Unless things have changed, MAC’s are garbage in Active Directory environments. Can’t manage them for sh!t.
Linux and Samba?
Why would you want to use cosmetics in a computer network? OOOOHHH, You mean Macs, the computer made by Apple! Why didn't you say so???
Apple Macs can easily integrate into Active Directory networks. What you mean, is YOU CAN'T manage them because you don't know how. That's fixable.
“Unless things have changed, MAC’s are garbage in Active Directory environments. Can’t manage them for sh!t.”
Indeed. And if I was running Apple, I’d develop a system like Active Directory and make a run at the enterprise world, which is primed to flee Microsoft because of the Windows 8 debacle. Lack of ability to centrally manage thousands of Macs is the primary impediment for enterprise implementation. As far as the applications issue is concerned, if Apple could penetrate the enterprise with a 100 million Macs, the applications would come along on their own, and once that happened, Microsoft would be truly on the ropes. And all of this could be laid at the doorstep of Windows 8. Oh yeah, and the fact that Microsoft’s Windows operating systems are brittle, buggy, bloated, virus-prone, literally impossible to secure, have to be patched/updated on a regular basis, major OS versions are not forced on a yearly basis, massively active software routinely gets the plug pulled, and Microsoft itself no longer even makes a pretense at listening to their customers.
Wow - in right after the bell...
An article that is a little over 7 years old.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1056791/activedirectory.html