Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Insider Solutions

Chapter 16. Integration with Unix/LDAP-Based Systems

In this Chapter

Designing and Planning Platform Integration

Creating an Integrated Infrastructure

Integrating Directories Across Environments

Using Password Synchronization

Centralizing the Management of Cross-Platform Resources

Accessing Unix from a Windows Perspective

Accessing Windows from a Unix Perspective

Migrating Resources from One Platform to the Other

Being the administrator of heterogeneous environments often requires compromise. You often have to use lowest -common-denominator protocols and tools. With a little research and an open mind, this doesn't always have to be the case.

There are many standards and tools that allow Microsoft Windows “based servers and Unix to interact with their various directory services. With the correct configuration, and in some cases scripting, systems on different platforms can work well together.