtual directory and data distribution.
80 days ago by Sun MicrosystemsInformation Rights Management Application Patterns
This white paper provides architecture and design guidance for building an Information Rights Management (IRM)-aware application using Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). It presents a number of application patterns as well as best practices that one can use for developing IRM-aware applications. It covers basic consumer and publish scenarios as well as complex federated scenarios that make use of Active Directory Federations Services (AD FS). It makes extensive reference to the IRM Application Patterns Reference Implementation available for download at the MSDN Code Gallery.
355 days ago by MicrosoftMaking Identity and Access Management Real: The Early Days
As network structures expand, IT administrators and managers face an increasing danger of losing control over their IT environments. Each server and resource that appears on the network must be managed by an individual, which can result in many different accounts that follow different password standards. This webcast looks at an example scenario at a fictional company in which some departments rely upon computers running Linux to provide certain services, and need a central platform for single sign-on to maintain them. The attendee will learn how Active Directory can be helpful in addressing these challenges, and see how to design and implement an Active Directory environment that meets the company's needs.
445 days ago by MicrosoftImplementing Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008
This webcast describes the new options available in Windows Server 2008 for installing and configuring Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and auditing changes to it. It lists the features of Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODCs) and describes how to perform a non-authoritative or an authoritative restore of AD DS data.
445 days ago by MicrosoftIntroducing Branch Office Server in Windows Server 2008
This webcast describes the benefits that Windows Server 2008 provides for installing and maintaining a branch office network. It demonstrates the installation of a branch office network by using the new server core option. It also lists the benefits of Active Directory Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODCs) and BitLocker Drive Encryption.
445 days ago by MicrosoftTelenet Centralizes Identity Authentication to Improve Security and Streamline Password Management
Telenet was founded in 1996 as a cable company. Today, it offers a quadruple play to private and business customers in Belgium. Telenet wanted to streamline and simplify the sign-on procedure for the company's Oracle E Business Suite applications and improve security and streamline user IDentification (ID) and password management. Telenet implemented a system for Single Sign-On (SSO) using Oracle Internet Directory as well as enabled users to log in only once - using their Windows passwords - for all Oracle applications.
476 days ago by OracleDirectory Replication by Email and Over 'Air Gap'
Directory replication is an important feature of most directory services, and is commonly achieved by use of directory protocols as discussed in Replicating and Synchronizing Data Between Directory Servers. There are a number of situations where using directory protocols to perform replication does not work well. This paper looks at these scenarios, and shows how directory replication over email and 'Air gap' can address them. Then, the architecture and key features of Isode's solution are described.
565 days ago by IsodeCiscoWorks Campus Manager User Tracking: Integrating UTLite With Microsoft Active Directory
UTLite is a utility that allows one to collect usernames from Active Directory, primary domain controllers, and Novell servers. UTLite sends traps to CiscoWorks Campus Manager whenever a user logs in or logs out. These usernames will show up in the user tracking reports of Campus Manager, along with other information of the end station such as the MAC address, hostname, IP address, and so on.
690 days ago by Cisco SystemsActive Directory Domain Services in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
The presenter of this webcast will be discussing Windows Server 2008 (formerly Windows Server code name "Longhorn") and Active Directory Domain Services. The presenter will talk about the Directory Services and how it ties in with areas such as Security and Manageability.
711 days ago by MicrosoftWhat's Up With Windows Server 2008
Microsoft released the new desktop, Windows Vista, in November 2006... but that's just the start. A new version of Server's right on its heels - formerly code-named "Longhorn Server". Windows Server 2008 will pack a ton of new stuff, from some really good news in Active Directory to some nifty new deployment tools, a quarantine system that'll help to keep the worm-ridden systems off of the network, a revamped Web server, and a few truly long-awaited changes in group policy. How to find out about all of this? Well, attend this short webcast by the guy who's been explaining new operating systems since Windows 1.0.
711 days ago by Microsoft
