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Microsoft* Active Directory Authentication Supports business applications by allowing Microsoft Active Directory-based applications to authenticate directly from Novell eDirectory, keeping server sprawl and administration complexity down.

MoSD deployed the Novell Identity Manager and Novell SecureLogin, which provides single sign-on capabilities, to simplify user administration and control access to sensitive data, while the Novell ZENworks Configuration Management and Novell eDirectory gives IT administrator full control over users, their desktops and the data shared among them, significantly enhancing the level of security while enabling the IT staff to carry out maintenance and support services remotely.

MOSD deployed the Novell Identity Manager and Novell SecureLogin, which provides single sign-on capabilities, to simplify user administration and control access to sensitive data, while the Novell ZENworks Configuration Management and Novell eDirectory give MOSD's IT administrator full control over users, their desktops and the data shared among them, significantly enhancing the level of security while enabling the IT staff to carry out maintenance and support services remotely.

This means you can support Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, Sun Solaris, Novell OES, Novell Netware, Novell GroupWise, Novell eDirectory, Linux, FreeBSD, Apple MacOS X, IBM pSeries/AIX, HP HP-UX, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, IBM iSeries/OS400, and SGI IRIX on notebooks, PCs, workstations, and servers and on DAS, NAS, or SAN storage - all using a single backup appliance.

The solution also supports hot backups of GroupWise and eDirectory data.

These include authentication servers (including Active Directory, eDirectory, OpenLDAP), external SSL VPNs, multifactor authentication, load balancers and others.

For example, the technology can integrate multiple types of authentication servers (Active Directory, eDirectory, or OpenLDAP) and can make the use of Active Directory "optional" for situations where end-users do not have an AD account but still need to access virtual desktops.

The two said at the outset of the partnership that the identity federation project would focus on ensuring that access rights can interoperate between Microsoft's Active Directory and Novell's eDirectory. <p>The pair said the work would hinge on the WS-Federation Web services protocol, Microsoft's Infocard/CardSpace technology, the Higgins project and Novell's Bandit project.

With native support for Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory, ZENworks Configuration Management enables real-time, identity-based systems management that ensures accurate desktop configuration.