Centrify and Microsoft
"Microsoft is pleased to see Centrify deliver a new product that enables customers to get additional value from their Active Directory deployment by seamlessly extending the identity and access capabilities of Active Directory to non-Microsoft platforms.
Michael Stephenson
Director for Identity and Access Management
Microsoft Corporation
Centrify Featured on Port25
On Port25, Microsoft's Open Source web site, Centrify CTO Paul Moore explains what it takes to authenticate UNIX systems through Active Directory.
Centrify and Microsoft work together on many fronts to help our mutual customers understand how extending Active Directory to non-Microsoft platforms can help streamline IT operations and strengthen security. Microsoft realizes that Centrify enhances Active Directory's strategic value to organizations.
Here are some examples of how Centrify works closely and proactively with Microsoft to ensure seamless compatibility with Active Directory and related Microsoft technologies.
Microsoft Chooses Centrify
Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, located at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters, runs about 300 servers with more than 15 versions of UNIX and 50 Linux distributions. Microsoft uses the lab for a variety of purposes, which includes testing Windows interoperability solutions. As Microsoft's profile of the lab notes, the lab is staffed by "senior-level programmers and system administrators, some of whom were architects of popular Linux distributions or authors of well-regarded books." After researching a variety of solutions, Microsoft chose Centrify DirectControl to manage authentication across the systems in the lab.
"The combination of Active Directory and Centrify DirectControl gives us a really powerful single authentication solution across a highly mixed environment."
Bill Hilf
General Manager of Platform Strategy
Microsoft
Certified for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
Centrify DirectControl was the first solution that extends Active Directory to non-Microsoft platforms to successfully complete Microsoft's rigorous, industry-leading "Certified for Windows" program for both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
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DirectControl First to Support ADFS
Centrify is delivering the first solution that extends Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services to web-based applications running on non-Microsoft web platforms.
Comprehensive Support for Windows Server 2003 R2
In addition to supporting Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services, Centrify DirectControl includes robust support for the interoperability features that were a part of the Windows Server 2003 R2 release. Centrify is a member of the Windows Server 2003 R2 Partners program and participated with Microsoft in the 30+ city R2 roadshow.
Microsoft Directory Integration Guide Features Centrify
Microsoft's newly published Windows Security and Directory Services for UNIX Guide dedicates a chapter to Centrify DirectControl. It shows how DirectControl can enable UNIX clients to use Kerberos to authenticate to Active Directory and use LDAP to retrieve authorization and identity information from Active Directory.
Integrated Support for Group Policy
Support for Active Directory's Group Policy services is an integral part of the DirectControl suite, providing a single, seamlessly integrated solution for extending both identity and policy management to non-Microsoft systems.
Centrify Becomes Gold Certified Partner
Centrify has earned Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions, recognizing Centrify's expertise and total impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified partner, Centrify has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs.
Centrify Is Founding Member of SecureIT Alliance
Microsoft invited Centrify to become a founding member of the Microsoft SecureIT Alliance, a community of industry partners that are working together to provide security solutions for the Micrsoft platform.
Centrify Joins Interop Vendor Alliance
Centrify is one of the first members of the Interop Vendor Alliance, a cross-industry group of information technology vendors established to enhance interoperability with Microsoft systems.
DirectControl Among First to Support MIIS
DirectControl is one of the first solutions to empower administrators to use Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 to provision Linux and Unix users through Active Directory.
Comprehensive Support for Active Directory Technologies
Centrify works closely with Microsoft to develop a broad range of supporting solutions that enable customers to further leverage their investment in Active Directory. See the following programs on the Microsoft web site for more information:
