The team [in Microsoft's Linux and open source lab] spent a lot of time improving how Linux systems can talk to Microsoft's Active Directory and finally settled on a third-party application called Centrify. "Getting authentication to work correctly with Active Directory is not simple," admitted Hilf [lab director]. "It's often fragile and to do it in a broad way is a non-trivial technical task."
vnunet.com
August 11, 2005