2022-05-19T20:21:00Z

What is your primary use case for Microsoft Active Directory?

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Markus Günther - PeerSpot reviewer
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2024-02-09T09:10:00Z
Feb 9, 2024

I use Microsoft Active Directory as the first line in the LDAP directory. You can use the solution to manage computer accounts, user accounts, and other objects. You can also use Microsoft Active Directory to build roles and permissions.

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Philip Kitheka - PeerSpot reviewer
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2024-02-06T10:35:00Z
Feb 6, 2024

My company uses Microsoft Active Directory as an identity and access management solution. The tool is used for its authentication capabilities in my company.

Ikh-Erdene Namsrai - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-08-14T08:31:00Z
Aug 14, 2023

My company uses Microsoft Active Directory to control multiple users.

MM
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2023-08-10T10:03:41Z
Aug 10, 2023

Active Directory can be useful as an identity provider and management solution. It helps network managers with the entire user lifecycle, from creation to termination. This includes the provisioning process, the accounting process, and the authorization process. By centralizing user management, Active Directory can help improve security.

Shivaram Venkatesh - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-08-10T08:32:34Z
Aug 10, 2023

Commonly, we engage in three key use cases. The first involves upgrading customer’s outdated directories like 2008 or 2012 to newer versions for improved structure. The second revolves around creating a hybrid setup with Office or Azure cloud, aiming for single sign-on across both. Lastly, we often tackle restructuring situations due to mergers or acquisitions, where directory structures must be unified into a shared infrastructure. These are the typical scenarios we handle in our projects.

BA
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2023-08-09T10:46:00Z
Aug 9, 2023

We use it to manage the users to start with and to add on security and networks. Whatnot, you can do is authentication, multifactor authentication, enabling user access externally is also possible. We also use it for federation service. So far, we are using all the features of AD.

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Benjamin Mpolokoso - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-08-08T11:43:00Z
Aug 8, 2023

We use the solution for Wi-Fi and logging in students and staff on the network.

MR
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2023-08-03T12:29:00Z
Aug 3, 2023

We use Microsoft Active Directory as an identity provider. Active Directory checks users and accounts.

Amar Chibane - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-08-01T09:18:00Z
Aug 1, 2023

We use Microsoft Active Directory to manage users, computers, servers, and group policies.

Saeid Hajtalebi - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-06-19T14:23:24Z
Jun 19, 2023

The solution is used for the 3A’s that is Authentication, authorization, and accounting.

Harrison Bulley - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-05-25T12:28:00Z
May 25, 2023

We use the solution to control environments for different servers.

WS
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2023-05-24T08:17:00Z
May 24, 2023

I am using Active Directory at home to learn the features. It's a solution for managing users and groups.

PT
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2023-05-17T12:22:35Z
May 17, 2023

The solution enables people to log on to computers and applications. I'm a domain architect.

Winston Lewis - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-04-06T13:08:11Z
Apr 6, 2023

We use the solution to log in to our systems.

Artem  Ponomarenko - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-03-09T12:33:00Z
Mar 9, 2023

I use Microsoft Active Directory for user and computer management.

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2023-02-13T20:03:28Z
Feb 13, 2023

I'm the head of IT and we are users of Active Directory.

MI
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2023-01-26T16:39:46Z
Jan 26, 2023

Active Directory helps you manage users and policies. We have around 400 users, and we plan in the new year to increase the user base so that every employee has their own user account.

MI
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2023-01-26T15:51:51Z
Jan 26, 2023

We use Active Directory in IIS, our fleet management system, for monitoring our fleet of vehicles.

CW
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2023-01-19T19:11:43Z
Jan 19, 2023

I am using Microsoft Active Directory for tracking PCs on the domain, enabling them when they drop off, changing the PCs, and moving them into the organizational unit depending on the department and location.

Amjad Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-12-15T21:22:10Z
Dec 15, 2022

We use Active Directory as a single sign-on when integrating it into applications.

Timur Assembayev - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-12-02T19:49:43Z
Dec 2, 2022

This solution helps big companies that have lots of employees.

Naveed Ashar - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-11-17T10:51:28Z
Nov 17, 2022

Our primary use case is to inform the user of access and single sign-on support to the internet.

JK
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2022-11-02T10:15:56Z
Nov 2, 2022

Our primary use case for this solution is domain creation.

Rajitha Abhisheka - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-09-29T15:26:26Z
Sep 29, 2022

Our company is one of Australia's largest virtual IT groups with more than 120 users and 15 managers. We use the solution as an on-premises domain controller for our customers under various environments. Some customers have on-premises servers and domain controllers so the solution is installed and managed locally. Other customers have on-premises servers but want to migrate their mail server to Office 365 so we pair the solution with Azure AD's cloud service to create a hybrid model. The same passwords can be used for the solution and Azure AD by syncing them together through a password writeback process in Azure AD Connect. A third group of customers work only with Office 365 in cloud environments so we deploy only Azure AD for those use cases.

Kazem Mirabedini - PeerSpot reviewer
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2022-05-19T20:21:00Z
May 19, 2022

I'm a network administrator for three companies, and each has between 10 and 30 users. The largest has 28. And I use virtualization based on VMware ES 6 to separate my servers. I use Windows Server 2019 for Active Directory and DNS. Most of my services are based on Microsoft services on the servers, except KerioControl. Most of the users work in digital marketing. The biggest issue is installing and integrating graphical software, like Adobe and Office.

Active Directory stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find and use. Active Directory uses a structured data store as the basis for a logical, hierarchical organization of directory information. This data store, also known as the directory, contains information about Active Directory objects. These objects typically include shared resources such as servers, volumes, printers, and the network user and computer...
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